Recovery from Teen Prescription Drug Abuse

Do you know that teenagers are using less of marijuana, ecstasy or cocaine these days? That should make you happy, should it not? But, what if I tell you that according to the NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) 1 out of 5 teenagers actually get their first "high" on the prescription drugs they find in their parents' medicine cabinet?



This should come as no surprise. Most teens, bent on experiencing their first "high", are usually leery of the stigma attached to using hard-core drugs, and will "use" prescribed medication in the hopes that it is much less harmful. It is actually not. Prescription drugs distort the teen brain's pathways (as they develop dependence), causing confusion, extreme fatigue and a distorted sense of reality. What is more, prescription drug abuse usually goes under the radar - largely undetected until almost too late.



The path to recovery from prescription drug abuse is therefore complicated, by physical and psychological health damage, that would not have worsened as much, if the addiction had been detected earlier.



Prescription Drug Abuse JUST Waiting to Happen in Your Medicine Cabinet



If you have teens, it is important to know what prescription medicines (in your medicine cabinet) have the highest potential for abuse. In fact, the prescription drugs mentioned below, are THE staple at "Pharm Parties", where teens share their supply (normally stolen from your medicine cabinet) with others.



• Painkillers like Vicodin and Oxycontin

• Anxiety Reducers like Xanax and Valium

• Psycho-Stimulant Drugs (used to treat ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) like Ritalin and Aderall



If you strongly suspect that your teen is habitually using any of your prescription medicines, the first step towards recovery from a prescription drug habit, is taken with THE doctor who prescribed you the medication. He will be able to enlighten you on the side effects of abusing your particular prescription drug, and recommend the best prescription drug recovery treatment for your teen.



Michael Jackson – Death by Prescription Drugs



Michael Jackson was a teen and pop icon most youngsters had idolized until his death. Life and Style Magazine affirms that "Michael Jackson was taking a cocktail of up to seven prescription drugs in the months before his death, including the anti-anxiety drugs Xanax and Zoloft and the painkiller Demerol."



It was actually his doctor, Conrad Murray, who mixed up the cocktail of prescription drugs that narcotized Jackson from his real life woes. It was also Dr. Murray who administered Propofol (an intravenous anesthetic), which caused his tragic demise at 50. But the real tragedy here IS, it was Michael Jackson, himself, who was the biggest obstacle to his recovery from prescription drug abuse. He did not see anything wrong in getting pills and more pills from a doctor. He thought that since it was prescribed by a doctor, it did not make him a junkie. That was HIS tragic mistake,



In Prescription Drug Recovery Treatment, your teen will learn that, prescription medication used for other than what it was prescribed for, is plainly – drug abuse.