Prescription Drug Abuse

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Prescription Drug Abuse
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4 Drugs well be talking about

• Perceset
• Vicodin
• Oxycontin
• Xanax

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Perceset

• Taken orally
• Available in 5, 10, and 20 mg. capsules
• Prescribed for post-operative pain control
• Derived from the opium poppy
• Abusers simply crush the tablets, then either
  ingest the resulting powder orally, intranasally,
  via intravenous, intramuscular or subcutnaous
  injection (by dissolving the powder), or rectally
  to achieve rapid absorption into the bloodstream.

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Vicodin

• is a selective pain killer commonly seen as a
  white tablet with the name
• Vicodin can be addictive both physically and
  psychologically. Addiction to Vicodin is similar
  to other powerful addictions cravings for the
  drug take hold of a person and may even supersede
  a person's need for food or water
• The symptoms of Vicodin withdrawal include but
  are not limited to extreme sensitivity to light
  and sound, restlessness, fever, muscle pain, bone
  pain, insomnia, diarrhea, goose bumps,
  involuntary leg movements, watery eyes, runny
  nose, loss of appetite, irritability, panic,
  nausea, depression, chills, excessive sneezing
  for up to a week long and sweat.

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OxyContin

• Percocet tablets (Oxycodone with acetaminophine)
  are routinely prescribed for post-operative pain
  control. Oxycodone is also used in treatment of
  moderate to severe chronic pain.
• The introduction of OxyContin in 1995 resulted in
  increasing patterns of abuse. Unlike Percocet,
  whose potential for abuse is limited by the
  presence of paracetamol, OxyContin contains only
  oxycodone and inert filler. Abusers simply crush
  the tablets, then either ingest the resulting
  powder orally, intranasally, via
  intravenous, intramuscular or subcutaneous
  injection (by dissolving the powder), or rectally
  to achieve rapid absorption into the bloodstream

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Xanax

• Xanax is a short-acting drug in the
  benzodiazepine class used to treat anxiety
  disorders and as an adjunctive treatment for
  depression
• Although it is not manufactured illegally, it is
  often diverted to the black market. The state of
  relaxation, anxiolysis, disinhibition and
  euphoria induced by benzodiazepines is the main
  reason for their illicit use.

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Uses in Eastern Kentucky

• These drugs are widely considered to be the four
  most abused prescription drugs in Eastern
  Kentucky. Users will do anything to obtain these
  to get their fix from bribing doctors to
  stealing prescription pads. Dealers who sell
  these can fetch up to as much 1.25 a milligram.