Drug Addiction Stories & Info

Prescription drug abuse is also known as pill addiction. Narconon is a drug rehab center that offers a solution to people addicted to pills. There is no stereotype of person who becomes addicted – anyone who is prescribed pills, or takes over the counter medication is vulnerable to addiction. Of all the many medications available OTC or prescription pain killers can lead to addiction very rapidly.

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How May Someone Become Addicted to a Prescribed Drug?

Addiction can be caused by intentional abuse, or it can be a result of over prescription. Many people become addicted to pills when taking their medication exactly as directed, due to tolerance effects. As people become more tolerant of a drug, it becomes less effective to manage symptoms. People want to take more of the drug to get the same relief. When people start to take a drug at levels toxic to the body, any attempt to reduce drug use, leads to painful symptoms of withdrawal. This makes people take more of the drug, and so the cycle of addiction begins.

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Some Addictive Painkillers

There are many people in Canada today addicted to pills that contain oxycodone and acetaminophen. Painkillers such as OxyContin contain oxycodone. Percocet contains both oxycodone and acetaminophen. The active ingredient of Tylenol is acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol, and often used for pain relief in young children. Tylenol, Percocet and OxyContin are all potentially addictive drugs. Many people with pain start with Tylenol or Percocet and go on to use OxyContin for more intense pain relief.

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Signs of Pills Addiction

When people are already suffering from pain and disability, detecting symptoms of addiction can be difficult, withdrawal symptoms can be mistaken for symptoms of our illness. If you have a need to keep taking more of a drug, and start focusing your attention on drug use in preference to other interests in life, then this might be an early indication of addiction.

Signs of addiction to pills might include:

• lack of interest in appearance
• lack of interest in work and routine chores
• a pre-occupation with getting the drug
• using and possibly stealing money to support the drug habit
• using deception to get more medication from the doctor
• mood swings and irritability
• a range of painful physical or emotional feelings.

If you are on a pain medication and start to feel out of sorts, the Narconon helpline can provide advice to people on pills who think that they might be addicted.

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Controversy

Controversy has raged about the use of Tylenol, Percocet and OxyContin due to the addictive potential of both oxycodone and acetaminophen, and their wide availability to people not adequately informed or notified as to their addictive potential. People seeking pain relief may find that over time their use of prescription painkillers has created an addiction that is neither expected nor intended.

People often go into denial about addiction, some will get into trouble with their relationships, their families, in the workplace and have confrontations with the law and still not want to accept that their problems relate to prescription pill addiction and abuse.

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Some Statistics

Statistics reveal that in 2009, around 16 million people in the USA who are age 12 or over had taken at least one prescription drug. Dr Jurgen Rhem, of Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health notes, in 2009, that while Canada does not have the same “wealth of data” that the US has concerning prescription pills abuse, the statistics for Canada, and in particular for Ontario, show concerning trends. For example 5% of the Ontario population abuses prescription medications. Opioid related admissions to Ontario drug treatment centers increased by 60% between 2004 and 2009, with a 41% increase in opioid related deaths between 1999 and 2004.

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Narconon Offers a Solution to Pills Addiction

Finding a solution to the problem of addiction to prescription pills requires a decision to be made: that the addict needs to stop using their drugs. Concerned family members can contact Narconon if they feel that an intervention is needed to help someone who has, and is in denial about, a prescription or OTC pill addiction.

People with prescription pill addiction often continue to use the pills because they see no alternative. Many people think that prescription pills from doctor, or something from the pharmacy is the only way to get pain relief. Narconon offers a solution to people addicted to pills that opens a window of opportunity to consider and to use natural, drug-free methods for effective pain relief.

The Narconon method for drug addiction recovery is nontraditional and offers completely drug-free detox together with a series of practical courses designed to help an addict to stay off drugs, feel more confident and happy in their life.

The Narconon solution to pills addiction gets people completely clean of drugs, not only drugs in the bloodstream, but drug residues that remain, sometimes for years, in the body after drug use. Included in the addiction treatment will be the use of dry heat sauna, nutritious food, vitamins, minerals, adequate sleep, exercise and fresh water.

People who had chosen to use pills to help deal with their problems in life will have no need to use pills for relief when they have successfully completed the rehabilitation courses of the Narconon program. Even people who have unintentionally got addicted to OTC or prescription pills will find the life skills courses and exercises beneficial when resolving future difficulties and problems that might arise in their lives.

Prescription pills addiction is an increasing problem, and indications are that young children and teens are becoming more attracted to the use of prescription and OTC pills – often being offered prescription pills by family members or friends, sometimes experimenting with pills that they find lying around in the home.

Prescription pills often feel safe because they have been prescribed by a doctor, getting prescription pills doesn’t feel as illegal as when buying hard drugs on the street. People are often surprised to find that OxyContin and heroin are much the same in chemical composition and equally addictive.

Narconon offers a non narcotic, therapeutic solution to people addicted to pills, enabling them to overcome their addiction, deal with their pain, and live a contented life.

For more information about the drug-free Narconon drug 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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Prescription Pills Addition Treatment

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Within the last few years, Narconon drug rehab centers have seen a steep increase of clients coming in for treatment who are addicted to Oxycodone painkillers. There is a reason for this.

Many people have gone to a doctor for the relief of pain and have been given oxycodone, an analgesic painkiller, similar to morphine. Until recently there has not been much coverage in the news about this drug side effects that include addiction, even when using it in accordance with a prescription. Therefore people taking oxy, getting good feelings and pain relief don’t think in terms of addiction, simply think that the prescribed drug appears to be doing its job.

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The Beginning of an Addiction

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People taking oxy products for their pain will generally start with the lower doses in the range, and due to tolerance effects that happen with addictive drugs, may find that after a while they need a higher dose, or to take their medication more frequently to keep the pain away. Doctors, at least until recently, would normally oblige – pain is now recognized as being one of the vital signs that a doctor must take into account and medicate if it presents as a problem.

People would often find that after taking oxy they would feel on top of the world, only to start feeling moody, upset or anxious as the dose wears off. This side effect of oxycodone use has caused for some people a psychological addiction to the drug, as well as a physical tolerance that causes painful symptoms to occur if a person reduces their dose or tries to withdraw from it completely. Read more…

The effects of painkillers combination can be much more than uncomfortable

The addictive properties of many painkillers on the market today are largely understated. Drug information facts and warnings never seem to say directly that these drugs can be addictive. Instead people are requested to contact their doctor if certain symptoms appear. Evidence of over prescription and over use of prescription painkillers today would suggest that not all doctors and fewer patients fully understand the risk. Even with low doses and taken as prescribed, these painkillers on the market can get people addicted.

The addictive potential of OxyContin is now widely known, if not explicitly stated or acknowledged by its manufacturer. However, there are other painkillers on the market less notorious than oxy, such as ibuprofen, codeine and paracetamol (acetaminophen) that can be taken on their own, or as combination drugs.

Effects of Painkillers Combination

Part of the problem of drug combinations is that they are not specifically monitored. Each of the ingredients has an individual approval for medicinal use. When drugs are combined, in varying doses, it can be confusing to prescribing doctors and to over-the-counter drug buyers to know exactly what drugs and how much of each they are taking. As a result, drug manufacturers are under a warning that doses of drugs in combination may need to be administered at lower levels, to ensure safety, than if administered alone.

Some combination painkillers contain different drugs that are all potentially addictive. It is not only the narcotic opioid pain killers that can make you addicted.

Many NSAID (non steroid anti inflammatory drugs), such as aspirin or ibuprofen can be addictive, with dangerous side effects if taken in large quantities. It amounts to substance abuse when a person takes more of a medication than as directed or prescribed – yet many people today have the attitude towards their drugs, that taking a few more won’t do any harm, and might make them feel better.

Prolodone for example is an oxycodone suppository – that comes with a long list of contra indications for use and potential side effects, including the risk of addiction. Roxicodone is another oxycodone drug that comes with dire warnings of side effects and addiction.

Hydrocodone is an analgesic similar to oxycodone – experts still fail to agree which is the stronger of the two, or the more addictive. Complications arise when brand names make products appear to be different from each other when, essentially, they contain the same active ingredients. Depalgos, for example, contains oxycodone and paracetamol, as marketed in Italy, is the same as Percocet, except in the USA, paracetamol is called acetaminophen. Tylox contains oxycodone and paracetamol – and is often combined with other drugs.

Targin contains oxycodone, combined with naloxone – it still has bad side effects and can cause addiction. Painkillers Eukodol and Eucodol are German brands of oxycodone.

In fact, the list of these painkiller drugs and their combinations is potentially endless. An internet search reveals at least 268 drug combinations involving such products as acetaminophen, oxycodone, hydrocodone, caffeine, pseudoephedrine, melatonin, codeine, aspirin, naltrexone, and tramadol, with varying doses of each substance in the different brand name drug products.

Painkillers Combination and Addiction

Too many people in the world today speak with amazement and regret about “the crazy painkillers” that got them addicted.

Recognizing and facing the fact that you have an addiction is only part of the problem when taking these prescription drugs. When people take combinations of combination painkillers in varying amounts, they might know that they are addicted – but precisely to what drug are they addicted, and at what level of dose? The real solution to the addiction issues caused by prescription drugs is to use a drug-free detox program, such as the one offered at Narconon drug rehab centers and get your life back on track.

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Narconon has a natural drug rehab treatment program entirely drug-free. Since 1966, it has effectively helped people from all over the world to beat their drug and alcohol addiction. To get more information about the Narconon program just call 1-877-782-7409 or visit www.narconon.ca

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