Medications Addiction Treatment | Novo Nascer - Saiba do que se trata e como cuidamos de pacientes com este problema.

Medication addiction is a serious health condition. Our experienced team is ready to start the recovery journey with you. Addiction comes in many forms, the most common of which are drugs, medicines, alcoholism and smoking. The most widely used drug products, without a doubt, are those that promote sedative effects, of the benzodiazepine class, even though these days it is only possible to obtain them by prescription. Brazil consumes more benzodiazepines than all other countries in the world combined. This fact makes it clear how much there is abuse of this type of medication around here, and it is common to observe people who take drugs of this type for any situation, as something commonplace. There is also the abusive use of other types of medicines for different purposes, but the most common are those with sedative effects.

Addiction on medication is one of the most difficult to perceive, because it does not generate disruptive behavior, out of the ordinary. But there are striking symptoms such as excessive sleepiness, memory failures, inability to perform small tasks, lack of coordination and concentration. Some patients fail to do housework necessary for cleaning and conservation and even leave self-care aside.

Treatment usually arrives late, only after the person has suffered an accident by ingesting excessive amounts of medicines and often arriving at the ICU. Once stabilized, physicians realize that there is an addiction there and refer the person to rehabilitation. Addiction can develop quickly or over a long period of time. Its roots are basically in the way of dealing with stress and anxiety. In these situations the behavior of addiction comes into play, putting different types of drugs or a mixture of them as a way of relieving these symptoms.

Even after realizing some losses from the use of medication and planning to stop inhaling it, the person just can't do it, they have lost control. Who controls now is the drug and, in the most chronic state, the thought that takes over the whole day is to feed the addiction. Thus begins an endless cycle of unhealthy behavior that makes them establish even deeper ties of addiction with the use of the drug. The result is often devastating, affecting all areas of life, resulting in chronic illness, poor social engagement, isolation, problems at work, high strain on family and loving relationships, chaotic lifestyle and financial problems.