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Information On Pain Medication And Some Dangers!

Bren — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:30:34 +0000

The scientific name for pain killers is analgesics, from the Greek words an (without) and algia (pain). Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs(NSAIDs), paracetamol based drugs, and opioid drugs are the three most commonly used pain medicine.

There is a wide variety of different painkillers associated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Some of the most commonly known nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are aspirin,diclofenac and ibuprofen. NSAID lower fever and decrease inflammations, as well as alleviate pain. Steroids are also used as an anti-inflammatory is the reason why these pills are called nonsteroidal in order to separate the difference.. The discovery of aspirin was in 1829. It was discovered after salicylic acid was chemically isolated for the very first time. But way before aspirin was discovered willow bark was being used as a pain killer, long before the 19th century. Willow bark contains salicylic and was chewed on by early man to relieve pain. Although NSAIDs is easily available over the counter. This does not mean it is free of its dangers. Even a week nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug can have severe side effects. Some of which include photosensitivity and bleeding ulcers. This is why women should not take them during pregnancy.

Paracetamol is known acetaminophen. Tylenol and Panadol are common brand names of the generic term paracetamol. A medicine containing paracetamol can decrease fever and relieve pain. But unlike nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, there is no anti-inflammatory associated with them. Paracetamol compared to non-anti-inflammatory drug will not prevent the body’s natural ability to clot. It will not damage the lining of the stomach or the kidneys. As long as it is not over use. High doses of the drug, however, can damage a large variety of human bodily functions. Paracetamol should not be taken while consuming alcohol to prevent liver damage. Liver damage is one of the greatest dangers of taking paracetamol, because even a small dose can cause significant liver damage.

A pain medication containing and opioid is one of the most potent painkillers available. They must be prescribed by a doctor because they come with a large variety of severe side effects. One of the most frequently used opioids is morphine.Tramal and Pethidine are two drugs that contain morphine. They are also commenly found in drugs such as Alodan and Demoral. Morphine is used to treat pain and post surgery and cancer patients as it works directly on the central nervous system. Morphine is highly addictive and shoudl be used with extreme caution. Physical and psychological side effects can occur with long-term use. Among the physical side effects are inhibition of the cough reflex, constipation, and itching. Some of the psychological side effects include euphoria, as well as nightmares and drowsiness, which can come hand-in-hand with insomnia. An addict can increase their high by injecting morphine hypodermicly, and can sometimes lead to a heroin addiction. Vicodin addiction is also common for opiate users.

Consult your doctor before making any decision about pain medication use. If you feel you are currently having problems with pain medication, check yourself into the nearest medical facility, and they can best advise what steps you need to take for hydrocodone addiction recovery.

Powerlessness Over A Pain Medication Addiction?

Bren — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:50:30 +0000

I was thinking about powerlessness today. Powerlessness was something I understood I never could understand early in my addiction, well at least I thought I couldn’t. The first time I ever went to jail or treatment due to my addiction I truly felt powerless. Other than that though I always though that I could control a situation to get what I wanted. I figured if I could manipulate the right person, break the right law, obsessed over something long enough, I could bend it to the force of my will to get what I wanted. Usually my drug of choice, whatever that was at the time. Now today with some clean time I still forget what powerless really means, and I cause myself a whole lot of trouble.

When I was new in recovery I would listen to all the cliches. Most of time they would annoy me. The one that really hit home was “just for today”. That was something foreign to me for the fact that in my head I never was living in the day. I was always looking to the past at some pain I was dwelling on, or to the future at something I thought I could manipulate. “Just for the day” is a great way to stay of pain medication or any drug because it relieves all the pressure to stay off of drugs for the rest of my life, but today it goes deeper than that. When I’m not living in today I am taking all the control from my higher power and giving it to me. I am not someone that handles control well. Control is the play thing of my addiction. The illusion of control is what kept me battling my pain medication addiction for so long. When I am in my head thinking about the past of thinking about the future in a sense that there is something I can think hard enough that I can control the situation, I am playing God. The is why the serenity prayer has become such a reminder I repeat to myself during hard times. “Grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change” = Everything in the past and future, plus another human being. “Courage the change the things I can” = Me and how I react to people places and things. “And the wisdom to know the difference”= this part is the heart of 90% of the troubles I have in life. See my ego is so big that sometimes I think that I have the power to change time and people. I think I’m God, and I will end up killing myself trying to play that part.

Remember, even some very rich, successful, famous and socially powerful people are powerless over pain medication addiction!

Pain Medication Addiction Cares Not About Fame

Bren — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:41:04 +0000

Here is a list of celebrities or famous people that are reported on the internet to have dealt with a hydrocodone addiction or pain medication addiction in their life. I am only posting this to show that addiction spans all life styles. Money, fame, and social status does not make you invulnerable to addiction. On the same note addiction does not make you less than anyone else. It is a treatable disease that can be arrested.

*Paula Abdul
*Jamie Lee Curtis
*Winona Ryder
*Jack Osbourne
*Ozzy Osbourne
*Burt Reynolds
*Michael Jackson
*Rush Limbaugh
*Lindsay Lohan
*Heather Locklear
*Carrie Fisher
*Joe McIntyre
*Chevy Chase
*Elton John
*Brett Favre
*Tom DeLonge of blink 182
*Heath Ledger
*Anna Nicole Smith
*Kelly Lynch
*Daniel Baldwin
*John Daly
*Micky Mantle

Some of this people didn’t make it. This doesn’t have to be you.
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