Once intended to treat ailments and pain, the use of legally prescribed medication has swiftly shifted from a “pain killer” to what could be categorized as a “legal hallucinatory”, with dangerous and often deadly side effects for its abusive users.
The well known anti-depressant Xanax was originally manufactured in the 70’s and has since earned a reputation as a habit forming drug that can potentially “melt away everyday problems” if used in higher doses, and of course on a everyday basis.
During the past decade the abuse of a well-known anti-anxiety medication Alprazolam or better known as “Xanax” has become a national pandemic. While legally prescribed doses of this medication which usually average from 0.25 milligrams, three or four times per day, can ease the affects of depression and other mild panic disorders, higher doses of this medication which are often used with alcohol and other recreational drugs such as cocaine and methadone to potentiate its relaxing effects, can permanently damage the nervous system and have deadly consequences for its users while providing victim with a short term sense of “well-being” which wears off and in most circumstances, leaves user more and more dependent on the drug. So dependent in fact, that some addicts report that they found themselves incapable of carrying out everyday tasks without the abuse of the medication.
Although this drug promises to alleviate symptoms of depression and other panic disorders when taken in its intended doses, its high dependency rate, and its consumption with other drug to create hallucinatory effects amongst adults, has given researchers and various public health officials have reason to believe that avoiding the drug all together is a healthier option due its potentially addicting side effects which in recent years have proven to be devastating and life altering.
Nine years ago things were different. Prescription Drug was not the major reason for a drug addict to check in to a rehab facility. Nowadays, most treatment centers across the country have added this new specialty to their treatment programs. There are special programs in place in many good drug rehab facilities dealing specifically with prescription drug abuse. Two such facilities are Inspirations for Youth and Families, a teen rehab center, catering to 12 to 18 year old and Cove Center for Recovery, an adult rehab center for individuals 18 year old and up.
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