Drug Addiction Stories & Info

Oxycontin is a popular recreational drug for a good reason; it feels so good. The euphoria is incredible and it makes one so relaxed. It doesn’t matter how people begin taking it, by accident, or by prescription, it always ends up the same. Not only does the body begin to think it needs the Oxycontin, but the mind separately and in conjunction with the body begins to crave the drug. In addition, OxyCodone, the potent ingredient of this pill, can cause severe mental side effects.

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Emotion Reactions

People begin to react differently to any stimulus. Sometimes, even another person talking to them will result in an outburst or tears. It doesn’t happen to everyone, but it isn’t uncommon either. Another reaction is that Oxycontin addicts begin to become paranoid. They especially feel this way thinking people are trying to get their drugs. It can get out of hand very quickly and is a red flag for those who think a loved one may have an addiction.

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Depression

Depression is a common mental side effect of Oxycontin. One of the forums at Drugs.com includes information from several people who have experienced depression as a result of OxyContin use. These stories are not unique, unfortunately. Clinical and acute depression can both result from the use of Oxycontin, but taking an anti-depressant only masks the underlying problem. Those who had depression before starting Oxycontin may experience a more severe depression after beginning to take it.

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Other Mental Side Effects

Other mental side effects include anxiety, hallucinations, paranoia and suicidal tendencies in severe cases. Short term and long term confusion can be seen in Oxycontin addictions and excessive use as well. In rare cases, violent outbursts have been known to occur with people using Oxy. A common side effect, which may include physical and mental aspects, is sleepiness. This occurs often in people using the drug and those who are experiencing withdrawal.

There is no doubt that drugs change people. OxyContin is known for behavioral, physical and emotional effects which become obvious to friends and loved ones. One common trait among Oxy users is that they often isolate themselves. This is true with other drugs as well. They begin to believe they can hide their drug use or fool others into believing they do not have an addiction. This too, is a mental side effect of OxyContin. Any change in moods or behaviors should be watched closely in those who use, or are addicted to OxyContin.

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A Drug-Free Solution to Drug Addiction

Since 1966, Narconon has been dedicated to successfully help drug and alcohol addicts, and more recently OxyContin addicts, to beat their addiction for good. Drug addiction recovery at Narconon is done naturally and drug-free – there is no substitution drugs used. This means that people who complete the Narconon program do not need drugs anymore to be happy and feel good. Graduates of the Narconon rehab go on and live successful and meaningful life with their family and friends.

For more information about how you or a love one can be admitted on the Narconon rehab program, please call 1-877-782-7409 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1-877-782-7409 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.

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All narcotics are addictive, and Oxy is no exception. Anyone using ox is at risk of addiction, even when using it just as the doctor prescribed.

Physical and psychological addiction to oxycodone, the principle ingredient of this opioid painkiller can happen to anyone. Using oxy as prescribed does not mean that you won’t become an addict.

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Oxycontin Is Addictive – Just How Addictive Is it?

Ask the many people in Canada, and elsewhere who are turning up in droves to doctors and addiction treatment centers trying to get detox for oxy because it has got a stranglehold on their life.

Although the manufacturer, Purdue Pharma was fined in excess of five hundred million dollars for misrepresenting the “slow release” formulation, and addictive nature of this product; that is like a slap on the wrist in the context of what might be described as complete disregard for human suffering, in the pursuit of the almighty dollar. That a company can pay a fine of $500 million and survive financially is an indication of the money that is being made in the prescription drug trade of North America today.

Despite the fact the manufacturer has responded to the issue by making ox tablets more slow release than they were before, oxycodone still causes the same problem of addiction as before.

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Why is the Addiction of this Prescription Drug So Insiduous?

Oxy addiction is insidious, because people don’t expect it. Prescription users have been offered OC by their doctor as a remedy for chronic or intense pain. Most people will get some kind of a warning – not to tamper with the pills, and to see their doctor straight away if side effects occur. However, addiction is never mentioned explicitly, it is like the elephant in the room. The inference is that only those who misuse their medication will become addicted; if you use oxy as prescribed you will not become an addict.

Opioids historically have been associated with addiction. No one would go into an opium den to get relief from physical pain and not expect addiction. Doctor’s surgeries today are like an Aladdin’s cave – beset with the brightly colored “jewels” of prescription medications – a source of prescription opium.

Neatly packaged, and marketed as Roxicodone, OxyNorm, Oxyfast, OxyIR, by Perdue Pharma, or Percocet aka Tylox, and Percodan by Endo Pharma, the analgesic opioid oxycodone comes into our life. It is a powerful CNS depressant, and any amount has a capacity to disturb the chemical function of our body.

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Other Side Effects of Oxycodone

Constipation is such a common toxic side effect of oxycodone use that a laxative is usually provided to go with the oxy prescription. Oxycodone use also constipates the brain – but in a mind stressed with tension and worry, such a condition can feel like release. Often it is only close family and friends who can see the effects of oxycodone use on the mind of the regular user. Lethargy, stupor, and sometimes irritability replace clear cognitive function, motor skills and co-ordination diminish, to an extent that people should not drive, or operate machinery under the influence of oxy. Many OC users have such levels of impairment and loss of healthy function that for all intents and purposes, they might as well be living in an opium den.

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The Alternatives

What people need to know today is not that oxy is addictive, but what alternatives are available, to avoid becoming a victim of OxyContin addiction. The answer is to avoid drug use, and to discover comprehensive methods for natural pain relief.

If you are addicted, get drug-free and detoxed at a natural and  effective rehab center such as Narconon, and regain control of your life. For a natural OxyContin addiction Treatment Center, call 1-877-782-7409 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1-877-782-7409 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.

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For more news and information about prescription drug addictions you can visit Narconon-news.org.

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The following is an addiction story about a regular dad who gets hooked on Oxy. This one is a fictional story. Unfortunately,  it is based on real life events and there is currently too many people who live similar nightmares, and their stories are not always ending  as good as this one. Here at Narconon Trois-Rivieres, we have helped many families over the years to make sure that their addiction stories have a happy ending.

Two years ago, I was a “normal” person. I had a job, and while it was nothing spectacular, it paid the bills. I also had friends, a home, and two relatively well adjusted teenaged kids. All of that changed the day I pulled a muscle in my shoulder and got a prescription for OxyContin from my doctor. I remember how much pain I was in and how the OxyContin eased that pain…but it brought on another in a much different way.

After about a week on the Oxy, I realized the pain was much better, but it didn’t stop me from continuing taking the drug. In fact, I went to the doctor for more, only I told him that the pain wasn’t better. When I did get more, I tried crushing the pill to experience that wonderful high that Oxy brings. Oh yeah, I was addicted to OxyContin and it was getting worse. Although I had never before injected any kind of drug, I had heard that injecting Oxy was a very nice high, so…I tried it. I felt so incredible! I felt relaxed and yet enlightened. My body and my mind both felt so immensely pleasant. The high didn’t last too long, but I thought it was worth it, so I continued doing it.

By that time, my kids began to grumble that I had changed and just “wasn’t myself”. My doctor gave me a lecture about how Oxy can be addictive and refused to prescribe anymore. So, I went to another doctor and got more OxyContin. My boss was on my case about missing a couple days of work, but to me, getting high was worth it. I didn’t hang out with my friends as much because they didn’t do Oxy, or any other drug for that matter. All that began to matter to me was Oxycontin, and getting high.

Several weeks went by, and I couldn’t get another prescription, so I began to scout out how to buy it without a prescription. It was surprisingly easy to get information. I hated paying so much even for a few pills, but I needed it. I stopped taking the kids places because I couldn’t afford it, what with missing a lot of work and needing the money for Oxy. I really stopped doing anything at all for or with them. If I did interact with them, it included a lot of accusing and yelling.

One day, while buying some Oxy, my “dealer”…ha, that sounds so melodramatic, because by this time, she was a friend. Anyway, she asked if I’d ever tried Heroin, since I enjoyed injecting Oxy. She offered me some, and I will never, EVER forget that high. It was similar to injecting Oxy, but yet had just a little bit more of a kick. Well, instead of buying OxyContin that day, I bought Heroin instead.

My kids, and my friends all began to gripe at me and complain, and I really hated being around them. I spent most of my time in my room shooting up. I lost my job, so I had to begin slowly withdrawing money from savings and the kids’ accounts to make ends meet and get my Heroin. My Mom and I were never close, so occasionally I would go over there and take some money out of her purse. She probably never even missed it (or so I thought).

In all of the time since I began doing heroin, I never even considered the feelings of my kids or my friends, and certainly not my mother. The kids and I moved, because I couldn’t pay rent on time. Food was pretty scarce, so they ate at friends’ houses a lot. Then came the day my Mother called and asked me out to lunch. I thought it was odd, but I was hungry! I didn’t know what was in store for me that day, but I found out.

She said she had to stop back at her house, so I followed her in. Sitting there in her living room were my kids, one of my friends, and some guy I’d never seen before. The look on their faces said it all, and my entire mood shifted. My kids had planned an intervention. That was to become the worst, and the best day of my life.

There were a lot of tears, and I could barely handle the emotion and the guilt I felt about everything they were saying. Oddly, I was also angry because it felt like they had betrayed me. Long story short—I agreed to go to rehab. Actually, one of the big reasons I did it was just to get out of there and to escape all of that emotion. That was the last day I did heroin. In actuality, that is just the beginning of the entire story, but that is a lot to happen in two short years, and all because I hurt my shoulder. In that time, I had had my first dose of Oxy, became addicted, and switched to heroin.

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To know more about the Narconon Rehab Program, please call 1-877-782-7409.

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