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Whatever It Takes To Stay In The Game

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Brad Culpepper, a former nose tackle for the Bucs, says he had no problem getting off pain medications when he retired from pro football in 2000, but some former NFL players aren't so lucky.

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By JOE HENDERSON | The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 29, 2007

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A player takes "eight or nine" Vicodin at a time. Another plays on a team with a doctor nicknamed Needles. In a special report Sunday and Monday, Joe Henderson reveals how NFL players count on painkillers - and quickly get addicted.

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By JOE HENDERSON | The Tampa Tribune