Do You Have a Prescription Drug Addiction?
The development of prescription drug addiction after an acute injury or while treating chronic pain is one of the most common problems in the United States today. Whether you are dealing with Vicodin addiction, Xanax addiction, OxyContin addiction, Ambien addiction, Percocet addiction or addiction to other anti-anxiety medications, sleep meds or painkillers, you can find the help you need to break free at a prescription drug addiction rehab.
In Palm Springs, California, Michael’s House offers a prescription drug addiction treatment program designed to help you detox physically off of your drug of choice. No matter how you came to prescription drug addiction, we can help you walk away and start over. Call Michael’s House now: .
Prescription Drug Addiction: Sleep Medications
If you are addicted to benzodiazepines prescribed to fight insomnia like estazolam (ProSom), flurazepam (Dalmane), quazepam (Doral), temazepam (Restoril) or triazolam (Halcion), it doesn’t take long to build up a physical dependence upon the drug. Other non-benzo sleep aid prescription like eszopiclone (Lunesta), zalepon (Sonata) and zolpidem (Ambien) also may create psychological and mental dependence in those who take it for long periods of time and/ or you may need more and more for them to work at all.
After a period of regular use of sleep medication, those who attempt to get to sleep without medication may find it even harder than it was before the prescription.
Other complications of sleep medications aside from drug addiction, drug dependence and rebound insomnia include interactions with other medications, other side effects like confusion or forgetfulness, withdrawal symptoms when you stop taking the drug and the possibility that the true cause of your insomnia will go undiscovered and untreated.
Prescription Drug Addiction: Anti-Anxiety Medications
For those who have panic attacks or suffer from anxiety, anti-anxiety medications in the benzodiazepine class are the most common prescription. Unfortunately, just like sleep medication and painkillers, anti-anxiety medications are highly addictive. By slowing down the nervous system, anti-anxiety medications ease the effects of stress and this relief is addictive psychologically at the same time that the chemical mechanism of the drug in the brain creates physical addiction over time.
The most common anti-anxiety prescription drugs of addiction include alprazolam (Xanax), clonazepam (Klonopin), diazepam (Valium) and lorazepam (Ativan), among others. In addition to the development of addiction, those who take anti-anxiety medications may also suffer from serious side effects without prescription drug rehab, side effects that may include lack of coordination, loss of memory and concentration, depression, and overdose when mixed with other drugs, including alcohol.
Oddly paradoxical side effects of prescription drug addiction to anti-anxiety meds include rage, hostility, mania and other aggressive behaviors.
Prescription Drug Addiction: Painkillers
Painkillers are likely the most common drugs prescribed today. From moderate pain to severe pain, drugs like Vicodin, OxyContin, Percocet, Percodan, Lorcet, hydrocodone and many, many others are commonly prescribed. Unfortunately, many doctors don’t create an exit plan when the prescription begins, leaving patients to develop a physical and psychological addiction to the drug without any treatment. The risk of overdose is exceedingly high with this type of prescription drug and the withdrawal effects can be deadly without the right medical supervision. Do not attempt to stop taking opiate prescription painkillers without the assistance of a physician.
Prescription Drug Addiction Treatment at Michael’s House
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