Drug Misuse

Drug misuse is a team used commonly when prescription medication with sedative anxiolytic analgesic or stimulant properties are used for mood alteration or intoxication ignoring the fact that overdose of such medicines have serious adverse effects it often involves drug diversion from the individuals for whom it was prescribed prescription misuse has been defined differently and rather inconsistently based on status of drug prescription the uses without a prescription intentional use to achieve intoxicating effects route of administration co-ingestion with alcohol and the presence or absence of dependence symptoms.

Chronic use leads to a change in central nervous system which means the patient has developed tolerance to the medicine that more of the substance is needed in order to produce desired effects when this happens any efforts to stop or reduce the use of this substance would cause withdrawal symptoms to occur.

The rate of prescription drug abuse is fast overtaking illegal drug abuse in the united states according to the national institute of drug abuse 7 millions people were talking prescription drug for nonmedical use in 2010 among 12th grades prescription drug misuse is now second only to cannabis nearly 1 in 12 high school reported nonmedical use of vicodin 1 in 2 reported abuse of oxycontin both of these drugs contain opioids.