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Percodan Addiction Drug
Rehab
Percodan is a combination of oxycodone and
aspirin. Oxycodone is a semisynthetic narcotic with strong analgesic
properties. Like any narcotic, it is potentially addicting and is chemically
different from heroin and opium only in structure and duration. The oxycodone
component is 14-hydroxydihydrocodeinone, a white odorless crystalline powder
which is derived from the opium alkaloid, thebaine. Oxycodone is also found in:
Endocet®, Percocet®, Percodan®, Roxicet®, Roxiprin®
Appearance of Percodan
Percodan comes
as a scored yellow tablet, embossed on one side with PERCODAN and on the other
side with DuPont. Percodan-Demi comes as a scored pink tablet embossed on one
side with PERCODAN-DEMI and on the other side with DuPont.
Effects
- drowsiness
- dizziness
- blurred vision
- accidental injury
- lightheadedness
- sedation
- nausea
- vomiting
- constipation
- drug dependence
- tolerance
- impairment of mental and/or physical
abilities
Symptoms
- respiratory depression (a decrease in
respiratory rate)
- stupor
- coma
- skeletal muscle flaccidity
- cold and clammy skin
- hypertension
- circulatory collapse
- cardiac arrest
Percodan
Addiction
Everyone's body is different but as little as half a
pill when combined with or other depressants can lower your respiratory system
enough to kill you. Taken in high doses these tablets alone can kill you.
Addictive drugs activate the brain’s reward systems. The promise of
reward is very intense, causing the individual to crave the drug and to focus
his or her activities around taking the drug. The ability of addictive drugs to
strongly activate brain reward mechanisms and their ability to chemically alter
the normal functioning of these systems can produce an addiction. Drugs also
reduce a person’s level of consciousness, harming the ability to think or
be fully aware of present surroundings. |
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