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Percocet Addiction
Percocet Symptoms
Percocet Withdrawal
Percocet Treatment
Percocet Addiction Support Groups
Percocet addiction can occur within three weeks of using the opioid. Although on the surface Percocet seems like a typical prescription drug, its addictive capability and widespread use has propelled it like all other prescription opioids into a main stream addiction epidemic.
Percocet addiction is cyclical, swinging between intense Percocet use and cravings for Percocet. Most Percocet addicts develop such a dependency on Percocet that they need it to feel normal. Percocet is not only addictive, but affects consciousness as well, often times giving the user and especially the addict a sense of loss of surroundings.
Percocet is a mixture of oxycodone and acetaminophen, putting it along side other opioid pain relievers like OxyContin, made famous by a set of law suits against its manufacturer, Purdue Fredrick.
The company is set to pay $634,515,475 because of they failed to adequately inform the public of the addictive power of OxyContin. This same addictive power is found in Percocet and other opioid derived pain killers. Percocet is generally prescribed short-term, to treat moderate to moderately severe pain . Percocet is manufactured in the following strengths, in which the first number indicates the amount of oxycodone in each pill, and the second, the amount of acetaminophen per pill (both in milligrams): 2.5/325, 5/325, 7.5/500, 7.5/325, 10/650, and 10/325.
Percocet addiction is known to affect women more than men and is often times ingested for non-medical uses the most (according to national statistics) in the age groups 12-17 and 18-25. The US National Drug Intelligence Center’s 2006 Drug Threat Assessment reported that “commercial disbursements of commonly abused pharmaceuticals such as oxycodone” nearly doubled between 2000 and 2004 and that their abuse rate is second only to marijuana .
Percocet along with most Opioid derived pain relievers are considered by the DEA to be a Schedule 2 drug. The criteria for schedule 2 drugs are:
- The drug has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the US or a currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions;
- They have a high potential for abuse;
- Abuse of the drug may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
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