Oxycontin Addiction Rehab

August 20, 2011

OxyContin Overview

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OxyContin contains oxycodone hydrochloride in doses varying from 10 mg to 160 mg. Oxycodone hydrocholoride is an opioid that blocks pain receptors in the brain, which can provide the user with pain relief for up to 12 hours. OxyContin was actually a prescription medication, but due to the rise in addicts and break-ins at pharmacies, most drugstores refuse to carry OxyContin.

In 1998 it was estimated that 1.6 million Americans used prescription medication for non-medical reasons. The number of OxyContin emergency cases increased by 37% from 1998 to 1999 and again from 1999 to 2000.

OxyContin continues to hold the spot of most effective pain killers today, because it does not have a threshold of effectiveness like other pain relieving medications. In other words, the more OxyContin one takes, the more pain relief he/she feels. While Aspirin will be ineffective with four times the recommended dosage, OxyContin will provide four times the relief. Knowing this, it is not surprising this medication is being abused.

However, just as with anything that people abuse, there are consequences to pay for abusing OxyContin. OxyContin is an addictive drug, and just like all other addictive drugs, over prolonged use the person abusing it begins to build tolerance. Due to this tolerance, they will ingest more and more of the drug in order to achieve the same feeling. Thus, an overdose becomes more likely.

In fact, just one large dosage of OxyContin is enough to cause severe respiratory depression and death. OxyContin may still be a prescription drug, but should never be taken by those who do not need it or in the wrong dose.

Fortunately, you can attend a drug rehab program for OxyContin addiction. Rehab programs are not limited to illegal drugs, such as cocaine and heroin.

If you or someone you love is abusing OxyContin, please call toll free at 1-877-340-3602.

July 28, 2011

Lehman Brothers’ Former COO Faces Charges for Forging OxyContin Prescription

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Bradley Jack, the former COO of Lehman Brothers’ and at one time primary contender for the now bankrupt company’s presidency, was arrested recently on charges of forging a prescription for OxyContin and Ritalin.

Jack was with Lehman Brothers’ until 2005. During that time he also survived a painful bout with cancer. It’s likely but not proven that he became addicted to prescription painkillers such as OxyContin during this time period. In fact, one book about the Wall Street firm reports that Jack was finally removed in ’05 based in part on allegations or rumors that he was abusing prescription medications such as Oxy.

OxyContin is one of the most highly addictive prescription medications in existence. It is also one of the most frequently abused. Because it contains such a high concentration of oxycodone, drug abusers are able to easily use it to get high by crushing and snorting it or else dissolving it and injecting.

OxyContin has been reported to produce a high similar to heroin, and in fact is referred to as “Hillbilly Heroin” on the streets. Abuse of OxyContin has become a serious problem in the U.S.

Addiction to OxyContin unfortunately touches many lives. If you or a loved one needs OxyContin rehab, we can help. Call our toll free hotline now at 1-877-340-3602.

July 21, 2011

New Inquest into OxyContin-related Deaths Makes Recommendations

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A new inquest conducted into the OxyContin-related deaths of two Canadian citizens has recently concluded and made several dozen recommendations.

The highlights of these recommendations include a suggestion that doctors should be compelled to break patient confidentiality and inform police if drug abuse is suspected, and that several commonly abused dosages of OxyContin should be banned from Canadian pharmacies. They also suggested that people who are given high dosages of OxyContin should be registered in order to avoid abuse where possible.

The deaths of two Canadian citizens in the same apartment within a two day period was the impetus of this inquest. Both died from an OxyContin overdose.

One of these overdose victims, Donna Bertrand, got her doctor to increase her daily dose of OxyContin by a factor of twelve in just 13 months, despite the fact that police had warned this doctor that her reports of stolen meds were in question.

While greater regulation of OxyContin prescription is in order to make abuse more detectable, perhaps this inquest missed the point. The main problem was that these two Canadian citizens were addicted to OxyContin. Thus the real solution would be to help these people overcome addiction. More attention and budget needs to be put into effective rehabilitation for those people who are hooked on the highly addictive OxyContin and other drugs, so that this tragedy is less likely to repeat.

If you or a loved one has a problem with OxyContin addiction, we can help. Call our toll free hotline now at 1-877-340-3602.

Our OxyContin rehab program really works.

July 14, 2011

Detroit Major OxyContin Supply Point

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Drug dealers are using Detroit as a supply station from which to smuggle OxyContin to drug users as far south as Alabama.

Criminals are able to buy OxyContin relatively cheaply through a network of corrupt Detroit doctors and pharmacists, and then travel to other cities and states where demand is high yet supply is low.

One law enforcement official from West Virginia said that OxyContin from Detroit has sold for as much as $250 per pill in his state, and is never sold much cheaper than $125 per pill.

Detroit is not the only area in the U.S. with a bad rap for corrupt doctors and pharmacies. Florida, for example, recently caught heat for the way its “pill mill” pain clinics had spiraled out of control, dishing out thousands of prescriptions to sketchy customers with little regulation.

Unfortunately, many states have to bear the burden of law enforcement and legislative failures in other segments of the country. For example, in some portions of West Virginia, a majority of the drug cases brought before their courts concern defendant drug dealers from Detroit who staked out West Virginia turf to sell on.

Of course, the real solution to OxyContin abuse is to end OxyContin addiction through effective education and rehabilitation. If you or someone you love needs help with OxyContin addiction, we can help. Our toll free hotline stands ready to assist you 24/7. Call us now at 1-877-340-3602.

OxyContin addiction is an escalating problem in the United States. Many long term drug rehabs are unable to deal with addiction created by these prescription medications. If you or a loved one is hooked on these medications, you need to seek an expert. Call us now.

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July 7, 2011

Kentucky Police Arrest OxyContin Thief

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Clarksville police may have cracked the mystery of a string of pharmacy robberies occurring in the past few days when they apprehended David Preston Saunders, a 26 year old Kentucky resident.

Saunders entered a Kentucky Walgreens in the late afternoon and spoke with the pharmacist about various types of medications. Saunders asked if the pharmacy carried OxyContin, and when the pharmacist answered in the affirmative, Saunders pulled a gun on her and informed her that she was being robbed.

The pharmacist gave him two containers of OxyContin, at which point he fled the scene. Police caught Saunders, however, and he was positively identified in a police lineup.

It yet remains to be determined whether or not Saunders was stealing OxyContin to support his own drug habit, or whether he was stealing it to sell. “Oxy” has a high street value because the time release capsules have a high concentration of oxycodone compared to other similar painkillers. The drug is typically crushed or dissolved and then taken all at once to get high. Users report an effect similar to that of heroin.

In fact, opioids are designed to mimic heroin and other opiates in their effect. The drug is so highly coveted on the street for its ability to produce a high that it sometimes sells for as much as $250 per pill.

If you or someone you love needs help overcoming addiction to OxyContin or other drugs, we can help. Our long term drug rehabs have been used as an effective solution for years.

OxyContin rehab is the best answer for OxyContin abuse. You don’t have to go it alone. Call our hotline now at 1-877-340-3602.

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June 21, 2011

OxyContin Abuse Would Decrease with Better Communication Between Doctor and Pharmacist

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In an era where veterinary students receive four times more training than medical students on the effects and potential liabilities of prescription painkillers, we are seeing a vast rise in the incidence of OxyContin abuse.

OxyContin addicts are known to repeatedly go to their doctor complaining of severe pain in order to get their prescription for “Oxy” upped again and again.

OxyContin is the most commonly abused of the oxycodone drugs because its time release format causes it to contain much more OxyContin than other drugs such as Percocet. As a matter of fact, three OxyContin pills can have the same street value as over one hundred Percocets.

While there have been many cases on record of corrupt medical professionals operating pain clinics that were nothing more than “pill mills” pushing drugs to anyone who wanted them, it is also true that many people are able to abuse OxyContin because their doctors are not informed. They are not trained to be able to spot patterns of abuse, and often are not in good communication with the pharmacist.

In a recent inquiry into OxyContin related deaths, it was found through testimony both by doctors and pharmacists that their professional relationships were often strained or “antagonistic”. While the pharmacist may have the knowledge base to identify a potential prescription drug abuser, he or she does not communicate with the doctor. Likewise, the doctor often does not communicate his suspicions to the pharmacist. Instead of working together as a team to do what’s best for the patient, the modern doctor and pharmacist are distant from one another and sometimes even at odds.

If communication improved between doctors and pharmacists, we would be step closer to preventing OxyContin abuse.

For more information about OxyContin rehabs, or for help with OxyContin addiction, call our hotline now at 1-877-340-3602.

May 30, 2011

Alternative Pain Treatment Cuts Down OxyContin Abuse

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Four out of ten Americans use alternative medicine and therapy – including natural products and breathing exercises – a figure that plays predominantly in any hope that America has to reduce its population’s dependence on prescriptions to deal with pain.

While doctors prescribe painkillers to help their patients overcome often unbearable symptoms, the “cure” is often worse than the disease. Prolonged use of OxyContin and other painkillers leads to addiction. And as any Oxy addict will tell you, addiction can be far worse than the pain that they started with.

Many people who are seeking natural solutions for pain are on the right track to prevent themselves from developing a serious problem.

OxyContin rehabs are often hard pressed to deal with the problem. For many addicts, Oxy is as hard to kick as heroin. There is a reason for this: Oxy is an opioid – meaning that it mimics opiates such as morphine, heroin, and methadone. And many OxyContin abusers finally turn to heroin when their budgets can no longer support their prescription drug habit.

For Oxy rehabs to be effective, they have to take the problem of prescription drug abuse seriously. The truth is that the potency of modern prescription drugs can make them harder to quit than their street drug counterparts. Rehabs that treat both the physical and mental sides to addiction have the best chance to help an OxyContin addict to recover.

It’s a common story: from a single painkiller prescription to addict for life. That story doesn’t have to be the tale of your loved one. Intervention is possible. If you need help to save your loved one’s life, call our hotline at 1-877-340-3602. Our Oxycontin drug rehab has successfully gotten some of the toughest cases back on track and sober for life.

You may have been dealing this situation for years. It may have come to a head many times already. With the right help, you can succeed to finally bring your loved one back to sobriety. OxyContin abuse does not have to be a fact of life.

May 21, 2011

Maine Family Busted Running OxyContin Sales Ring

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A family drug ring in Belfast, Maine was recently broken up by local authorities after a six-month long investigation of prescription drug trafficking.

Police stated that the drug selling group, which consisted of six people including a Maine resident and his three adult sons, pawned off OxyContin, Adderrall, and morphine.

The apparent ringleader, David Pattershall (64 years old) faces ten years in prison and fines up to $20,000.

The abuse of OxyContin and other opioids continues to be a problem as more and more people become hooked to this highly addictive substance either through drug dealers or more legitimate means. There are reports of many Maine residents getting hooked to the painkillers from a prescription and then not being able to quit them.

Unfortunately, abuse of OxyContin leads to addiction to other, harder drugs. For example, many heroin users were first introduced to the drug after seeking a similar, cheaper high to OxyContin.

Opioids such as OxyContin are prescribed for their powerful painkilling properties. Abused, they produce a high not too different from heroin. Prescription drug abuse is on a sharp rise in America. Only marijuana is more frequently abused. The common misconception is that prescription drugs such as OxyContin are safer than street drugs because they come from a doctor or pharmacy. In truth, no drug is safe unless it’s used exactly as prescribed by the person it’s prescribed to. As a matter of fact, there are many street drugs that had their origins in the pharmacy.

If you know someone who needs rehab for OxyContin addiction, we can help. Call our hotline now at 1-877-340-3602. Our experienced drug rehab counselors are standing by to answer your questions and help you any way we can.

May 16, 2011

Obama administration wants tougher OxyContin prescription regulations

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According to an article appearing in the New York Times, if the Obama administration has its way, then doctors will need to receive special training before they’re allowed to prescribe OxyContin and other powerful painkiller opioids. This measure is the most aggressive of all actions suggested thus far in an effort to curb broadscale painkiller abuse and addiction in the United States.

The doctors need the training in order to help them identify potential prescription abusers who are merely faking pain in order to get the pills. While many people (particularly those with pharmaceutical industry ties) raise objections to these proposed regulations, it can’t be denied that careless prescriptions are at least partially at the root of the current prescription drug abuse epidemic.

If doctors have to undergo training before they can prescribe these highly addictive substances, then maybe they’ll think twice before issuing a prescription to a dubious client. Of course, other laws and regulations need to go in place as well to back this up – such as a shared medical record database that prevents patients from “doctor-shopping” until they find a doctor careless enough (or corrupt enough) to give them an unwarranted prescription.

OxyContin has become the gateway drug a heroin. An opioid (which means it mimics opiates in its effects), it has come to be abused on the streets much in the same way heroin is abused. But since heroin is much cheaper than OxyContin, many OxyContin users who have developed a tolerance to the drug turn to heroin for a cheaper high.

If you or someone you love needs an OxyContin rehab, we can help. Call our hotline now at 1-877-340-3602.

May 10, 2011

The Difference Between Prescription Drugs and Street Drugs

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The difference between prescription drugs and street drugs is that prescription drugs are given by prescription from a doctor whereas street drugs are sold by dealers on the streets.

There is no real difference, fundamentally, between the drugs falling under these two labels. Actually, there is a blending even across that line, because drugs that you’re only supposed to be able to obtain with a prescription are still available from drug dealers, and drugs that commonly sold on the street are often available as well by prescription, depending on what state that you live in.

Every drug is different in terms of its properties, its potency and its psychoactive effects. Any drug can be abused. Any drug can cause overdose and death. Almost any psychoactive drug can result in addiction and dependency.

Most drugs, whether they’re prescription drugs or street drugs, if they have a mental effect, will cause withdrawal. No drug is safe unless used in the exact dosage prescribed by a doctor by the exact person it was prescribed to.

Prescription drug abuse is a widespread epidemic, just like street drug abuse. Many street drugs were originally prescription medications. MDMA, also known as ecstasy, was developed by the pharmaceutical company Merck. Heroin was developed by Bayer. Valium and morphine and LSD, as well as cocaine, were all promoted by the medical community at one time or another.

You could say that prescription drugs follow the pattern of being advertised as a wonder drug, and then harming too many people, and then being banned and only available from drug dealers.

A cynic could say that pharmacies sell the new drugs and that drug dealers sell the “old hat” drugs. There are many medications that do help people. The potential for abuse, however, can’t be overlooked.

If you know someone who is abusing drugs, whether they’re street drugs or prescription drugs, they need help. You can help them by getting them to a drug rehabilitation program designed to assist them. Whether they are abusing OxyContin and other pain pills, or other types of prescriptions, assistance is available. Call our hotline now at 1-877-340-3602.

We will help you find an effective Oxycontin abuse rehab.

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