Percocet Abuse
Q) What are the symptoms of Overdose?
A)
- bluish skin
- eyes or skin with yellow tone
- cold and clammy skin
- decreased or irregular breathing
- extreme sleepiness
- stupor
- coma
- heart attack
- low blood pressure
- muscle weakness
- nausea
- slow heartbeat
- sweating
- vague bodily discomfort
- vomiting
Q) What is Percocet addiction?
A) Addiction is a major risk with prolonged use (over 2-3 weeks) of narcotics. Even moderate doses of some narcotics can result in a fatal overdose. When increasing doses of narcotics, the person may first feel restless and nauseous and then progress to loss of consciousness and abnormal breathing. Other risks include withdrawal symptoms that may last for months.
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.
Q) What are possible drug interactions when using Percocet?
A)
- Alcohol
- Antispasmodic drugs such as Cogentin, Bentyl, and Donnatal
- Major tranquilizers such as Thorazine and Mellaril
- Other narcotic painkillers such as Darvon and Demerol
- Sedatives such as phenobarbital and Seconal
- Tranquilizers such as Xanax and Valium
