Prescription analgesics are powerful drugs, which interfere in the process of transferring electric signals, which are perceived as pain by human nervous system. Besides, they stimulate parts of the brain, which are responsible for creating a sense of pleasure. That is why the person taking analgesic usually feels kef except of absence of pain.
The most powerful drugs are called opioids. They contain components similar to opium. These components are synthesized to cause the same reaction of human nervous system as if it would be the drug produced from poppy heads, such as heroin. Codeine, dihydroxycodeinone and oxycodone are opioids.
The drugs providing the cooling effect and used to treat weak pain usually contain codeine. These drugs are released in liquid form, as normal pills or pills in capsules. They are often used as the drugs to get pleasure and relaxation. It is quite easy to get them under the counter or get a prescription within cough syrups or cooling drugs. Codeine is taken to have jolt, which is caused by opioids. Those who take codeine usually buy huge amounts of cooling drugs, which contain codeine.
Dihydroxycodeinone is often combined with some other chemical compounds. Dihydroxycodeinone is a prescription drug. It is usually released as pills, pills in capsules and as syrup. The commercial names of the medications, containing dihydroxycodeinone are Lexia, Hidonan, Dicophen and others.
Production and sales of these medications have appreciably grained due to their use for illegal purposes, not corresponding with their prescriptions.
Oxycodone has a huge potential to become the drug abused very much. That is why it is very dangerous. It is as powerful drug as heroin. Besides, human nervous system suffers from Oxycodone as much as from heroin.
Oxycodone is sold under such brand names as Percodone, Percocent, Tilox, Roxicet, Roxicodone and others. It is released in the form of pills.
Why do analgesics form such a strong habit? In addition to resulting in a feeling of great elation opioid analgesics form a strong habit. Taking them during a short time may lead to a physical addiction. Human body accommodates to the presence of this substance in blood and rough breaking up with it will cause withdrawal effects. Besides, it may increase the threshold of sensitivity of the drug in the body, which means to get the same effect you will have to take much more doses. Just like any other drug, analgesics do not remove pain, they just disguise the pain in order to obtundent it.
Experts in drug rehabilitation say that predilection for the powerful analgesics with delayed action, such as OxyContin form the strongest habit and getting out of this habit becomes a huge problem.
Those people who constantly try to abate the pain will have to take larger and larger doses of a drug only to find out that they can’t help without taking these drugs.