The Real Cost On An Addiction To Pain Meds

 

Millions of people around the globe end up developing an addiction to prescription pain meds. In the beginning stages of an addiction, many people are able to trick their doctors into believing that they are in more pain than they actually in order to secure prescriptions for increasing amounts of pain meds, such as Hydrocodone and Oxycodone. Eventually, however, a doctor is likely to start trying to reduce the amount of pills that they prescribed.

Once an addict is refused pain meds from his or her doctor, the addict will most likely restore to securing his or her supply of prescription medications from questionable sources. There are now hundreds of offshore online pharmacies supplying illegal prescription drugs to addicts. These illegal prescription drugs are often laced with contaminates and they also often contain unregulated amounts of the active ingredients. In addition, illegal prescription drugs can be very expensive and addicts often end up turning to a life of crime in order to fund their addictions.

Fortunately, with the right help, it is possible for a person to recover from an addition to Oxycodone HCL, Hydrocodone, Oxymorphone and various other pain meds. Unfortunately, however, professional rehabilitation centers can be very expensive and many people can not afford to pay for the professional help that they need.

Undergoing detox without medical supervision can be very dangerous, as the effects of withdrawal can be life threatening. Many addicts are aware of the fact that stopping their intake of pills suddenly, without medical supervision, is dangerous, but since they can't afford to pay for such supervision, they continue their addiction to prescription pain meds. There are some government funded prescription med addiction support programs around, but such programs are few and far between and almost none existent in rural areas.