Burt Reynolds treated for addiction to painkillers
- Friday, September 18, 2009, 18:15
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Actor Burt Reynolds has checked himself into a rehab facility in West Palm Beach to be treated for an addiction to painkillers. He has gone public with his battle against an addiction to painkillers, hoping his story will help others in a similar situation.
Reynolds’ manager Erik Kritzer said in a widely reported statement that the 73-year-old actor had checked into a drug rehab clinic to receive treatment for an addiction to painkillers that were prescribed following back surgery. Kritzer did not give details on when or where Reynolds was treated but he did later say the actor had been released from the rehab clinic in Florida already.
“After a recent back surgery, Mr. Reynolds felt like he was going through hell and after a while, realized he was a prisoner of prescription pain pills,” Kritzer said in the statement reported on CNN and other media outlets.
The actor previously confessed to a reliance on the sleep medication Halcion after using the drug to ease the pain he felt from a joint disorder in the 1980s that followed a broken jaw.
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