Rush Limbaugh Statement on Prescription Pain Medication Stories

PRNewswire (Yahoo) ^ | Friday October 10, 2:55 pm ET | Rush Limbaugh

[ThePythonicCow]

Press Release

Source: Premiere Radio

Rush Limbaugh Statement on Prescription Pain Medication Stories
Friday October 10, 2:55 pm ET

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Rush Limbaugh today issued the following statement on his radio program:

"You know I have always tried to be honest with you and open about my life. So I need to tell you today that part of what you have heard and read is correct. I am addicted to prescription pain medication.

"I first started taking prescription painkillers some years ago when my doctor prescribed them to treat post surgical pain following spinal surgery. Unfortunately, the surgery was unsuccessful and I continued to have severe pain in my lower back and also in my neck due to herniated discs. I am still experiencing that pain. Rather than opt for additional surgery for these conditions, I chose to treat the pain with prescribed medication. This medication turned out to be highly addictive.

"Over the past several years I have tried to break my dependence on pain pills and, in fact, twice checked myself into medical facilities in an attempt to do so. I have recently agreed with my physician about the next steps.

"Immediately following this broadcast, I am checking myself into a treatment center for the next 30 days to once and for all break the hold this highly addictive medication has on me. The show will continue during this time, of course, with an array of guest hosts you have come to know and respect.

"I am not making any excuses. You know, over the years athletes and celebrities have emerged from treatment centers to great fanfare and praise for conquering great demons. They are said to be great role models and examples for others. Well, I am no role model. I refuse to let anyone think I am doing something great here, when there are people you never hear about, who face long odds and never resort to such escapes. They are the role models. I am no victim and do not portray myself as such. I take full responsibility for my problem.

"At the present time, the authorities are conducting an investigation, and I have been asked to limit my public comments until this investigation is complete. So I will only say that the stories you have read and heard contain inaccuracies and distortions, which I will clear up when I am free to speak about them.

"I deeply appreciate all your support over this last tumultuous week. It has sustained me. I ask now for your prayers. I look forward to resuming our excursion into broadcast excellence together."

For audio/video clip(s) of Rush Limbaugh's on-air statement, please go to

www.rushlimbaugh.com and/or www.premieretalk.com.

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Source: Premiere Radio

[pgyanke]

However, *if* it turns out he did, I think even Rush would agree he should receive the proper punishment under the law.

I agree he would. I just have very little patience for the folks on this forum who are quick to "eat our own" rather than wait for real charges. The only charges leveled so far have been by the media, not the authorities. I prefer to wait and see what the real charges are.

[pgyanke]

Your citation is interesting but not entirely germaine to what we know from anyone other than the National Enquirer. He took legal medication with a prescription for back pain and became addicted. We know this... why don't we wait to add fuel to his stake until we hear real charges from someone other than the media...

[mass55th]

Not touchy, just dealing with reality. I can't be a hypocrite and pray for Rush, because praying for Rush would be tantamount to being sympathetic to his present state. He brought himself to where he is all on his own. I've been a faithful Rush listener since the first Gulf War, and although I hope Rush gets this monkey off his back, I can't be as understanding as others have been. As I've said before here and on other threads, there are alot of unanswered questions regarding the length of his addiction, how he obtained his painkillers, etc.

If you'd checked your dictionary, you'd have seen that under the word SORRY, you'll find the following definition or something like it: Feeling or expressing sympathy, pity, or regret.So, when I said I couldn't feel sorry for Rush, it was no different than when I said I could not sympathize with Rush's condition.

[Hillarys nightmare]

These leftist vermon better come up with something of more moral gravity than this, if they expect to bring down Rush!

Addicted to prescription pain Medication? Is that the best these communistic freaks of society can come up with, in a desperate attempt to hopefully destroy a man's character?
P L E A S E ? And because of this addiction to pain meds,( which I am able to relate to) we are supposed to believe that he has no morals, and is after all a hoax!

I don't think so! No, not today!

Especially after being exposed to all the years of Left wing depravity that has been so proudly displayed by the likes of the Clintonoid's, the Kennedys, the Barney Franks,the Jesse Jackson's ect, ect!
And the Left dares to make a moral judgement? HA!

You Creeps (and you know who you are) better get real!

[Hillarys nightmare]

May God Bless you Recovering Democrat!
Because you are not ashamed of him, He will not be ashamed of you!
I have, and will continue to pray for him too!

[ModelBreaker]

Why do you presume this would "bug" me?

Gee, I don't know. Maybe it was your post.

[Shethink13]

All I said to you from the start was that no one ASKED for your sympathy, including Rush.

How it got to your latest rant to me is completely beyond my understanding. Perhaps you have attributed comments to me that were made by others?

[Devlin]

Could there be criminal charges for soliciting drugs through legal channels? To the best of my knowledge, no one has ever been arrested for this. Circumstances in which there would be legal trouble would be seperate issues, such as reselling them illegally, falsifying prescriptions, defrauding insurance companies/workmen's comp, or legal charges brought by state/federal regulatory boards against doctors demonstrating an apparent consistent pattern of dispensing controlled substances outside of the normal guidelines of medical practice. (A good example of this would be the Florida doctor who set up office in a motel room and issued hundreds of prescriptions each day without performing exams or keeping any real documentation of medical care.)

[Wrigley]

Ether - Chapter 12: 27
Why not source your book of mormon stuff?