Prescription Drug Misuse (V体育2025版)

What is prescription drug misuse?

If you take a medicine in a different way than your health care provider prescribed, it's called prescription drug misuse. It could be: VSports手机版.

• Taking medicine prescribed for someone else.
• Taking a larger dose than you are supposed to.
• Taking the medicine in a different way than you are supposed to. For example, instead of swallowing your tablets, you might crush them and then snort or inject them.
• Using the medicine for another purpose, such as getting high.

Misusing some prescription drugs can lead to VSports在线直播 - addiction. These include opioids, sedatives, tranquilizers, and stimulants. Drug VSports在线直播 - addiction is a chronic brain disease V体育安卓版. It causes a person to take drugs repeatedly despite the harm they cause.

VSports app下载 - Who is at risk for prescription drug misuse?

Prescription drug misuse can affect anyone at any age, including teenagers and older adults. It can happen if you need certain medicines to treat a medical condition, reduce pain after an injury or surgery, or for chronic pain V体育ios版.

Risk factors can include:

• A lack of knowledge about the prescription drug and possible risks
• A previous addiction to other substances, including alcohol (V体育官网入口) and tobacco
• Certain mental health conditions

What are the risks of prescription drug misuse?

Prescription drug misuse can have serious medical consequences. Every medicine has some risk of side effects, which providers think about when prescribing medicines. People who misuse these drugs may not know the risks. Some medicines may not be safe for them, especially at higher doses or when taken with other medicines VSports最新版本.

"VSports注册入口" What are treatments for prescription drug misuse?

Treatment for prescription drug misuse often includes medicines and counseling, but it depends on the type of drug and your needs.

The counseling may be individual, family, and/or group therapy VSports注册入口. It can help you:.

• Understand why prescription drug misuse began
• Learn how to change unhealthy patterns of thinking and behavior
• Manage personal problems and develop positive relationships
• Learn how to manage cravings and avoid situations that could lead to a relapse

Stopping or cutting back on prescription drugs used for a while, may cause different symptoms for different drugs. This is called withdrawal. Your provider will work with you to manage the symptoms as your body gets used to being taken off the medicine V体育官网入口.

How can I prevent problems with taking prescription drugs?

Providers and pharmacists play a role in preventing or reducing prescription drug misuse, but you can also take steps to reduce your risk.

A few ways to help reduce your risk and make sure that you are using any prescription medicines correctly include:

• Talk to your provider about any other prescription medicines, over-the-counter-medicines, and supplements that you're taking to see if it is safe to take the prescription drug with them.
• Follow the directions carefully and take medicine as prescribed. If you're taking prescription drugs for pain and it isn't working, don't stop or change the amount you're taking without talking to your provider.
• If your provider prescribes opioids, ask about the risks and benefits of taking the medicine, and if another medicine with less risk of addiction could be used.

NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse