Percocet Rehab & Detox in Houston

Percocet Addiction How it Begins

Percocet is a prescription drug used to treat short term pain and is prescribed short-term to treat moderate to severe pain. Although it is intended to be used for a short period of time, like all narcotics it carries with it a high risk for abuse.

Abuse Potential

The most common way to abause Percocet is to ingest it orally in pill form. Sometimes users will crush the pill up and snort it to quicken the effects and make them more intense. It should be noted that snorting Percocet is one of the main causes of overdose: when swallowed the drug is made for a slow release over a long period of time. Snorting it provides a sometimes lethal dose all at once.

Those most at risk for Percocet addiction are people who suffer a chronic pain and take the drug to mitigate their pain and those who seek the drug on the black market for recreational use. For both cases the effects of the drug are the same.

Initial Effects of Percocet Use:

• Euphoria
• Unabashed Joy
• Sense of calm and well-being
• Pain relief
• Excitability

While the above symptoms might at first glance seem desirable, they are actually fleeting and built on a broken foundation. Once the initial kick of the drug wears off the pain and unpleasant aspects of life return and one must continually take increasingly larger doses of the drug in order to achieve the same effect.

Following this pattern of increasing re-use, overdose from the drug is likely to occur. Percocet in particular has an elevated risk of overdose because of the acetaminophen found in the drug. Acetaminophen is a drug that is easy to overdose on. Overdose symptoms of Percocet follow after taking a dose beyond one’s tolerance levels.

Symptoms of a Percocet overdose include:

• Clammy skin
• Dizziness
• Nausea
• Agitation
• Confusion
• Vomiting
• Lower back pain
• Nervousness
• Seizures and Convulsions
• Shallow and difficulty breathing
• And in many cases even death

Long Term Use

Long term use even without an overdose is dangerous and can lead to liver, heart, and brain damage.  Those who misuse Percocet are setting themselves but for physical dependency, however the problems surrounding Percocet addiction are not limited to only physical ailments. These are things to look out for when trying to spot Percocet addiction.

Chronic Addiction to Percocet

Addiction to this drug also plagues one’s relationships and personal life.  People with chronic addiction to opioids are much more likely to engage in risky and criminal behavior. They are at risk for losing their job for poor performance or absenteeism. If the user has a prescription they will sometimes go to several different doctors for a refill after their prescription has run out gambling that one of the doctors will write them a script for the drug.

Their personal relationships with non-users suffer and they instead form self-destructive bonds with other users. They will often commit petty crimes to fuel their addiction.

If their prescription runs out (or if they had no prescription to begin with) and they continue to crave Percocet they will often turn to an illegal and dangerous street market which can end up with an arrest.

Common street names for Percocet include:

• Perc
• Perk
• Roxis
• Blue dynamite
• 512s
• Hill Billy Heroin

Fighting Percocet addiction requires the patient to detox under guided supervision. Detoxing alone is not only dangerous because of the shock of withdrawal to the body, it is also rarely effective with many of the users returning to their habit.

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