The 2002 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) showed that approximately 9% of the U.S. Population has used pain relievers illegally in their lifetime. An estimated 4.6 million Americans used prescription type pain medications non-medically for the first time in 1998. This represents a significant increase since the 1980's, when there were generally fewer than 500,000 new users per year.

Today, approximately 75% of our patients suffer from a dependency on pain medications, whereas in years past dependencies to heroin were the most common. We recognize that all patients who are physically dependent on and psychologically addicted to prescription pain medication are a result of a many imbalances that require expert medical treatment in a safe, humane and effective environment, encapsulated in confidentiality.