Prescription Drug Addictions
Prescription drugs can relieve pain, make surgery possible, and keep symptoms of many different illnesses in check. For many people, prescription drugs make a productive life possible. Drugs enable them to functional normally again without having to deal with pain, anxiety, or sleepless nights. For others getting a high, wanting to relax, reducing appetite, or peer acceptance is the reason they experiment with prescription drugs. For them, many problems can arise while taking these drugs, and it can lead to prescription drug addictions.
Common Types of Prescription Drugs that Cause Addiction:
Opiods – treats pain.
CNS Depressants – treats pain and sleep disorders.
Stimulants – treats narcolepsy and ADD/ADHD.
Believing that these drugs are safer than street drugs, people experiment with them. The fact is that when not used as intended, they can be extremely harmful. These drugs activate the brain’s reward center and are highly addictive. They can be abused as someone’s own prescription, or acquired from a friend or dealer. Without a physician’s care, using prescription drugs can have serious consequences.
Complications of Prescription Drug Addictions:
- Increased risk of choking
- Low blood pressure
- Slowed breathing rate
- Coma
- Memory problems
- Death
- Hyperactivity or nervous system
- Seizures
- High body temperature
- Heart problems
- High blood pressure
- Tremors
- Hallucinations
- aggressiveness
- paranoia
In addition to these complications, some symptoms of prescription drug addictions are constipation, depressions, confusion, sweating, poor coordination, drowsiness, poor judgements, dizziness, weight loss, irritability, and restlessness. If you or a loved one is experiencing any of these symptoms or complications, seek help immediately. There are different strategies available to help overcome prescription drug addictions. For many drugs, simply stopping the drug is not an option. It can possibly lead to more complications. However, there are ways professionals can you help overcome this addiction.
Since everyone and every situation is different, it is important to have a variety of choices in treatment. Sober solutions has a large database of treatment centers available. As a treatment referral company, our dedication is to carefully seek the best treatment option based on the needs of you or your loved one. With a personalized, caring counselor available to assist you in this important decision, you are not alone. We have many treatment centers we can compare to based on your financial need, preferences, and location. For your protection, our prescription drug addictions referral service is completely confidential.
We look forward to helping you get the treatment option that works best for your situation.