Nothing but Problems with Drugs

There are many people who take drugs like Oxycontin (Oxycodone) for example and use it for their own person pleasure and that is to get high off of it. Prescription drug use for those who do not need it had sky rocketed in the past few years especially becoming an epidemic in not only large cities, but also even in small towns. The problem of people using prescription drugs is not only visible in the U.S. but world-wide. Even though the use of these drugs is sometimes illegal and for someone’s personal enjoyment rather than need, there are many people who take drugs like Oxycontin for pain. From my own experience with my mother taking prescription drugs like there have been a few things that have become apparent to me over the years of observing. Although my mother uses Oxycontin for her pain she suffers due to arthritis while this drug works to cure one part of her body it is completely destroying other parts of her body like her liver for example. Also noting that my mother has frequent mood changes and the medicine may make her feel out of place at times. Sometimes observing what this medicine is capable of in the case of it being something negative for her body I along with my family has tried to tell her that she should try and come off the drug which is a difficult task and convert to something more natural due to the side effects of the drug both long and short term. In the following paragraphs I will discuss the dangers of both long and short term issues with Oxycontin mentioning the problems with coming off the drug.
To begin, many short-term effects are associated with the drug Oxycodone such as slowed breathing and many others. Oxycodone also known as Oxycontin comes with its short term effects as stated in the Drug G...

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...times the early signs and symptoms can be equally bad to the advanced signs and symptoms.
In conclusion, the drug known as Oxycontin seems to have many more negative effects rather than positive. Those who are on the drug without prescription because they don’t need these drugs they just use it for their own enjoyment law forces should work hard to keep these drugs off the streets. Also those users of the drug should be more aware of the long and short term effects along with the withdrawal issues. Then maybe the choice of using the drug could be re-considered and a more healthy option for the pain could then be selected after visiting with either a doctor or a specialist. I believe all the people on the drug should seek help to get off even though there are intense withdrawal stages because the person could become addicted to the drug and eventually die from it.