Painkiller addiction has taken a serious turn these days and has its own reasons. We have often visited a physician for the complains related to body ache and pain, and he has often written a prescription for us asking us to take medication named Opioid, more commonly known as ***** or Narcotic.
Initially they are taken by doctor’s prescription, but later there emerge many more reasons of consuming these medicines. Some of them include,
• These drugs do not only relieve pain, but also give a feeling of well-being.
• They have the ability to take you to a state where you feel detached from everything, and hence are relieved.
• People start using the pain killers to get high due to such effects.
According to a report on Narcotic abuse, “in 2013, some 2 million Americans abused or were dependent on opioid medications”.
Doctors now call it Opioid Use Disorder (OUD). This happens to a person when:
• People feel unable to stop using them.
• Having physical symptoms when they try to stop.
• Their daily routine starts getting affected without the use of these medicines.
(Courtesy: speciosa.org)
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Answered By Brijesh Mishra
AuthorUpdated on06/01/26
