{"id":1914,"date":"2014-07-22T19:51:08","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T19:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ivbar4u.com\/blog\/addictioneducation\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2014-07-22T19:51:08","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T19:51:08","slug":"pain-addiction-common-threads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ivbar4u.com\/blog\/pain-addiction-common-threads\/","title":{"rendered":"PAIN AND ADDICTION: COMMON THREADS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pain is a complex disease whose treatment needs to be keenly addressed. There are variety of medication options which treat <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Pain\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">pain<\/a> and from which the patient can choose from. When the pain being experienced by the patient results to be chronic, this becomes a concern which is common with <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Chronic pain\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chronic_pain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">chronic pain<\/a> <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Patient\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patient\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">patients<\/a><\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/awaremednetwork.com\/\">Is there any relation between pain and addiction?<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/awaremednetwork.com\/addictioneducation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/aaapain.jpg\" alt=\"pain and addiction\" width=\"436\" height=\"232\" \/>We can actually argue that there is a relationship between pain and addiction. Where does this relationship originate? The relationship of addiction and pain result from the choice that the chronic pain patient chooses when trying to treat this pain. While some methods are proven to cure pain without leaving behind addiction to the patient, some of the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Pharmaceutical drug\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pharmaceutical_drug\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">medications<\/a> for pain (Especially prescription drugs like <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Opioid\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opioid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">opioids<\/a>) are known to cause addiction especially when abused. The addiction of such drugs results from their ability to cure pain. These drugs are administered to the patient and initially they tend to treat pain. Over time the body tends to be resistant to these drugs and hence they must be taken with higher frequency and sometimes in higher quantity. If such a drug continues to be taken, it eventually reaches a point when the patient cannot do without it, since the pain temporarily stops when the drug is taken and returns after a short while. This forces the person to be a regular taker of the drug, not necessarily willing but forced by pain experienced. This is the point at which we consider the person to be an <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Substance dependence\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Substance_dependence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">addict<\/a> of the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Analgesic\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Analgesic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">pain killing drug<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/ivbar4u.com\/blog\/category\/dr-dalal-akoury\/cancer-therapy\/\">Addiction and pain related terminologies<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>There are terminologies which are related to pain and addiction which results from pain medication. These terms are described below:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dependence \u2013<\/strong> this refers the situation which results when the patient is exposed to a given medication for an extended period of time. If the medication for example was indented to treat pain, at this stage the person will be living by the medication, which means the pain will only stop when the person takes the medication. This patient is considered to be dependent on the medication and without which the patient will suffer pains. This condition may look like addiction but actually it isn\u2019t.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tolerance \u2013<\/strong> this is yet another term related to pain and addiction. This condition develops over time, and necessitates having to use more of the medication to receive the same effect. This condition is reached when the patient\u2019s body has gotten used to the pain killing medication and the small medication which used to kill the pain no longer has that ability over the body to treat the pain and thus the dose has to be increased to achieve the desired effect (treatment). This condition also should not be seen as addiction because actually it isn\u2019t.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Withdrawal &#8211; <\/strong>this refers to the symptoms that occur if the medication is suddenly stopped. This is because the cell receptors throughout the body that are used to medication are without it. This is normally the case when the patient is taking significant amounts of opioids and suddenly stops taking them. These symptoms may be severe and even make the patient feel sicker than before. This sometimes may make the patient want to keep on taking them since it is better when taking them than when withdrawn. Some of these symptoms may come in the form of:- tremor, diarrhea, sweating, nausea, vomiting, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Dyspepsia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dyspepsia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">gastric upset<\/a>, stress, depression etc. This condition if not given a close look may seem to look like addiction to a given substance, but in the actual sense it isn\u2019t. Withdrawal is though closely related to addiction and sometimes it may be very difficult to differentiate between them. This makes the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Withdrawal\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Withdrawal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">withdrawal<\/a> effects to be termed as addiction in most cases.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Addiction \u2013<\/strong> this is a situation of psychological need to have a drug or behavior. Some of the common addiction types are the addiction from drugs, internet, eating, shopping, gambling etc. this is the biggest of all the others we have mentioned above (Tolerance, withdrawal and dependence). When a person is addicted by a pain killing drug like opioids, the patient may develop dependence and tolerance to the drug and incase he\/she tries to stop taking the drug suddenly, there may be withdrawal which you must go through. This is a both psychological and emotional effect of not having the pain killing drug, which in this case is very difficult for the addict to stop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/awaremednetwork.com\/addictioneducation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/back-pain-image-538x218.jpg\" alt=\"pain and addiction\" width=\"754\" height=\"252\" \/><\/p>\n<p>it is very advisable that, if you feel you are being addicted to the pain killing drug that you have been using in the past, be honest to your doctor and speak with your doctor about it. This will ensure that the doctor evaluates your condition in time and consequently help you out by changing the medication while it is not too late.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/ivbar4u.com\/blog\/category\/dr-dalal-akoury\/cancer-therapy\/\">What causes opioid addiction?<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Opioids are <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Prescription drug\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prescription_drug\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">prescription medication<\/a> which is used to treat pain. Sometimes the patient may not use the medication as directed by the physician. This is one of the leading causes of addiction since opioids aree highly addictive. 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