Addiction Info – OxyContin Intervention
Prescription drugs are often an unmentioned arena of addiction, though the patterns of loss & destruction wrought by Rx drugs are no less threatening than crack cocaine or heroin.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that more than nine million people in the US use prescription drugs for non-medical purposes.
pillsOxyContin is an opiate derived prescription drug; easily purchased on the street in a variety of doses. OxiContin addiction has spiked in recent year. Approved by the FDA first in 1995, OxyContin has quickly become a drug of choice for “housewives and Hill Billy’s.”
Legitimately prescribed to those living with residual or chronic pain, OxyContin has been praised for it’s long lasting pain relieving benefits. Taken as prescribed, the does is time-released. Used by addicts, crushed then snorted, swallowed or injected, OxyContin addiction is ever bit as problematic as Heroin.
Over time, more of the drug is needed to produce a similar effect, as the body builds tolerance to the drug.
Those addicted to OxyContin generally require a stringent medically supervised detox. OxyContin addiction is a brutal one – creeping up on the entire family as the addict’s affects friends, family, career, kids, finances and possibly involving law enforcement.
Many become addicted to OxyContin following a legitimate prescription following an accident or surgery. Addiction begins, and the cycle of taking the pills to answer the addiction follows. “I take the pill…I feel good!” we hear the addicted say. It’s this connection which leads to addiction.
Thus, the cycle of craving, use and then regret begin to become the new ‘normal’.
Life becomes more and more unmanageable. The things lost become more important & valuable.
The cycle of addiction can be broken – and it begins with getting the addicted individual in to treatment. The recovery process will begin for the entire intervention network.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that more than nine million people in the US use prescription drugs for non-medical purposes.
pillsOxyContin is an opiate derived prescription drug; easily purchased on the street in a variety of doses. OxiContin addiction has spiked in recent year. Approved by the FDA first in 1995, OxyContin has quickly become a drug of choice for “housewives and Hill Billy’s.”
Legitimately prescribed to those living with residual or chronic pain, OxyContin has been praised for it’s long lasting pain relieving benefits. Taken as prescribed, the does is time-released. Used by addicts, crushed then snorted, swallowed or injected, OxyContin addiction is ever bit as problematic as Heroin.
Over time, more of the drug is needed to produce a similar effect, as the body builds tolerance to the drug.
Those addicted to OxyContin generally require a stringent medically supervised detox. OxyContin addiction is a brutal one – creeping up on the entire family as the addict’s affects friends, family, career, kids, finances and possibly involving law enforcement.
Many become addicted to OxyContin following a legitimate prescription following an accident or surgery. Addiction begins, and the cycle of taking the pills to answer the addiction follows. “I take the pill…I feel good!” we hear the addicted say. It’s this connection which leads to addiction.
Thus, the cycle of craving, use and then regret begin to become the new ‘normal’.
Life becomes more and more unmanageable. The things lost become more important & valuable.
The cycle of addiction can be broken – and it begins with getting the addicted individual in to treatment. The recovery process will begin for the entire intervention network.
