Prescription Drug Addiction

Prescription drug addiction is a pattern of compulsive drug use. Learn who is at risk and the most common types of prescription drugs that are addicting.

Prescription drug addiction is defined as a pattern of compulsive drug use that is characterized by a continued craving for drugs and the need to use these drugs for psychological effects or mood alterations. Abusers of prescription drugs generally find that they need these drugs to feel “normal.” Users will exhibit drug seeking behaviors and are often preoccupied with obtaining and using drugs of their choice. The methods in which users obtain their drugs may be through legal or illegal channels and sources.

Prescription drug addiction is a disease

The American Society of Addiction Medicine considers addiction:

“a disease process characterized by the continued use of a specific psychoactive substance despite physical, psychological or social harm.”

If these types of drugs are stopped abruptly, the dependent person will usually go through ‘withdrawal’ (much like people who quit smoking) because the body is no longer receiving the outside source of the ‘chemical’ it has grown to expect.

Who’s at risk?

The risk for addiction is greatest amongst women, adolescents and the elderly. The list that follows is also considered ‘high risk factors’ when looking at drug addictions: fatigue or overwork, poverty, depression, medical condition that requires pain medication, excessive alcohol consumption and family history of addiction.

Statistically speaking, women are two to three times more likely to be prescribed drugs such as a sedative and they are about two times more likely to become addicted to the substance. Next, seniors take more drugs than the rest of the population, increasing their odds of becoming addicted. Finally, recent studies have shown that the sharpest increase of users of prescription drugs for non-medical purposes occur in the 12 to 17 and 18-25 age groups.

As you can see from the statistics people of all ages all across the world are affected by prescription drugs. If you’re looking for un-biased opinions and free informational articles on prescription drugs feel free to browse through our site, or find out more about the most common prescription drug adictions below.

Common types of prescription drug addictions

The following are the most common type of prescription drug addictions. Click each link for more information about the specific prescription drug addiction:

  • Morphine addiction
  • Methamphetamine addiction
  • Hydrocodone addiction
  • Codeine addiction
  • Ritalin addiction
  • Demerol addiction
  • Methadone addiction
  • Vicodin addiction
  • Xanax addiction

1 thought on “Prescription Drug Addiction”

  1. The only ‘intervention’ that matters, first and foremost, is the one that only God Almighty himself can give, when, by his sole Grace Alone, and nothing of man, -Ephesian 2:8,9 -cambridge king james bible, God the Father by the Holy Ghost draws a person to Jesus -John 6:44, who instantly saves them, gives them a supernatural new birth in himself. This person will be anyone God the Father has already chosen from before the foundation of the world – Ephesians chapter 1. Only then is a person truly set free, delivered, in Jesus, all by God’s grace, and nothing of man.
    Jesus is the ONLY answer. Any other effort against demon spirits possessing scores of people through their use of drugs which open doorways for demons to possess and overtake them, WILL NOT WORK. Only the one true God – Father, Son(Jesus) and Holy Ghost is able working through Jesus by the power of the Holy Ghost through a true born again person in Jesus baptised in the Holy Ghost and any number of other means, can God through Jesus set the captive free. ‘Medicines’ etc. are no match for evil demon spirits and their power. Everything in this world is far more spiritual than it is physical, the spiritual must be addressed first before the physical, as God created us spirit, soul, and body.
    Sincerely in Jesus,
    David

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