Prevention Tips for Rising Prescription Drug Abuse from Journey Healing Centers
In response to alarming statistics and recent press coverage of celebrity deaths caused by addictions, Journey Healing Centers' licensed doctors and therapists announce Prevention Tips for Rising Prescription Drug Abuse. The 2010 National Drug Threat Assessment (released 3/25/10) highlights abuse of prescription drugs as a serious and increasing problem with pain relievers on the top of the list.
Healthcare and Rehabilitation For Prescription Drug Addiction
When somebody tells you that of person you know is a drug addict at times it is not easily believable It is because you picture a drug addict as someone who smokes weed, takes heroin, or has injection marks on the arms
Side effects of the drug Vicodin
Like a vast number of drugs, vicodin is mainly used as a pain reliever although it does have a secondary benefit in stopping people having coughs and coughing fits. Although the pain relieving element is of great benefit, it should be noted that the biggest level of addiction to drugs comes with pain relieving pills. As people take these drugs over a sustained period of time, it is quite common for people’s tolerance levels to rise, meaning that an amount of drugs which would have previously positively impacted on a body is now no longer able to do the same job. This forces people to take a greater number of drugs, increasing the pressure being placed on their livers and increasing the likelihood of them is being addicted. As stated, addict ...
Oxycodone Prescription Crisis in Florida
The 21st century has been deemed the season of addiction by some. At New Beginnings Detox, we are seeing more people of all ages with substance abuse problems, as well as other addictive compulsive behaviors. While the number of people seeking treatment is increasing, there seems to be a disproportionate growth rate in one particular area oxycodone, which has an opiate-like effect when misused.
Prescription Drugs Kill More Floridians Then Illegal Drugs
For the first time in history in the State of Florida, more people died from overdoses of prescription drugs than from illegal drugs. This statistic reported in the June 8, 2002 St. Petersburg Times came from a report of the 24 medical examiners in Florida for the year 2001. The article noted that there were 939 cases where lethal levels of prescription painkillers such as OxyContin, methadone and Vicodin, or benzodiazepine drugs such as Xanax or Valium were found. The 939 cases in 2001 more than tripled the 284 cases in 2000.
