Addiction Topic Keyword: Prescription Drug Addiction (p. 1 of 4)
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Oxycontin Addiction Help
If you are abusing Oxycontin in any manner, which essentially entails that you are taking it in an off label manner or for an off label purpose, then realize that there is help out there for you to take advantage of. There are a wide variety of drug rehab facilities that are specifically designed for prescription drug abuse and addiction.
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Why is Oxycontin Dangerous?
Oxycontin is a type of opioid drug that is supposed to be used to treat different types of severe pain. In situations where someone is dealing with extreme or chronic pain, this type of drug is the preferred medication of choice because there is not a threshold where the effect of the drug is going to cease to increase.
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Oxycontin Withdrawal
Oxycontin is a drug that is commonly prescribed for relief of moderate to severe pain. This opioid narcotic pain reliever is extremely habit forming, and many individuals who take it for prolonged periods of time can develop an addiction to the drug.
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Discontinuing the use of Oxycontin abruptly can lead to the development of serious and potentially life threatening side effects. What... -
Identifying Oxycontin and How It Is Abused
Oxycontin is the trade name for a type of narcotic known as oxycodone hydrochloride. This is a painkiller that is widely available across the United States, but that you can only acquire with the use of a prescription from a legitimate physician.
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Oxycontin can be acquired legitimately with a prescription for a number of different purposes, though its primary mechanism for use is in the... -
Curiosity and Addiction
Even though sometimes our curiosity can get us into trouble when we act on it, curiosity in itself isn't necessarily a bad thing. Through curiosity we can find answers to difficult problems and it can even lead to the discovery of cures for illness and disease. But it's true there are situations where being curious about something can be a negative thing, especially when it's about something that...
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Marijuana and Prescription Drug Use Among Twelfth Graders
Various types of drugs are used among our youth but some are more commonly abused than others. Every year a Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey is done among almost fifty thousand students in the eighth, ninth and twelfth grades. Results from the 2012 survey among high school students in the 12th grade show prescription medications and marijuana to be the most prevalently used.
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