Trying Less Oxy from the Beginning?

Oxycontin is prescription painkiller of opiate nature. This drug is better than morphine as it is relatively safer in prescribed dosage. This is used mainly to provide relief to patients suffering from moderate to heavy pains.

The problem occurs when one starts abusing oxy to get ‘high’. It creates a ‘floating’ sensation and results in extreme pleasure or euphoria. The effects of oxy are similar to heroin. Because of this reason it’s commonly called as ‘poor man’s heroin’.

Oxycontin abuse is very dangerous as one gets addicted very soon. Many people think it’d be safer to try oxy as it is a prescription drug. Most of them start taking oxy in dosages as low as 10 mg.

But there is a difference. When one abuse oxy, he doesn’t take it in the conventional way. One chew, snort or inject a solution of oxy to have a rapid effect. As one bypasses the digestion of Oxycontin, it reaches the blood stream faster. Then the oxy molecules bind with the opiate receptors of the nervous system and slow down the function of the nervous system.

Initially, one experiences the euphoric effects of oxy in the low dosages of it. But with the passage of time, he needs higher and higher amount of this drug to reach the same effect. The brain becomes a slave to the drug and fails to function properly without it.

If he still takes less amount of oxy, it fails to create any effect. Not only that, one experiences extreme depression and severe pain even without any painful stimulus. Quite often, people commit suicide to get away from these unbearable effects of oxy addiction.

One always has the deadly risk of oxy addiction, even if he starts taking less oxy from the beginning. The only way to fight this is to join a rehab center. It’s good news, that there are a good number of oxy rehab centers present in almost all the states of USA.