In many cases prescription drug abuse begins innocently enough. An accident, injury, or surgery requires that the person take pain medication. Maybe some life events have caused insomnia – you just want a good night’s sleep. The problem begins when the person continues to take the prescription drug for an extended period of time, and when the dosage must be increased to get the same effect. Thus begins a cycle of pain and addiction that can be impossible to overcome on your own.
What many people do not know is that pain killers, anxiolytics, and sleeping pills can have a backlash effect. They can, essentially, amplify the problem they were originally intended to help. As the body becomes conditioned to the foreign substance, normal brain and nervous system processes break down. Your body begins to lose its natural ability to fight pain or allow sleep.