Please can some one tell me are there any, and if there is , what are the long term or short term effects of taking medication every day that you dont need. Like Codeine or migraine tablets.
thanks x♥x
2006-10-04 04:15:17 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
codeine is addictive. Apart from that, all medication has side effects (kidneys, liver, stomach, etc), even if you need them. But if you need them, you can't help taking them. If you don't need them, you only have the side effects, plus the quantity taken is bigger and the side effects are bigger.
2006-10-04 04:19:50 · answer #1 · answered by cpinatsi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Addiction to pain medication depends upon a couple of factors. If one takes the meds at the prescribed strength and frequency - assuming the doctor has made the appropriate prescription strength - one should experience a "melting away" of the pain and sleep usually follows. Dependency does not take hold. Also, there really is such a thing as a "non-addictive personality" and an "addictive personality." The vast majority of people have the latter, especially dangerous and damaging in the teen and early 20s years when one grabs for anything that reduces the perceived "stress" of trying to fit in and make friends. In this case meds should be given as needed by a parents, spouse or other responsible adult.
I suffered the worst migraine and sometimes cluster headaches known to me and my doctors. I have taken strong narcotic meds from about age 12 until about 8 years ago when I reached a certain age (note: let's say about 35 years of weekly and often daily codeine and in doctor's offices, ER's or hospitalizations) In ER and during hospitalizations about 3 X's a years for 3 - 6 days I received 100mg's Demerol every three hours. Same as I was taken to ER 2 -3 times for injections before pain "melted away." Because the meds given were effective, I just experienced the "melting away" feeling - as I put it. No addiction to either substance. About 8 years ago an ER doctor introduced DHE45, a non-narcotic to the usual Demerol and Phernagin and I noticed that I did not have to return a second time as I always had in past. This doctor has a private practice and a "headache clinic." I changed doctors and he made all the DHE-45 avialable that I needed. I self injected in the upper leg. Voila! Each time the pain melted away and I did not need anything else except some Excedrin as followup perhaps. Well, after 3 - 4 months of using about 10 vestules a month, I realized I no longer cared if I got a migraine because I was using a non narcotic I could take anywhere, including at work. Haven't had a migraine or cluter headache since.
DHE-45 is nothing new I am told and I specifically said I did not want to know what it is because it worked and for all I know it was water and the effectiveness was my thinking it was a miracle drug. Still don't know and don't care.
Blood work continues to be fine after all these 35 - 40 years. No problem with kidneys, liver, etc. No stomach upset problems or bleeding with tons of Excedrin. But I do have a strong Norwegian makeup so don't know the long term on others. Follow doctor's orders, if you can, as they say. Good luck
2006-10-04 04:39:21 · answer #2 · answered by ALWAYS GOTTA KNOW 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dependency, habituation, and "super germs"
- Dependency - Many drugs mimic neurotransmitters and hormones. If you take them when you do not need to your body will attempt to adjust for having too much of the chemical. Your body will begin to manufacture less of the natural equivelent in an effort to achieve balance. Then, you have have to continue taking the drug to maintain the levels at or near normal levels. Hence, you become dependent.
- Habituation - As we take certain drugs, our bodies adjust to deal with the imbalance. For example, take caffien, the more coffee you drink the more you have to drink to acheive the same benefits because your body has habituated to the high caffien levels. The same is true of drugs, if you take them too much, when you really need them, they will have less effect or you will have to take much more (sometime dangously high dosages) to get the benefits.
- "Super germs" - By taking so many antibiotics, often without need, we are breeding 'germs' that are resistant. This is also why you should take all your medication when on antibiotics.
2006-10-04 04:27:57 · answer #3 · answered by Wundt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, dependency, abuse and addiction. Codeine is very addictive and is very abused. It causes mental and physical addiction and the withdrawal-while not life threatening-is very uncomfortable. That's why people keep using and using--to keep from going into withdrawals.
Not sure what migraine medication you are referring to. If it contains a narcotic (Vicodin, Percocet, etc.) then it also applies as above.
2006-10-04 04:21:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't take anything that you don't have to!!!!!!! Especially codeine...it is very addictive...i KNOW cause i have to take it and i wish i didn't.....it's awful having to depend on pills just to make it through the day!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-04 08:17:26 · answer #5 · answered by VICTORIA L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it will harm your liver, dont take tablets unless you really need to, i think u can get a ulcer in your stomach from taking lots of medication
2006-10-04 04:22:59 · answer #6 · answered by NOT TELLING YOU LOL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Damage to your liver over time
2006-10-04 04:18:56 · answer #7 · answered by Sassy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Addiction and liver damage stop now if you can or seek help if you can't.
2006-10-04 04:18:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard on your liver, possible addiction problems.
2006-10-04 04:20:19 · answer #9 · answered by chicofrico 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dependency
2006-10-04 04:16:18 · answer #10 · answered by Mopar Muscle Gal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋