Pain Medication Abuse

Wei Peluso

Professor Beamen

English Comp 102

10/24/2015

Pain Medication Abuse

With today’s medical development, lots of illness can be treated and healed by surgery or

advanced modern medication, and afterward the patient can live in a healthy and comfortable life,

but due to some severe injuries and other medical issues, some patients have to deal with chronic

pain every day, and there are no more treatments can reduce their pain, then pain management

doctor is their next step. Pain management has become one of the significant parts of medical field

nowadays, and there are more and more pain management clinics have opened. There are two

types of treatments patient will receive in the clinic: drug free treatment and pain

However, the side effect is that narcotic

medication is they are addictive, and patient often abuse them.

OxyContin and tramadol often use for reducing pain, and they are Control II substance. One

main property of Control II substance is that they have high pretention of abuse. First if a patient

uses them for a long time, his or her body develop physical dependence, and eventually the patient

become mentally addicted to the medication. The patient will continue use more for high or

fighting for anxiety, then street market become the main source for lots of patient to buy more.

“While the Drug Enforcement Administration and other law enforcement investigations have

shown that OxyContin and other Schedule II drugs are most commonly obtained illegally through

“Doctor shopping” ” or other.” (Rannazzisi) The origin of street pain drugs also is a rising question,

most of them actually do come from legal prescriptions. Pain is very subjective, when people in

pain , their hearts may beat fast or their blood press goes up, but there is not a single machine or

test can rate the pain level of a patient. As a result, people who don’t need pain medication

Abusing prescription medication is a serious problem between teens and

young adults. Because they may not have enough education or consciousness to realize how

dangerous it is .They may think prescription medication are safe because they are prescribed by

a doctor, but sometime taking excess the standard quantity or mixing different medication is fatal.

Online Pharmacy offers easy access to those drug to teenagers.The young generation all surfer on

internet, and there is one thing call “Internet Pharmacy.” They can get some narcotic medication

online without any prescription.Tramadol is a prescription medication teenagers buy online, and

the process is very simple and easy , they only need fill out a form then pay with a credit card, no

prescription needed. It increases concerns to parents and law enforcement that those drugs harm

teenager’s health , also they may lead them to other heavy drugs use, such as heroin and cocaine.

Pain medication are very effective and useful when people in pain, and they can relieve pain and

provide comfort. For example, if someone has a car accident and break his hips, pain