Welcome to Drug and Alcohol Treatment
| ||
Alcohol Treatment Tacoma Washington Article
This is a selection made from among articles on Alcohol Treatment Tacoma Washington. For a permanent link to this article, or to bookmark it for future reading, click here.
from:
Drug Detox Is Equally Important For "Accidental" Prescription Painkillers Addicts
By Rod MacTaggart
No one knows how many people have become addicted to hydrocodone, the prescription pain narcotic contained in such popular medications as Lortab and Vicodin. Law enforcement and drug treatment officials say the numbers are alarming and growing fast, but what's really worrying them is how easily thousands of people are becoming accidentally dependent on this highly addictive drug. And whether they're using the drug legally or illicitly, hydrocodone addicts all need a medically supervised drug detox program to safely handle the problem.
Hydrocodone (or dihydrocodeinone) is a semi-synthetic opioid derived from two naturally occurring opiates, codeine and thebaine, produced by the opium poppy. It's been in use in the US since the early 1940s, but as prescriptions skyrocketed in recent years it has found its way into millions of homes by prescription, and illicitly into the hands of tens of thousands of unsuspecting teenagers and young adults surprised to find themselves seriously addicted and in need of drug detox and, often, lengthy stays in drug rehab alongside hardened heroin, cocaine, crack and methamphetamine addicts.
If you have been prescribed painkillers, you'd do well to check the name on the container and if it's one of those listed in the next paragraph, by all means lock it up where it cannot be stolen. A high percentage of hydrocodone addicts arriving at drug detox centers became addicted to hydrocodone stolen from parents, friends and relatives.
The most common drugs containing hydrocodone are Anexsia, Bancap HC, Bekadid, Calmodid, Ceta-Plus, Codinovo, Co-Gesic, ComfortPak, Dicodid, Dolagesic, Dolorex Forte, Duocet, Duodin, Hycet, Hycodan (or generically Hydromet), Hycomine, Hydrocet, Hydroco, Hydrogesic, Hydrokon, Hy-Phen, Kolikodol, Liquicet, Lorcet, Lorcet Plus, Lorcet-HD, Lortab, Margesic-H, Maxidone, Mercodinone, Norco, Norgan, Novahistex, Orthoxycol, Stagesic, Synkonin, Tussionex, Vanacet, Vicodin, Vicodin ES, Vicodin HP, Vicoprofen, Xodol and Zydone. All of these hydrocodone preparations have the addictive power to unexpectedly trap both law-abiding patients and recreational drug abusers in the dwindling spiral of dependence and addiction leading to unavoidable drug detox, or a life of loss and misery.
Another absolute rule is to never, ever share your hydrocodone prescription with another person. There are countless dangers in doing so, easily overlooked when you think you're doing someone who's in pain a favor. Hydrocodone can cause serious, even life-threatening situations if it interacts with certain other drugs or alcohol. Medical drug detox that helps you get off the drug is really the only guarantee you have that this will not happen to you. Also, the person could have any of a number of known or unknown conditions that hydrocodone can seriously worsen. Only a trusted doctor would know - and ask - all the right questions before letting anyone take a hydrocodone preparation.
Never take more than the prescribed dose, and remember how terribly addictive hydrocodone is - you can even become dependent on the prescribed dose. Even if you're not addicted to it, hydrocodone can cause liver and kidney damage, so watch yourself carefully for any odd symptoms. And especially watch out for cravings for the next pill, feeling that you need more than the prescribed dose, or unpleasant symptoms if you stop taking. They may be the old symptoms back again - the ones that drove you to the drug in the first place, or they may be withdrawal. Any of these are strong indications that a drug detox program is needed.
Rod MacTaggart is a Florida-based freelance writer who contributes articles on health.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Rod_MacTaggart
http://EzineArticles.com/?Drug-Detox-Is-Equally-Important-For-Accidental-Prescription-Painkillers-Addicts&id=974968
Alcohol Treatment Tacoma Washington Specific links
Alcohol Treatment Tacoma Washington News
Kind strangers help Puyallup teen recover - Bellingham Herald
Kind strangers help Puyallup teen recover Bellingham Herald Sarah Davis, a cheerleader at the Puyallup private school, was listed in critical condition at Tacoma General Hospital after the accident May 15. She suffered numerous injuries, including five breaks to her pelvis, breaks to her tibia, nose and jaw, ... |
Police Blotter: May 15 - Longview Daily News
Police Blotter: May 15 Longview Daily News Daniel Michael Thomas Neves, 23, Kelso, 24 hours in custody and $595 fine for driving under the influence of alcohol Nov. 16. A charge of marijuana possession was dismissed. Jennifer Leigh Olson, aka Cary Lee Hedrick, 46, Tacoma, five days in jail for ... |
Woman, 21, struck, injured along Yelm Highway - Bellingham Herald
Woman, 21, struck, injured along Yelm Highway Bellingham Herald According to the Washington State Patrol, the Tacoma woman was walking in the roadway just west of Meridian Road around 1:30 am Sunday. A 54-year-old man was eastbound on Yelm Highway in a 2012 Hyundai Veloster. The State Patrol reports that the car ... |
Will you be my friend? Irvin Rice - Capital city weekly
Will you be my friend? Irvin Rice Capital city weekly Rice had been diagnosed with Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and dyslexia. He cannot read. This, he explains, is why he likes farming, and other activities that are more physical. While in Houston, Rice befriended a man who, he said, "Was a demolition expert ... |
Zoning update opponents keep spreading misinformation - Greater Greater Washington
Zoning update opponents keep spreading misinformation Greater Greater Washington [10] The cities of Tacoma, Washington and Spokane, Washington also followed suit in instituting "Alcohol Impact Areas" of their own following Seattle's example." by Phil on May 9, 2012 6:25 pm MLD- If there's money in something it will open. |
Franklin County Area Police Log - Chambersburg Public Opinion
Franklin County Area Police Log Chambersburg Public Opinion CRASH: One person was flown for medical treatment after a three-vehicle crash at 1038 Black Gap Road on Thursday at 10:48 am according to Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg. A 2005 Freightliner driven by Daniel Smith, 32, Hagerstown, Md., ... |
Homeless Connect Yearbook 2012 - The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Homeless Connect Yearbook 2012 The Bozeman Daily Chronicle Still living her life path that is physically defined by the highways and byways between Tacoma and Bellingham Washington. She has a companion with her at this time, as she is pregnant again, and already the mother of two sons being raised by the ... |
Deck dining: Topside Bar and Grill in Steilacoom - TheNewsTribune.com (blog)
Deck dining: Topside Bar and Grill in Steilacoom TheNewsTribune.com (blog) Gone is the beer geekery with meandering menu descriptions listing the alcohol by volume and tasting notes. Jake's was a destination for unusual beer finds like Southern Tier's Creme Brulee Stout and Russian River's Pliny the Elder. |