Prescription Opiates

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Prescription opiates, otherwise known as narcotic painkillers, in all their various forms, are perhaps the most abused drugs in the United States. Almost all available prescription opiates are synthesized from, or are related to synthetic forms of opium. Morphine was the first available prescription drug in the opiate family, and was followed by countless others of varying strengths. These drugs include Codeine, Hydromorphone, Oxycodone, Hydromorphone and Methadone among many others.

These drugs are all widely prescribed by pain clinics... Those drugs are then combined with others or used in different preparations, and marketed under names such as Vicodin, Percocet, Tylenol 3 and Tylenol 4, Methadone and Dilaudid. These drugs are all widely prescribed by pain clinics, hospitals, dentists and family doctors for a variety of pains, from a simple toothache to serious and debilitating pain, and even if not abuses, will cause dependence in all users when taken regularly.

Signs of Opiate Use

Prescription opiates are often one of teen’s first drugs of choice as they can often be found in the medicine cabinets of their parents or their friends parents. One of the most frequent calls to drug and alcohol help lines is from parents who suspect that their children are using pills, and want to know what signs to look for. Opiates work as depressants on the central nervous system, and they slow down the brains reaction to external stimulus. Therefore, users may appear sluggish and may have diminished reaction times when speaking to others.

It is important to note that different people react to opiates in different ways...

They also show decreased ability to reason, and speak strangely. They may also appear to be sedated, with eyelids that are half open and may frequently “nod out”, frequently nodding their head asleep and then immediately waking up. It is important to note that different people react to opiates in different ways, depending on the individual user’s brain chemistry, as well as their level and length of abuse. It is not unusual for a user of opiates to have a reaction to the drugs that is opposite of the stereotypical effects. That is to say the user may have a burst of energy, be very talkative and nervous when initially under the influence of the drug.

Opiate Addiction and Treatment

Addiction to prescription opiates usually starts in one of tow ways. In the first, the user is generally younger and starts taking the pills by getting them from friends or from their own parents medicine chests. They will then graduate to getting the pills in various illicit fashions, either by obtaining fraudulent prescriptions from live doctors or on the internet, or by buying the pills off the street from drug dealers. The second common method in which one becomes addicted to prescription opiates is when the user has a legitimate pain problem and is prescribed opiates to deal with that pain, and eventually finds themselves dependent on the pills, regardless of if the initial pain issue goes away.

An inpatient detoxification from prescription opiates usually lasts approximately seven days, after which they will go into a twenty eight day drug rehab treatment center.

Addiction to prescription opiates is extremely hard to break, and detoxification must be done in an inpatient center. Users describe withdrawal from opiates as a terrifying experience, and an inpatient center can provide the user with detox medication to help them come off of their drugs in a safe and gentle manner. An inpatient detoxification from prescription opiates usually lasts approximately seven days, after which they will go into a twenty eight day drug rehab treatment center.

The first step in getting treatment is to call us at 866-616-0069.

...construct an aftercare plan that will help them with the daily maintenance

The drug rehab treatment phase of the prescription opiate user’s recovery is an essential step to help them build a solid foundation for a lifetime of sobriety. The treatment should have three main focuses. First, the patient needs to work a course of relapse prevention, in which they focus on the psychological and environmental stressors that lead to them craving and using the drug. Secondly, they work closely with a therapist to help identify and work through the underlying issues in their personal history that led to their original and continued use. Thirdly, and perhaps most importantly, they must construct an aftercare plan that will help them with the daily maintenance necessary to keep the sobriety that they achieved in treatment.

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