Vicodin Addiction | Treatment

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Vicodin Addiction

Vicodin addiction is a compulsion to seek and abuse the prescription drug Vicodin, despite any negative consequences that may affect life, family or work. Vicodin addiction occurs when a person already abusing Vicodin is no longer able to control the drug use and its effects on the brain.

Vicodin addiction has similar effects as other drugs when it comes to the human brain and its limbic system. When dopamine, a neurotransmitter that triggers pleasure in the body, is overproduced due to Vicodin addiction, addicts get a rush of euphoria that is far more powerful than the natural pleasure system operated by the brain.

For those with Vicodin addiction, the rush of dopamine lasts longer than a natural dopamine release, which then motivates the user to repeatedly take the drug. Eventually, the brain begins to produce less dopamine to balance out the high levels achieved from the Vicodin addiction. Tolerance occurs when these low levels of dopamine inhibits any natural "high," and the Vicodin addiction requires the user take more and more of the drug to be taken in order to achieve the higher levels of dopamine.

Lakeview Health Systems addiction treatment programs can help you recover from Vicodin addiction. We offer detox treatment, personalized rehabilitation programs and even art and recreational therapy. Call us today at 1-800-657-4357 and learn how to live a drug-free life.

Vicodin, as a pain reliever, works by attaching itself to nerves in the brain and spinal chord, altering how a person experiences pain. The ability to do this makes the drug susceptible to physical dependence, meaning the body is used to having the drug and now needs it to function normally.

Physical dependence on the drug can occur with or without an actual Vicodin addiction; a client with physical dependence can experience withdrawal symptoms if they abruptly stop taking the drug. Vicodin addiction happens when the person taking Vicodin has an uncontrollable urge to use and abuse the drug, with our without physical dependence.

Vicodin addiction can lead to an overdose, which has severe symptoms such as a decrease in respiratory rate, coma, cardiac arrest and death.

Vicodin addiction has unique dangers because of Vicodin's compound pill form, which combines hydrocodone with acetaminophen. Vicodin addiction therefore, can lead not only to an overdose of hydrocodone, but also of acetaminophen. If the body consumes more than 4,000 milligrams of acetaminophen a day, it can cause severe damage to the liver or put the user in a coma. Symptoms for acetaminophen overdose include abdominal pain, dizziness, nausea, upset stomach and others.

Lakeview Health Systems has a nationally-recognized program that can address all aspects of Vicodin addiction. We're available 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 1-800-657-4357 to answer your questions about Vicodin addiction.

Vicodin addiction can lead to overdose if the drug is also taken in combination with other drugs. Alcohol, antihistamines, barbiturates (Nembutal) and benzodiazepines (Valium, Xanax), all slow down respiratory rates, and therefore, when taken in combination with Vicodin, which also can slow respiratory rates in large dosages, can be fatal.

Vicodin addiction, like all addictions, is treatable. Those with a Vicodin addiction should seek a professional treatment facility, such as Lakeview Health Systems, for a safe detoxification treatment that will allow the client to smoothly transition to addiction rehabilitation. Call us today at 1-800-657-4357 or visit http://www.lakeviewhealth.com.