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Self-medication may lead to abuse of prescription drugs by doctors

October 8, 2013 by

Doctors who abuse prescription drugs often do so for "self-medication" - whether for physical or emotional pain or stress relief, reports a study in the October Journal of Addiction Medicine, the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health...

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