Does ibuproften or tylenol or advil qualify for addiction to pain killers
2007-01-03 16:31:19 · 14 answers · asked by gopackgo51 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
no but can lead to liver damage.
2007-01-03 16:32:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, any thing can become addictive, if we over use the product. Plus even those can make you forget your feelings and put you to sleep. I knew someone in the assisted living facility that I worked in was addicted to asprin. So yes it can also be addictive, and if you are, then go to AA or NA and get help for yourself. There is some reason inside of yourself, besides pain, that you are asking this question. If it is you that you are talking about, then try going to AA and working a 12-Step program. A drug is a drug, in any form. Just becaue it isn't a narcotic, that doesn't mean you can't get addicted!
2007-01-03 16:39:30 · answer #2 · answered by Ikeg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chronic use of pain killers can result in tolerance to the medications so that higher doses must be taken to obtain the same initial effects.
Long-term use also can lead to physical addiction.
You are considered physically addicted if withdrawal symptoms occur if use is reduced abruptly. (You go 'cold turkey')
2007-01-03 16:37:56 · answer #3 · answered by Biker B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are not in pain and are taking them, or more to the point craving them, then that is addiction.
You should know, Tylenol is the single MOST LIVER TOXIC drug ever invented. You should avoid it at all costs.
2007-01-03 16:39:54 · answer #4 · answered by bigrob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I heard Tylenol PM can turn addicting if you keep taking it for sleeping.
2007-01-03 16:33:38 · answer #5 · answered by Mrs J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess it just depends on how often you take them and why you take them. Since these are over the counter drugs you don't need a prescription for them but you might have been advised to take them by a doctor. I don't have enough information to guess at an answer.
2007-01-03 16:38:47 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you don't get addicted to them but if you use any kind of pain medicine even those for headaches and you take them too often you can get rebound headaches when you try to stop taking them.
2007-01-03 16:33:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
taking more than the prescribed ammount or taking them with out a prescription would probably be considered addicted by doctors.
2007-01-03 16:32:36 · answer #8 · answered by dan f 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
it is an addiction when you depend on anything to make you normal
but there is nothing wrong with that everybody has them
2007-01-03 16:33:27 · answer #9 · answered by john k 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh, no. Now if it was Oxycontin or Loritabs or Morphine it would be very different. But its not.
2007-01-03 16:40:44 · answer #10 · answered by Kozzzy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, they are not narcotics a nd they are for minor pain. Can you stop taking them anytime you want?
2007-01-03 16:33:01 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋