OxyContin is the brand name for an extended-release form of oxycodone, a prescription opioid painkiller that is one of the most overprescribed and misused medications in the United States. Highly effective, but also highly addictive in both the immediate-release and extended-release forms, OxyContin and oxycodone are prescription narcotics with opium-like effects. How is OxyContin made …
Many people with addiction to drugs and alcohol started using substances to get relief from chronic pain — physical, emotional and psychological pain. Pain does funny things to your brain — it is very difficult to focus on anything else when you are coping with pain. Our instinct is to make the pain go away …
Medications containing the opioid painkiller propoxyphene were banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2010. Prescribed for long-term chronic pain, drugs that mixed propoxyphene and acetaminophen (Darvocet, Darvon, etc.) were long believed to be safer and less addictive than stronger opioid painkillers like OxyContin or Vicodin. However, studies uncovered a significant risk of …
Even the most seemingly minor surgeries can be very painful, and your doctor will likely send you home with a painkiller to take as needed. Perhaps you won’t need it at all. But if your surgery was quite invasive or is associated with a lengthy healing process, chances are you’ll be grateful for the painkillers …
Percocet is a brand-name painkiller that works by depressing or dulling the central nervous system. When someone with severe or chronic pain takes Percocet, the drug blocks receptors in the nervous system, greatly reducing pain symptoms. Percocet may be a central nervous system depressant, but it is not a mood depressant. In fact, users who …
Adderall is a brand-name combination of dextroamphetamine and amphetamine, and it is prescribed to treat the symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, some people, particularly teens and young adults feeling pressured to perform to exceptional standards in high school or college, may abuse Adderall in order to concentrate for long periods of time. Taking …
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Recent reports from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) show that there has been an increase in Xanax abuse in recent years. There are a number of reasons this is happening. Here’s what to look out for. Xanax Abuse From 2005 to 2011, the number of emergency …
Peripheral nervous system disorder is a term to describe damage to nerves that exists outside the spinal cord and brain, otherwise known as the central nervous system (CNS). There are a vast number of nerves outside the CNS including: The nerves of the head, face, eyes, nose and ears The nerves of muscles and the …
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Sleep medications are prescription and nonprescription treatments designed to help you fall asleep and/or stay asleep for longer periods of time. Most of the common prescription options have the potential to produce dependence/addiction if you take them in large amounts or for extended periods of time. Depending on your situation, you may want to avoid …
Adderall is a stimulant medication that combines two types of amphetamines. Along with another medication called Ritalin, it ranks as one of the most common treatment options for the symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. When used as directed by a doctor, Adderall generally poses very little risk for the onset of stimulant addiction. …