Selasa, 09 Februari 2010

How People can Become Addicted to Painkillers?


Modern society are fierce and tough for many people, competition can cause depression to many people, while economic crisis and employment can be detrimental for many's mental health. A few people find that they unable to cope with the daily stress and need a way to effectively remove all problems from their minds.

Painkiller consumptions are shown to have an effect to relieve stress and cause people to feel comfortable despite of their psychological torments. However, daily stress makes them to continue the painkillers usages, which may eventually cause their body to become accustomed with the stress relieving chemicals. When they stop the consumption they will feel nauseas and sickness, which cause them to continue to consume the painkillers. Painkillers are no longer intended to make them comfortable but to stop the physical pains that happen when they don't use the drugs.
Many people are also get into painkiller addiction by accidents, as they are suffering painful diseases and injuries. Debilitating diseases like cancer may cause them chronic pains which are simply unbearable to many people which hamper them in performing their daily routines. The only effective methods to supress the pain is by taking drugs, one of them is painkillers. It is happens when the patient fail to follow the prescription, as doctors know precisely the safe level of painkillers usages.
These people tend to consume large amount of painkillers at long amount of time and they are not even aware that they can be addicted to it. As after initial consumption they can become immune to the painkillers effect, which force them to increase the usage levels.
Perhaps the solution to this problem, is that to develop a painkillers without addiction effects or if necessary have some beneficial health effects, unfortunately most natural painkillers have mild effects in relieving pain, it needs further research to know if highly concentrated painkilling herbal substance is safe for human body.

Why Painkillers Addiction can be More Dangerous than Heroin and Cocaine Addiction?

It is a bit curious to know that many people are leaning toward become addicted to painkiller rather than cocaine and heroin. Painkillers are slowly inducing many people into a state of helplessness as they are now putting their life on the steady consumption of painkillers.
There are some reasons why painkiller can be a lot more dangerous than heroin and cocaine.
  1. Painkillers are easily acquired in drugstores, a patient can easily visit more than one GP and will get a steady supply of painkillers, which can be used for years.
  2. Painkillers are currently legal drugs and commonly used by people to lessen pains. Without strong advocacy and legal actions, the drug may not be deemed as harmful substances or narcotics by officials, which in return will make it easy for everyone to get it.
  3. Despite its addiction affects, the drug is very important for many people as it will help them to have a manageable life with less pain due to their diseases or injuries.
  4. Painkillers are cheap and affordable compared to heroine and cocaine which are sold at premium price.

Just like other addiction, painkiller can harm one's life, they may suffer damages in their social life and lower productivity. Luckily there are many rehabs that are built to cure the addiction. Governments have tried to prevent people to become addicted to this drug, however the are currently continue to fail as painkillers are harder to restrict than typical narcotics. In most cases rehabs is the best way to cure sufferers as, without controlled environments and intensive treatment, it is very easy for them to relapse and slid back to their addiction state. Even so, the best way is not to cure it but to prevent it, people must be educated about the dangers of painkiller addiction.