Do Dangerous Prescriptions Really Harm You?
Just about all prescriptions have side effects that are potentially dangerous to ones health, it all depends on what it is used for. In terms of addiction a prescription is considered a narcotic and, they are dangerous. Many doctors do not like to prescribe these drugs due to the heightened increase of addiction to them in the last decade. People are not only abusing them, they are also selling them. There is a high demand for these drugs out on the streets that there are people that don’t “need” them, get them from their doctor and sell them. You can probably get by on Tylenol unless you have a chronic, life-altering, disabling condition.
Recently there has been increased use of painkillers for pain that is non-malignant, or chronic. For post-operative pain, painkillers are used. Uses for palliative care is any pain of moderate or greater severity, shortness of breath, diarrhea, and painful wounds, requiring topical morphine. These drugs are not recommended for sedation or anxiety because experience has found them to be ineffective agents in these roles.
Long-term use of these medications has shown that dependence is rare when the drug is being used for pain relief. When used correctly, or prescribed these are safe drugs.
Some of these are very dangerous and may cause renal failure. There are many other long-term effects of dangerous prescriptions they include acute respiratory depression, acute pancreatitis, chemical toxicity, insomnia, hallucinations, and nightmares. The short-term effects of these drugs include sedation, euphoria, physical dependence, psychological dependence, tolerance, and pinpoint pupils.
A lot of these dangerous prescriptions are used for post-op pain, cancer, kidney stones, severe back pain, and a severe cough.
