HOW DOES ADDICTION OCCUR?
For most opiate addicts, the story begins when they are prescribed a painkiller by their doctor. If the patient continues to rely on these drugs for the long term, their tolerance levels will begin to rise. As a result, it will take more opiates than before to continue numbing those feelings of pain. Patients may request increased dosages or up the usage without medical guidance by taking multiple doses at once. Others begin to crush the pills and snort or inject their opiates for a stronger effect.
As an opiate user's tolerance and typical dosage increase over time, they can become dependent on the drug. This occurs when drug use or abuse is driven more by a desire to stave off withdrawal symptoms than to treat the original pain. Dependence can often lead to death by accidental overdose of heroin or added heroin and other prescription opiate such as fentynil .
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