Mission Viejo Prescription Drug Abuse Treatment
Prescription Abuse Rehab in Mission Viejo
Prescription drug abuse is an epidemic in society, with the strongest of drugs flowing through the streets more than ever before. Prescription drug addiction and abuse is categorized as taking medication for a reason and in a manner other than what your doctor prescribed it. At Turning Point Treatment Center, our team can help you fight your prescription addiction and win. We provide the rehab you need for a chance at a new life. Let our Mission Viejo prescription drug abuse professionals help you find freedom from your addiction to prescription drugs.
What Does Prescription Drug Abuse Look Like?
Prescription drug abuse may consist of:
- Taking more of a drug than prescribed
- Taking a drug more often than prescribed
- Taking drugs in a manner not intended (snorting, smoking, IV injection)
- Taking medications that are not prescribed to you
- Taking multiple prescriptions that should not be mixed
Once the brain chemistry has changed to adapt to the prescription drugs, addiction forms, and the brain needs more and more of the substance to feel “normal” or function at a baseline.
Commonly Abused Prescription Medications
Addiction and abuse are rampant with three prescription drug categories: pain relievers, stimulants, and depressants.
Opioids and opiate painkillers like hydrocodone, morphine, oxycodone, and fentanyl are some of the most abused prescription drugs. These cause feelings of euphoria, drowsiness, and relaxation. Opioid abuse can be life-threatening, especially when taken in conjunction with other medications or substances. If opioids are combined with depressants or alcohol, the risk of death greatly increases. As street access to strong opioids increases, the risk of overdose is higher than ever before.
Depressants (central nervous system depressants) work to fight anxiety and sleep disorders and are often abused for the foggy, relaxed, disconnected feeling they produce. They slow the heart rate and breathing.
Prescription stimulants are used to treat asthma, obesity, ADHD, ADD, depression, and narcolepsy. People abuse stimulants for their ability to boost energy, alertness, and attention, but also because they reduce the need for sleep and can aid in weight loss. They increase heart rate, blood sugar, and blood pressure.
The Dangers of Prescription Drug Abuse and Addiction
Using prescription drugs outside of their prescribed parameters greatly increases the chance of addiction, and it forms quickly, often from the first experience. Users quickly need increased amounts of the substance to achieve the desired effects, and without the substance, they can experience dangerous withdrawal symptoms.
Withdrawal may include nausea, insomnia, fever, muscle cramps, bone pain, anxiety, depression, and seizures. When facing the onset of withdrawal, many addicts can go to life-risking lengths to get the drugs they need.
The Dangers of Prescription Drug Abuse and Addiction
Turning Point Treatment Center offers prescription drug abuse recovery, from start to finish, with help moving through the process of removing the substances from your system to reentering the outside world. Let our Mission Viejo prescription drug addiction experts help you find freedom in sobriety and heal from the root causes of your addiction. We specialize in assisting patients to understand why they use, it and how they can refocus on healthy ways to cope.