Most people get started with Oxycontin, or other prescription pain killers, not knowing the severe side effects and how highly addictive they are. However, those that intentionally seek out Oxycontin to get high do so because they believe that it is safer than street drugs, like heroin.
That misconception is what has led hundreds of thousands of people to have an Oxycontin addiction. Oxycontin has severe withdrawal symptoms like; sleeplessness, nausea, vomiting, body aches, head aches and flu like symptoms. Withdrawals from this drug can last anywhere from a few days to a few weeks.
The only safe way to come off this powerful pain killer is to enroll in a drug and alcohol rehab. In addition to the powerful cravings one can have towards Oxycontin, an effective rehab will help the person figure out why they started abusing drugs in the first place.
Oxycontin abuse does not have to go unhandled. If you or anyone you know is in need of help please call Narconon Louisiana at 866-422-4650.
Perry Reese III was convicted on two counts of distribution of a controlled substance and one count of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) act after investigators caught him distributing large amounts of Oxycontin.
Reese, 51, owned an urgent care center in Sampson County, North Carolina. In 2002 a former client of Reese’s contacted the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and explained that Reese had allowed the man to purchase Oxycontin from him. At one point, under Reese’s watch the patient was taking 30-35 Oxycontin pills a day.
During the course of the investigation, officials were able to purchase Oxycontin from Reese on four different occasions. Reese never provided an examination and asked for no medical records. All in all, Reese illegaly sold 174.165 grams of Oxycontin, the legal equivalent of 1,166 kilograms of marijuana.
These days even doctors are getting into the drug game. An Oxycontin addiction can develop almost over night. This opiate is extremely powerful and at times even more so than heroin. Oxycontin addicts must enroll in a drug and alcohol rehab in order to fully overcome this life threatening addiction. Call Narconon Louisiana for more information at 866-422-4650.
Tragedy struck Jenny Bethel’s home earlier this week. When she went into her 13 year old son, Alex’s room to wake him up for school, she found him dead. Alex Aiken died at the age of 13 due to an Oxycontin overdose. Friends believe that Alex tried the drug for the first time because of peer pressure.
Oxycontin addiction has the power to take a person’s life after just one use, as is the case with Alex. Studies show that children believe prescription pill are much safer than drugs like heroin. This common misconception is what may have led Alex to taking the Oxycontin that killed him.
The only real way to handle an Oxycontin addiction is to enroll in a drug and alcohol rehab. Narconon Louisiana is a long-term, inpatient facility that focuses on bringing the addict back to his true personality, the person they were before drugs and alcohol entered into the picture.
Oxycontin addiction does not have to go unhandled. Call Narconon Louisiana at 866-422-4650 before it is too late.
Oxycontin addicts have notoriously been known for employing unique ways in order to obtain their Oxycontin. However some may want to think twice before doing what is known as “doctor shopping”
“Doctor shopping” is when an Oxycontin addict will go through and find several different doctors. Each doctor will be asked for a prescription for Oxycontin, if it is not obtained the addict will simply move on to the next doctor until they get what they want. This is very illegal and law enforcement is starting to crack down on this method of getting drugs.
Officials in Florida performed early morning raids on addicts accused of doctor shopping and they can face some serious jail time as a result. The only real way to combat the Oxycontin epidemic is by effective drug and alcohol rehabilitation. If you or anyone you know is in need of help please call Narconon Louisiana at 866-422-4650.
Oxycontin abuse is growing and it’s causing addicts to resort to some dangerous measures in order to obtain the powerful opiate. In Seattle, police are searching for a man who has robbed twn pharmacies in four months. Each time the robber demands Oxycontin.
Oxycontin abuse needs to be handled with effective drug rehab. In the case of the robber in Seattle, had he enrolled in a drug rehab like Narconon Louisiana, officials would not be searching for him and would not have put out a $100,000.00 reward for any information about his whereabouts.
Narconon Louisiana is a long-term rehab facility that focuses on allowing an individual to live free from the addiction that is killing them. Narconon Louisiana does not subscribe to the idea that addiction is a disease, instead they work one on one with a client to find out what problems drugs were a solution for. Once those problems are isolated and handled, addicts and shed their addiction and move on with their life.
If you or anyone you know is in need of help for Oxycontin abuse please call Narconon Louisiana at 866-422-4650.