Painkillers are addictive drugs that effects individuals on both a psychological and physical level, and must be treated by medical professionals. For those individuals who are under the care of a physician who prescribed the medication, patients will normally be “weened” off the medication, where the phsyician will give the patient less and less of the drug over a period of time in effort to avoid the effects of withdrawal. For those individuals who are taking the drugs recreationally, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation treatment facitilty is the best chance for recovery.
For those undergoing treatment for painkiller addiction in a drug and alcohol rehabilitation treatment center, the withdrawal and detoxification process will be medically supervised to ensure the safety and health if the individual addicted. Some of the withdrawal symptoms from painkiller addiction include the following: anxiety, depression, overall feeling of sickness (feels like the flu), insomnia, chills, tremors, hallucinations, muscle and bone pain, irritability, sweating, cold flashes, and muscle spasms.
In most cases individuals who abuse prescription painkillers, or any painkillers for that matter, there is an underlying issue that is for the most part psychological in nature that led them to the drug for its pleasure producing effects. In these cases, the rehabilitation process for painkiller addiction recovery will incorporate psychological counseling to help get to the “root” of the problem. Many drug and alcohol rehabilitation treatment centers will use both group and individual therapy, along with behavioral and cognitive therapy to help rebuild the foundation for healthy, drug free, living.
