Percodan
Percodan is a concoction of oxycodone and aspirin and is a powerful painkiller that is used to relieve pain in patients that have terminal cancer or chronic pain. Percodan works in the brain to reduce pain and by blocking several chemicals that typically cause pain and inflammation. It is a narcotic analgesic and is often used by many drug users to feel a euphoria similar to using morphine or heroin. Percodan is an opioid painkiller and is used to treat short–term pain that is considered moderate to moderately severe. Percodan is in the same class as morphine and cocaine. It also can not be prescribed by telephone and refills are not allowed. Percodan is manufactured by endo pharmaceuticals, and the most common prescribed dose is one pill every six hours as needed for pain. When driving or performing other duties that require alertness, extreme caution should be taken. You should not drink alcohol when taking Percodan, or other opiates, tranquilizers, sedatives or other central nervous system depressants.
About Percodan Addiction
All opiates have the potential to cause dependency, and in recent years prescription percodan abuse, as well as painkillers in general, has soared. Percodan makers have said that it is very common to misuse, abuse, and become addicted to, whether or not it is legally prescribed. There can be withdrawal symptoms that can start when prolonged use is suddenly discontinued. These withdrawal symptoms can include flu-like symptoms, yawning, irritability, restlessness, anxiety, weakness, joint pain, aches, insomnia, abnormal cramps, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting and also increased blood pressure and heart rate. Coma, stupor, respiratory depression and cold and clammy skin can occur with the overdose of Percodan. Overdose of Percodan can also cause circulatory collapse, cardiac arrest or even death. Although the effects, addiction, and the chemical composition of Percodan are very similar to heroin, Percodan abuse lacks the strong taboos and the negative reputation of heroin. Also, pharmaceutical drugs such as Percodan have a definite purity and known ingredients, unlike street-drugs such as heroin.
