Prescription Medication Addiction

[cherokee_gal]

I found this on the net. It was informational. I thought it might help those who are just now trying to get information on addiction.


Prescription Medication Addiction
There are many types of addiction in this world. There are food, sex, drug and alcohol addictions just to name a few. One of the easiest addictions to fall into without even realizing it is prescription drug addiction. I have experienced how easy it is to get addicted to prescription drugs myself. Most of the time a doctor is labeled as someone who is trusted and really cares about your well-being. This is a common misconception. Unfortunately that is not always true. Doctor’s often get a certain amount of pay for each prescription they write. Although there are definitely some very talented and caring doctors, there are also those that are just doing the job for the money.

Prescription drugs are highly addictive and abused. The most popular abused prescription drugs are hydrocodone (loratab), benzos’ (xanax, valium, klonopine etc.) and oxycontin (synthetic morphine). These are narcotic pain and nerve relievers. They cause you to have a feeling of euphoria and make you feel invincible until you come down. The withdrawal from these drugs can be compared to the withdrawals from heroin and you could be hospitalized.

Something as common as having chest cold could start this process of addiction. Doctor’s often prescribe a cough medicine with the main ingredient of codeine. They do this so you won’t have pain in your chest and throat. When you start taking it, it helps but, as you continue, you realize not only does it take that pain away, but you don’t have to deal with daily stress and responsibility and nothing seems to bother you anymore as long as you have this medicine.

Another pain medication that is often prescribed is Tylenol #3 with codeine. I was prescribed this medication for pain after a natural child birth. This started a long cycle of chemical dependency in my life. I just recently found the answer in God, and the twelve steps to recovery program. Addiction is a disease and anything can trigger it, the problem is, you may not even know it’s there until it’s too late.

In conclusion, be aware of what medicines are prescribed to you and check all product instructions before usage. If you can take a non-narcotic medicine for pain or nerves instead of these highly addictive prescriptions, save yourself the bad effects they have on your mind and body. Anything can be addicting, it’s just a matter of being aware.

[Soonerdean]

GREAT POST!  My addiction started in 1998 when I had was diagnosed with Plantar Fasciitis and had 5..yes 5...root canals in one year.  I would go into the dentist office complaining of pain..he would look at me and prescribe me Lortabs until he could schedule my procedure which was usually 2 weeks.  So by doing basic math you can tell I was on Lortabs for 10 months.  

I will NEVER forget after the 3rd root canal is when I noticed that I was not feeling so well and life seemed to be bothering me a little more.  I fought this for a month or so and...you guessed it....I had another root canal and started taking Lortab again.  This is when I finally realized that I LOVED these things.  They made life easier to live and problems were not so big.  My dentist did not prescribe me Lortabs to get me addicted it just happend that way due to teeth problems.

I have chronic pain every day.  The first day I went to a foot doctor I went there for relief...not necessarily pain meds....just relief.  My story is much like all the others from this point on..go to the doc complaining of pain...he would prescribe me Lortab and Xanax....and I would wait until my next appointment.  When I realized I was addicted is when my prescriptions began running out before they were supposed to.

I would borrow from tomorrow and say "I'll make it up tomorrow so I wont get behind."  I never had a prescription last longer than it should.  To make  a long story short....with the help of people on this board I have kicked a 75 mic Fentanyl patch habit...every 48 hours and am now working on getting over the hump with Pills.  I just cant seem to get past this one pill a day habit but am working on it.

You are correct with docs turning into pill pushers..not all of them...but I would say most.  I have seen 10 docs over the past 2 years for my chronic pain and would say only 1 seemed to have my best interest in mind.  They were ALL quick to prescribe me pain meds, physch meds and others and I just got the feeling I was nothing more than a dollar sign walking in their front door.

My neighbor across the street is a surgeon and a good friend of mine.  I am always asking his advice on things and he actually saved my life 2 years ago but I have never and will never ask him for meds.  He is young and still cares about his patients but over the last year I have seen him grow a little more jaded in his job...BURNOUT!  

Can you imagine working with sick people all day and not to mention sick peoples familes.  There are good docs out there and when you find one HANG ON.

[beachtowel]

This younger generation here on the forum is not heavy Heroin users it is RX addictions by majority...........
The doctors out there contribute heavily to it also with so many people without insurance its all about temperory fixes........

Here in the detroit area Pharmacies are being robbed all the time and people want Oxycotins.......
Many of the pharmacies now are putting up signs we do not stock Oxycotins I think in fear of being robbed.......this particular narcotic is causing a lot of problems........

In the drug rehabs that I have been speaking at Oxycotins and snorting them seem to be a very popular trend..........

People locked up in rehabs at my seminars love to express the fact that there drug of choice is snorting 80mg oxys..........

I think if problems continue with Oxycotin severe federal restrictions will be nessessary to keep it under control........