Posts Tagged ‘prescription addiction’
Written on February 3rd, 2010 by Doug McGarryView Comments
Often times when an alcoholic begins to seek treatment for his alcoholism he will see his family doctor, most medical doctors will begin treatment with a few different prescriptions for depression and anxiety. This is a normal practice because the symptoms of alcoholism mirror emotional disorders. This is a very dangerous path to follow for an alcoholic; the addiction to alcohol ensures that the alcoholic will quickly become addicted to pharmacologically similar drugs, this is a process called “cross addiction” and it happens to many alcoholics.
Written on December 29th, 2009 by Nick HayesView Comments
If there is an addict in your life has probably become stressful, unstable and chaotic. When something that is means as a treatment becomes the means of a disease, lives can be destroyed. It doesn’t matter which prescription drug your loved one has become addicted to; life is turned head over heals. Too often, it is not only the addict, but the loved one’s whose lives are destroyed by the addiction.
Written on October 14th, 2009 by Nick HayesView Comments
Oxycontin is a strong prescription pain killer that can easily be abused if a patient is not careful. The morphine that oxycontin metabolizes to, gives the brain the message that a state of pain free euphoria has developed. The brain therefore demands oxycontin, giving the patient the impression that the original need for the prescription is still around; usually a need to end pain. Welcome to the vicious cycle of oxycontin abuse.
Written on October 9th, 2009 by Nick HayesView Comments
It is a story heard time and time again in rehab centers and among drug users. Someone begins taking a prescription of oxycontin for pain and gets hooked on it. The fact is, most oxycontin prescription drugs do come with the risk of addiction, which is why it is important that a physician monitor his patient during treatment. Oxycontin addiction can be stopped.
