OxyContin Addiction: What it is and How To Quit

What is OxyContin Abuse?

OxyContin is an opioid-based drug that is highly addictive and affects the brain with a pleasurable and powerful force. Often called 'the poor man's heroin,' many people abuse prescription OxyContin and ultimately become addicted because they are chasing the high they get the first time they use it. Unfortunately, the body quickly builds a tolerance to opiates like OxyContin, requiring more and more of the drug to experience the same initial effects. When this happens, you've gone from being an OxyContin user and have graduated to full blown OxyContin addiction.

What is OxyContin Addiction?

OxyContin addiction is a serious illness that evokes changes in the way your brain works in both the short-term and long-term as well as changes in your behavior, your emotions, your psychological state of mind. The residual effect of OxyContin addiction is just like that of any addiction: it forces you to abandon all rationale concerning money, relationships, work performance and health issues.

OxyContin should be taken exactly as directed by your doctor, but even then, it is difficult to prevent the possibility of becoming dependent on the drug. Your risk of developing an addiction to OxyContin, however, significantly increases if you abuse your prescription, alter it, increase it without doctoral consent or combine it with other drugs. No matter why or how you take the prescription, as soon as you start taking any prescription opiate on a regular basis, you risk addiction that requires medical treatment to successfully break.

How Do You Know if You Have an OxyContin Addiction?

OxyContin addiction, like all addictions, can be recognized if you continue to use the drug regardless of health problems, financial worries, relationship troubles, or problems keeping up with work, school or community obligations. Should you unsuccessfully attempt to stop taking the drug repeatedly or experience withdrawal symptoms if you miss a dose or quit 'cold turkey,' these, too, are signs that you are in the throes of OxyContin addiction.

Can OxyContin Addiction be Treated?

Like other illnesses or diseases, OxyContin addiction can be treated. There are various kinds of treatment available, each one catering to different needs. Your doctor can help you determine what type of treatment will be best for you, but if you are addicted to OxyContin, your treatment will start with a prescription drug detox.

Though your doctor can provide you with help finding the drug treatment you need, it is ultimately your decision. Do you need an inpatient or outpatient program? Do you need a medical detox only or do you require behavioral therapy as well? For many, a traditional inpatient residential drug rehab is not an option. There are simply too many demands between family and work to disappear for a month or more. But you still need treatment for OxyContin addiction. That's where Meditox comes in.

Get Treatment for OxyContin Addiction at Meditox

If you are ready and committed to becoming OxyContin-free, call Meditox today. Our doctors are dedicated to treating you with compassion and providing you with a medical detox that is comprehensive, efficient and above all, safe. Call Meditox today for more information about we can do for you.

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