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Oxycontin Addiction

How Oxycodone Affects Your Eating Habits and Appetite

On This Page: Does It Affect Your Weight? Effects on Fitness Oxy and Metabolism Oxy Addiction Oxycodone is a narcotic painkiller. Doctors prescribe this drug to treat moderate to severe pain. Because it works similarly to morphine, it’s often used after major injuries or surgery. But did you know oxycodone does more (and sometimes less) … Continue reading How Oxycodone Affects Your Eating Habits and Appetite →

June 18, 2018

Alcohol Addiction

Taking Prescription Painkillers During Drug and Alcohol Rehab: Relapse or Not?

It’s a big debate among those in recovery: is medical use of prescribed medication a relapse if that medication is physically addictive? Because so many end up in drug rehab due to developing an addiction to their medical prescription for drugs like OxyContin, Vicodin, codeine, Xanax and more, it’s a concern in the recovery community … Continue reading Taking Prescription Painkillers During Drug and Alcohol Rehab: Relapse or Not? →

September 30, 2009

Drug Addiction

Painkiller Addiction: Self-Medicating Emotional Pain

Painkillers, especially opiate painkillers, are extremely addictive. It doesn’t matter who you are: if you take prescription medications like OxyContin, hydrocodone, Xanax, Vicodin, Fentanyl or codeine, you will build up a tolerance to opioid drugs. Eventually, you will need more of the opioid substance to achieve the initial painkilling effects. Opioid painkillers (also known as … Continue reading Painkiller Addiction: Self-Medicating Emotional Pain →

August 15, 2009