Abuse in drugs

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jerez2005@msn.com - 19 May 2005 00:39 GMT

People who are in pain medications should take there medicatios
accordenly to what there doctor has prescribe them to. I have had
experience where patients whant more than what is soppose to and then
end up admiting that they take more than what they have to. Question?
If you are in pain do this drug help and how may you get addicted.

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Thor Kottelin - 20 May 2005 00:30 GMT

> People who are in pain medications should take there medicatios
> accordenly to what there doctor has prescribe them to. I have had
> experience where patients whant more than what is soppose to and then
> end up admiting that they take more than what they have to.

This may be due to tolerance building up; it is normal for patients taking
opioids to require higher doses over time.

Tolerance does not imply addiction. It is understandable that a person in
this situation would attempt to compensate by increasing doses. I would
suggest encouraging the patients you mention to take the problem up with
their physicians.

Thor

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Kara - 24 May 2005 13:34 GMT

I agree. Just because there is a tolerance does not mean addiction. Not
in the least.

And there are people who have "addictive" personalities and become
addicted to cold meds and all kinds of things. These people are still
addicts even if the substance they are abusing is not classified as an
"addictive" substance.

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yayathetech - 03 Jun 2005 04:12 GMT

Thanks for reply to my messages have you heard about kids getting
addicted to sudafeds which means NYQUILS

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yayathetech - 16 Jun 2005 00:19 GMT

> I agree. Just because there is a tolerance does not mean addiction. Not
> in the least.
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> addicts even if the substance they are abusing is not classified as an
> "addictive" substance.

I agree with you there is a tolarance but yet does not mean additon.
some cannot even live without this medications. thank you for
awnsering.

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yayathetech - 09 Jun 2005 00:23 GMT

Thanks for responding me as well as a technician has have run into
situations where the patient if there in Medicaid think that they could
just buy there medications then tried to fill there medication yet do
not understand that they have just used up some of the refills even
though they have bought in cash. I have seen another one where its so
hard to get doctors to authorize the refill and they even cried,swear
and what nots. But that is addictive people you can not control them
nor there pain.

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David - 03 Jun 2005 17:18 GMT

"Addictive" personalities might also be classified as mentally
addictive. A good example of an illegal substance is marijuana. It is
not physically addictive. I think just about any drug can be mentally
addictive when there are perceived benefits.
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yayathetech - 09 Jun 2005 00:16 GMT

I think that a lot of drugs are addicting even it's marijuana, but
regular drugs from pharmacies are more addicting like for example the
vicodin.

> "Addictive" personalities might also be classified as mentally
> addictive. A good example of an illegal substance is marijuana. It is
> not physically addictive. I think just about any drug can be mentally
> addictive when there are perceived benefits.
> posted at www.healthcareforums.org

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