What are the dangers of addiction to pain relief drugs?

Dangers of addiction to pain relief drugs? Thanks in advance.

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You need more medicine to get relief. Eventually you need stronger types of medicines like Morphine, Dilaudid, Methadone and others that come with terrible withdrawal effects. My wife has had severe migraine headaches for 15 years and became addicted to prescription Vicodin and Percocet. A majority of pain killers can become addicting if taken on a long term basis. The medication Methadone, can cause tooth loss and bone loss if taken long term.

4 Responses to “What are the dangers of addiction to pain relief drugs?”

  1. codedJB says:

    Death. And once you start becoming an addict you need extremely serious medical attention to stop, you NEVER EVER EVER go cold turkey without like 3 doctors caring over you, withdrawal could kill you even. Continued use could kill you even with a doctor beside you. It’s a really bad thing to start using.

    Addiction can also cause:
    Schizophrenia (multiple personality disorder)
    Terrible wounds and burns, that you didn’t even know you had.
    Spend thousands of dollars a year to keep it going
    Loss of friends and family support
    Not caring about anything

    ~Don’t be a dumb ass.

  2. David D says:

    You need more medicine to get relief. Eventually you need stronger types of medicines like Morphine, Dilaudid, Methadone and others that come with terrible withdrawal effects. My wife has had severe migraine headaches for 15 years and became addicted to prescription Vicodin and Percocet. A majority of pain killers can become addicting if taken on a long term basis. The medication Methadone, can cause tooth loss and bone loss if taken long term.

  3. ????? says:

    opiates,the same as heroin,painful withdrawal and overdosing,eventually tolerance builds up so much that u start taking 10 pills to reach the effect of 2 or 3…..ur liver might shut down to…pain relief drugs are the same as heroin because they are all opiates!

  4. emucompboy says:

    They’re expensive and you’ll go broke paying for them.

    My 18 days in Huntington Hospital cost more than my four years at Caltech.