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Today, a modern day plague often unnoticed is the dependence on prescription pills. Over 6 million Americans have misused prescription medication at one time or another. Many times, it seems, is that a quick fix way for doctors to “help” their patients is to prescribe a variety of sedatives, pain killers, and sleep aids without having the proper, thorough conversations concerning all facets of their patient’s life and other medical factors. As time goes by and the daily pressures of life prevail, suddenly the need for the pills heightens and that need takes over. Often, the prescription drug addiction develops without the individual realizing it until the drug begins to control of their life. When an individual exceeds the dosage prescribed or seeks to obtain the drug after the time prescribed by their physician, they should be alert to the possibility of drug dependency.
Addictive
drugs mimic the action of chemicals you brain produces to send messages
of pleasure to your brain’s reward center. They produce an artificial
feeling of pleasure. Most addictive drugs are able to produce pleasurable
effects by chemically acting like certain normal brain messenger chemicals,
which produce positive feelings in response to signals from the brain.
The result is a dependence on the immediate, fast, predictable drug which,
at the same time, short circuits interests in and the motivation to make
life’s normal rewards work. More and more confidence is placed in
the drug while other survival feelings are ignored and bypassed. The result
of this addiction cycle is a lack of concern for, and confidence in, other
areas of life. Frequently, home and particularly work life suffer.
Some
pills commonly used in prescription drug
abuse include: vicodin, codeine, precocet, xanax, lorcet, aderhol and
many others. Each prescription drug has certain side effects that can
negatively affect the user, but they have one thing in common….they
can lead to addiction.
Treatment does work and rapid recovery is possible at Executive Recovery for Pills.
If you are struggling with the need for prescription pills or over the counter medication, please call us to discover how we can help you. We are here to support you.