Aerosmith’s lead singer Steven Tyler has entered rehab for pain management and his addiction to prescription painkillers. Read more on Steven Tyler below.

Steven Tyler has become addicted to painkillers he had been prescribed for his 10 years of performance injuries.

“With the help of my family and team of medical professionals, I am taking responsibility for the management of my pain and am eager to be back on the stage and in the recording studio with my bandmates Joe Perry, Joey Kramer, Tom Hamilton and Brad Whitford,” Tyler says in a statement released to PEOPLE.

“I love Aerosmith; I love performing as the lead singer in Aerosmith,” he adds. “I am grateful for all of the support and love I am receiving and am committed to getting things taken care of.”

Steven’s daughter Liv Tyler says, “My family and I are in complete support of my dad’s decision to seek treatment. He is a courageous man. We love him and are so proud that he is getting help to balance his pain management, not just for himself but for his family, friends and fans.”

Tyler’s friends and band members of Aerosmith had expressed their concern for Steven’s health and said he had “isolated himself”.

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