Addiction Recovery Basics

One of the most dangerous prescription painkillers is Oxycodone. Oxycodone is a drug available by prescription that is an opiate. It acts as a depressant of the central nervous system. It is a narcotic, in the same family as morphine and Vicodin and is often prescribed as a pain killer to treat moderate to severe pain like that caused by back and neck pain, fractures, arthritis, and other ailments.

Oxycodone has a number of different brand names brand names as OxyContin, Percocet, and Percodan. These are opiates and very easily susceptible to abuse and is highly addictive. Drug companies have recently settled a court case where they grossly understated the addictive nature of the drug to doctors and the public. When taken repeatedly, over time, one can develop tolerance to the drug. When this happens the same amount of drug will have less effect or you need to take more and more to have an effect.

Those who abuse oxycodone may either take it in its original pill form or crush it into a powder to be injected or snorted. Because the drug is meant to act as a time-released pain reliever, when crushed or injected, users short circuit the time release effect of the drug. It then causes feelings of euphoria and a very intense high. This is how abusers experience an oxycodone overdose, due to the large amount of the substance being released into their system at once, rather than slowly released over time in the time released pill form.

An unfortunate aspect of all prescription painkillers is that they often start out as having a medically viable use and are prescribed by doctors. Over time tolerance builds and the patient ends up increasing quantity and frequency of use.

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