Pain Killer as kratom

kratom extract - One important and unsettling discovery was that 5.0 percent of 12th graders had used OcyContin and 9.3 percent had used Vicodin, without a prescription. And where did they acquire these drugs? Often the drugs were taken from their parents' medicine cabinets. Another important finding was that prescription drug abuse was often linked to psychological problems, specifically mood or anxiety disorders. Twice as many patients with a mood or anxiety disorder are also abusing drugs and conversely, twice as many drug abusers are diagnosed with mood disorders. The problems tend to go hand and hand, each exacerbating the other. People with a history of drug abuse can have difficulty distinguishing between their use of the drug to alleviate pain or because of their desire to escape from facing problems. There appears to be one simple way to determine if a person is using a pain killer just to alleviate the pain or if the substance is being abused. I someone is using the drug to relieve pain, then once the pain is lessened he or she will return to normal activity. However, when someone is abusing, he or she will voluntarily give up activities to continue using the drug. Patients and their families need to be advised about the dangers of using prescription drugs, especially if the patient has already dealt with a substance abuse problem. Parents need to be aware that leaving their own prescription drugs in the medicine cabinet can lead to unwanted consequences for their children, especially teenagers.