Painkillers: The Ugly Truth About Vicodin, Percacet, Oxycodone, and Even Tramadol.

Almost 12 years ago I lost one of my best friends to drugs.  To be more specific, painkillers were the drugs he was on and it ended up destroying his life.  It took me many years to come to grips that something that your doctor can prescribe you led to burying my friend.  To be honest, I still have trouble in how easily doctors prescribe these things to anyone who basically asks.   What ever happened to actually dealing with pain at times?  Now don't get me wrong, I know that there are many people out there that actually need these pills and are suffering daily but it is the abuse of these drugs that has now become a problem in America.   Most of this abuse is done by people who do not even need the pills but can acquire them through relatives, friends, or even their family doctor.  I know personally more than five people where I could either get directly for free or purchase a number of painkillers at any time.  And to make the matters worse you can purchase them online even without a valid prescription.

My best advice for people who are thinking about going on any painkiller is really consider whether you need to before you start.  You need to be extremely careful especially with any codeine based painkiller as they are extremely addictive and do not take much time to build an attachment to your body.  Some examples of these are vicodin, percacet, oxycodone, and roxicet.  But you need to be wary of even some non-codeine based painkillers too.  Examples such as tramadol and ultram have been shown to be highly addictive as well.  The best thing to do is really try to avoid even starting any pain medication treatment if you are able to.  Withdrawal and detox can be very hard with these drugs and has been compared to coming off of heroin for some people who have been abusing it for a long period of time.   Best advice of all is not use them at all....