Canadian Addiction Rehab Oxycontin Addiction Treatment | Page 5

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Oxycontin on its own is an effective painkiller, and this doesn’t
make the drug or its consumption bad if medically prescribed. On
the contrary, the problem would arise when the drug is taken far
above the recommended dose in a bid to experience any
euphoric or high feeling. Likewise, you know that you are a
qualified candidate for Oxycontin detox medication if you show
any sign of these symptoms:
• You crave for the doses are extreme, and if you miss even a single dose, you
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physically withdraw yourself.
You have developed a clever and shady way to continue to have access to the
drug. Have you been seeking them on the streets or going to multiple doctors
for a prescription? If yes, then odds are high that you have entered the addictive
phase.
If you begin to feel nervous or anxious at the slight thought of you not being
able to use the drug again.
Your use of the drug is now compulsive, regardless of all the adverse social,
physiological and physical consequences it comes with.
You require more and more doses to maintain that high and euphoric feeling.