Faces of an Epidemic

Michael Manganiello, 50 , prepares his evening routine in the warm glow of his fifth-floor Logan Circle apartment. He's been through it once already: one, two, three . . . the pop of a bottle, then the rattle of pills, as he counts them out . . . 11, 12, 13. · He ponders the number: "Thirteen -- unlucky," he murmurs. Between morning and evening, he takes a total of 27 pills these days.

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