Morphine And Opioid Derivatives, Oxycodone, And Morphine Addiction To Pain Meds

 

There are some very strong pain medications that are available to patients who undergo chronic pain from surgery, cancer, accidents, burns, and many other maladies that cause serious pain over a period of time. The longer the medication is taken, the more likely the possibility of addiction.

Opioids are psychoactive chemicals that resemble morphine in the effects that they have on the brain. Opioids block the pain sensations that are received by the brains from the injured area. After these drugs are taken for some time, they are difficult to stop once the pain is alleviated by healing and recovery of the surgery or injury.

Opioids are well known for their properties for addiction as well as the ability of the drugs to create a feeling of euphoria and an exotic high when taken as an over dose. The overdose is where the real problem lies.

Believe it or not, the biggest drug problem in the United States is not heroin and cocaine addiction, but addiction from opioid drugs such as Oxycodene which began as pain medication. There are currently 45 deaths per day from overdose of opioids compared to 20 deaths per day from cocaine and heroin overdoses.

There are programs for scaling down the prescription of these drugs when a person comes off of them, but once a person experiences the high from them, it can be difficult to stop. Many people find a way to continue taking them on an illegal basis beyond their prescription.

Once addicted, it is impossible for a person to get off of the drug on their own. It requires treatment in a facility where the patient is confined. There the patient is closely supervised and monitored in the process of getting off of the drug.