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Friday, December 7th, 2007Prescription medications such as pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants, and sedatives are very useful treatment tools, but sometimes people do not take them as directed and may become addicted. Pain relievers make surgery possible, and enable many individuals with chronic pain to lead productive lives. Most people who take prescription medications use them responsibly. However, the inappropriate or nonmedical use of prescription order soma medications is a serious public health concern. Nonmedical use of prescription medications like opioids, central nervous system (CNS) depressants, and stimulants can lead to addiction, characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use.Patients, healthcare professionals, and pharmacists all have roles in preventing misuse and addiction to prescription medications. For example, when a doctor prescribes a pain relief medication, CNS depressant, or stimulant, the patient should follow the directions for use carefully, learn what effects the medication could have, and determine any potential interactions with other medications. The patient should read all information provided by the pharmacist. Physicians and other healthcare providers should screen for any type of substance abuse during routine history-taking, with questions about which prescriptions and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines the patient is taking and why. Providers should note any rapid increases in the amount of a medication needed or frequent requests for refills before the quantity prescribed should have been used, as these may be indicators of abuse.Order Soma for huge discounts!!!
Prescription pain medicine addiction is common
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Director Nora Volkow has stated that up to 7% of patients who are prescribed narcotic or opioid analgesics to treat chronic pain will become addicted. It is estimated today that there are more than 4.7 million Americans dependent on prescription painkillers, which represents up to 2% of the US adult population overall, and this number continues to grow every year.9,14,21
Pain killers are not always needed to treat chronic pain
It is important to be aware that taking painkillers may in fact increase a patient’s sensitivity to pain, a phenomenon called hyperalgesia.5-8,19 Often, patients are surprised to discover that, once off their opiate medications, their pain is much less than they thought, or even completely gone. This is because the chronic, long term use of opiate painkillers has caused a decrease in the ability to tolerate pain, and an increased sensitivity to pain. After long term use of prescription painkillers, even if the underlying injury has long ago healed, the intensity of pain is often significantly increased, leading patients to believe they need to continue taking the medication and at higher doses than they were on initially.In addition, it is very easy to confuse the general body aches and pains of early onset withdrawal with the original underlying condition. The patient takes the pills and feels better, so it is assumed that the medication is working. In reality, the pills are no longer needed for the original order soma problem, but only because the body has become dependant on them. Getting off the painkillers once they are no longer needed is important in order to avoid physiologic dependence and to return to normal life again(order soma).

