After an injury or surgery your doctor may write a prescription for pain medication. While that prescription may help dull the pain, it could cause other more serious problems – an opioid addiction.
An opioid addiction can be successfully treated, but only if treatment is sought in a timely manner. Learning more about opioid addiction can help you determine if you, or someone you love may be suffering from an addiction and be in need of help.
No one starts out with opioid addiction. It often occurs gradually. A doctor or other healthcare provider will write a prescription for a painkiller or other type of drug that contains opioids. That drug is intended for one purpose – to dull the pain immediately after an injury or surgery. People will often take the medication in the time after the injury or surgery, but then they start to develop a dependency on it.
A dependency develops when a person feels as if they are unable to function in their day-to-day life without opioids. In order to function, they continue to take their medication long after it is no longer needed. When this happens, an opioid addiction has developed and treatment should be sought before serious, potentially fatal problems occur.
There are a number of different types of drugs that can lead to opioid addiction. These drugs are usually prescribed by a healthcare professional or doctor and are being prescribed for use as a painkiller.
Some examples of common drugs that can lead to an opioid addiction include:
Many people who are dependent upon opioids rarely realize they have an addiction. In fact, they believe that what they are doing is normal.
If you suspect you may have an opioid addiction, you may notice that you do the following things or experience the following problems:
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Once you realize you are suffering from an addiction, you may want to just completely stop taking the opioids but you cannot do that. Your body has developed a dependency on the opioid. If you stop taking it, you could experience severe, life-altering health problems. In some cases, stopping the opioids on your own could be fatal.
Before you can begin treatment for opioid addiction, you must first go through detox. Soul Detox and Recovery will connect you with healthcare professionals who can help you safely and comfortably go through the detox process.
After successfully detoxing from opioids, you can then begin intensive residential treatment. During intensive residential treatment you will work with support staff and medical professionals to address the issues that caused your addiction. In addition to addressing the issues that caused your addiction, you will learn valuable skills that will help you learn how to live a healthy life outside of rehab.
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