Bill Santoro's guest appearances

Bill Santoro

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John Brown

Amy Johnson

Cindy Ross

Tim Kreider

Jennifer Brown

Donna Reed

Anne Desjardins

Deb Moore

Mike Reese

Zeus McClurkin

Jo Painter

Dan Clouser

Mike Zielinski

Joe Rudden

Patty Mahlon

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The heroin epidemic knows no boundaries and the numbers of Americans addicted to heroin grows daily.  We have very powerful medications that end up being misused.  Doctors stop writing prescriptions. Patients buy pills on the street and soon find out they can get heroin a lot cheaper. Dr. Bill Santoro, Chief of the Section of Substance Use Disorders at Reading Hospital &amp; Medical Center and Medical Director at New Directions talks about the heroin problem.  Dr. Santoro say, “three entities are involved in the problem: the pharmaceutical industries, the physicians and the public.  Dr. Bill Santoro adds, “ If we all stop pointing fingers at each other we  can actually accomplish something and fix the problem”.   He outlines a very specific plan where all parties play their part.  It makes a lot of sense but requires a ‘buy-in’ from all parties.  Tune in and find out what you can do.

The heroin epidemic knows no boundaries and the numbers of Americans addicted to heroin grows daily. We have very powerful medications that end up being misused. Doctors stop writing prescriptions. Patients buy pills on the street and soon find out they can get heroin a lot cheaper. Dr. Bill Santoro, Chief of the Section of Substance Use Disorders at Reading Hospital &amp; Medical Center and Medical Director at New Directions talks about the heroin problem. Dr. Santoro say, “three entities are involved in the problem: the pharmaceutical industries, the physicians and the public. Dr. Bill Santoro adds, “ If we all stop pointing fingers at each other we can actually accomplish something and fix the problem”. He outlines a very specific plan where all parties play their part. It makes a lot of sense but requires a ‘buy-in’ from all parties. Tune in and find out what you can do.

Dr. Bill Santoro “The Increasing Heroin Problem and a Solution” Part 3

We continue our conversation with Dr Bill Santoro, Chief of the Section of Substance Use Disorders at Reading Hospital &amp; Medical Center and Medical Director at New Directions. Every family knows addiction, either a family member or close friend suffers from addiction.What are the signs of addiction? Dr. Santoro says, “The warning sign that you have a chance to become addicted is if you are human … so every human being should be warned”. The influences are both genetic and environmental. Tune in to learn more about the warning signs and what you might do to help.

We continue our conversation with Dr Bill Santoro, Chief of the Section of Substance Use Disorders at Reading Hospital &amp; Medical Center and Medical Director at New Directions. Every family knows addiction, either a family member or close friend suffers from addiction. What are the signs of addiction? Dr. Santoro says, “The warning sign that you have a chance to become addicted is if you are human … so every human being should be warned”. The influences are both genetic and environmental. Tune in to learn more about the warning signs and what you might do to help.

Dr. Bill Santoro “Identifying and Treating Addiction” Part 2

We have an epidemic in the US, 23 million people suffer from addiction, 102 people die every day from an overdose. Where is the outrage? Dr Bill Santoro, Chief of the Section of Substance Use Disorders at Reading Hospital &amp; Medical Center and Medical Director at New Directions, says, “we talk about people who suffer from addiction differently … instead of talking about them as people who suffer from a disease”.In 1914 The Harrison Act made it illegal for a physician to treat a person addicted to opiates with opiates. Dr. Santoro adds “they moved the disease of addiction out of the hands of medicine and into law enforcement”. We do not treat addiction as a disease we treat it as a moral failure.Dr. Santoro adds, “To solve a problem we first have to identify it”. Conversations like this help change the way we treat addiction and those suffering from it. We get one step closer to healing this illness. Check it out and share...

We have an epidemic in the US, 23 million people suffer from addiction, 102 people die every day from an overdose. Where is the outrage? Dr Bill Santoro, Chief of the Section of Substance Use Disorders at Reading Hospital &amp; Medical Center and Medical Director at New Directions, says, “we talk about people who suffer from addiction differently … instead of talking about them as people who suffer from a disease”. In 1914 The Harrison Act made it illegal for a physician to treat a person addicted to opiates with opiates. Dr. Santoro adds “they moved the disease of addiction out of the hands of medicine and into law enforcement”. We do not treat addiction as a disease we treat it as a moral failure. Dr. Santoro adds, “To solve a problem we first have to identify it”. Conversations like this help change the way we treat addiction and those suffering from it. We get one step closer to healing this illness. Check it out and share...