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| OXYCONTIN ADDICTION IS GETTING WORSE |
Oxycontin, sometimes referred to as“hillbilly heroin”, has lured new users with promises of euphoria and “low risk” hype. Thousands fell into the snare and are now entrapped in Oxycontin addiction, replete with crime and death.
Without hope of effective treatment, Oxycontin users face a long-difficult addiction.
OxyContin is time release, providing 12 hours of synthetic morphine numbness. The time release aspect makes it dangerous for those who chew it to get the 12 hour dose at once. There have been reports of overdose and death from taking a life threatening dose through chewing or shooting a time release tablet.
OxyContin, like all opiates, can become overwhelmingly addictive because the body quickly builds up a tolerance to it. Many who thought they were decreasing their chances of addiction with the time release OxyContin plan find themselves at the opposite end of their expectations and in the throes of addiction.
Persons get addicted to OxyContin in many ways.
According to addicts that we have surveyed, if drug dealers know that a person is dope sick for OxyContin they will charge more, realizing that the drug is so addictive that the addict will do anything to acquire it.
In rural communities, where OxyContin is frequently prescribed to the elderly, sick and accident victims, it often winds up in the hands of family members. An experiment with one OxyContin pill, can lead to two a day and then suddenly escalate to 4 or 5 a day. The momentary “perfect high” leads to crime and destroyed lives.
Weaning off or trying to stop OxyContin all together causes the bones to hurt, skin to crawl and other symptoms described as “sheer hell” by those who have tried it. “It was easier to keep taking the drug, even if it meant stealing or taking risks” states one drug addict.
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Posted by rougie on 2009-11-20 14:56:05 | Rating: | Views: 67
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