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OxyContin Addiction Is Widespread, and Deadly
And the pain of coming off it can stop most people from trying...
If you're having a problem with OxyContin addiction, you're not alone.
Oxycodone, is the active ingredient in OxyContin. Molecularly almost identical with heroin, it operates in the body in the same manner. If it is crushed it can be snorted or injected and is used interchangeably with heroin. Many addicts say that if they can't get oxycodone then they will get the same high from heroin.
OxyContin came on the market in the mid ‘90's and took the U.S. by storm. Within just a few years of its release, more prescriptions were being written for OxyContin than all other opiate pain-killers combined and OxyContin addiction and abuse soon became the number one reason for admissions into many drug treatment centers. Hospital emergency room visits climbed to more than 30,000, and the death-toll quadrupled. OxyContin addiction is not something to be taken lightly, and getting off the drug requires a supervised medical detox.
If you or someone you care about is taking OxyContin,
call Novus Medical Detox now at
1.800.505.6604.
We can help you arrange a safer, more comfortable
medically-supervised OxyContin detox as the first
step toward ending OxyContin addiction,
dependency and abuse.
Words from one of our patients: “The first thing I realized is that I’m not alone and this can happen to anybody. I also realized that I am a strong person for making the decision to get help...”
The why behind OxyContin addiction, and the reason for medically-supervised detox
You have probably heard of endorphins – the body's natural painkillers and mood elevators. What you may not know is that endorphins are also opiates, very similar to heroin, morphine, and Oxycodone. When a person experiences more pain than the body's natural endorphins can alleviate, doctors often prescribe pain killers. OxyContin is usually prescribed to reduce the pain of injuries, bursitis, dislocations, fractures, neuralgia, arthritis, lower back problems, and the pain associated with cancer.
After you've taken OxyContin for a while - supplying the body with an external source of pain killers - the body tends to produce fewer and fewer endorphins on its own and, consequently, becomes physically dependant on the drug. As many of the conditions for which it is prescribed are chronic, taking OxyContin for a long time is not unusual.
When you then try to stop using the drug, the body undergoes severe trauma that can be very painful. Although physical dependence is not the only factor in addiction and, for some, OxyContin addiction can happen with even short term use, this dependency, and the pain experienced when you stop taking the drug, opens the door to addiction.
Although OxyContin addiction often begins with a legitimate prescription from a doctor, it is also widely available on the street. Once the word got out that OxyContin produces a high similar to heroin, illegal use of OxyContin caught on like wildfire. On the street, users break open or crush OxyContin pills and ingest, snort or inject it for faster absorption.
Another very dangerous factor in OxyContin addiction and dependency is the risk of overdose – and, believe me, that is one risk you definitely do not want to take. OxyContin overdose can have serious effects - skeletal muscle flaccidity, cold and clammy skin, lowered blood pressure and heart rate, coma, severe respiratory distress, and even death.
Overdose can occur with long-term use as the body builds a tolerance to the drug and requires higher doses to have the same impact or, in the case of street use where the pills are crushed and destroy the time-release coating, the amount of the drug hitting your system all at once can be far too much for the body to handle.
There are legitimate reasons for taking OxyContin, but getting off it as soon as possible is vital. Ensuring that withdrawal doesn't cause severe physical pain and trauma makes it safe and, for some, it's the only real option.
Get Help With Safer, More Comfortable OxyContin Detox
Withdrawal from OxyContin can be a very painful experience. So painful, in fact, that even if the person wants to get off the drug, the fear of withdrawal symptoms is enough to deter them. For heavy users, the withdrawal symptoms can be excruciating, and the stress on the body is dangerous. That's why they need a medically-supervised OxyContin detox that uses gradual withdrawal techniques to ease the pain and other withdrawal symptoms, and reduce the physical trauma.
If someone you love is taking OxyContin and you
suspect there might be a problem,
call Novus Medical Detox Program now at
1.800.505.6604.
We can help.
We'll get your loved one through a safe and more
comfortable OxyContin detox. It's the first step
to resolving OxyContin addiction and abuse,
and it could save their life.
Recent OxyContin Detox News:
| 06/18/2009 05:00 AM |
| Save Our Kids, Save Our Future, Ban OxyContin Now |
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Adolescents exposed to opioid painkillers, especially OxyContin, are more likely to abuse opioids and other drugs and risk addiction in later life, say researchers. A ban on the drug will save countless lives.
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| 06/17/2009 05:00 AM |
| OxyContin Addiction Ignores Social And Geographic Boundaries |
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As the grass-roots movement heats up to ban OxyContin, the opioid painkiller implicated in thousands of deaths, people addicted the drug from all levels of society, from cities, towns and villages, continue to search for effective OxyContin detox and rehabilitation.
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| 06/11/2009 05:00 AM |
| Petition To Ban OxyContin Attracting Thousands Of Signatures |
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An online petition to ban the dangerously addictive narcotic painkiller OxyContin is attracting thousands of signatures -- and dozens of heart-wrenching stories about personal tragedies connected to OxyContin addiction and abuse.
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| 06/05/2009 05:00 AM |
| OxyContin Addiction: Are You A Victim Of 'Radio Medicine'? |
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Thousands of patients arriving for OxyContin detox are victims of the all-too-common medical practice of smothering pain with the addictive narcotic, instead of finding the cause of the pain and curing it.
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| 05/10/2009 05:00 AM |
| New OxyContin Detox Protocol Helps Anyone Overcome Addiction |
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OxyContin addiction is the new doorway drug to ruined careers and lost lives, even when it begins as a legitimate prescription for the pain of injury and illness.
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| 04/07/2009 05:00 AM |
| OxyContin Detox May Become Growth Industry In Affluent Mukilteo |
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In Mukilteo, WA, the realm of millionaire software executives, where even the median income is $90,000+ a year, OxyContin addiction plays no favorites.
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| 04/03/2009 05:00 AM |
| Massachusetts Launches Hearings Into OxyContin Addiction 'Epidemic' |
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Legislative hearings to probe the OxyContin and heroin epidemic in Massachusetts will consider ways to battle opiate abuse in the state, including expanding OxyContin detox and drug rehab services.
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| 03/24/2009 05:00 AM |
| OxyContin Abuse Skyrocketing In Oklahoma, Says State Narcotics Bureau |
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Thousands of Oklahomans, many of them young people, have fallen victim to oxycodone and OxyContin addiction, and thousands more to hydrocodone painkillers like Lortab and Vicodin.
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