Do Dangerous Prescriptions Really Harm You?

There always comes a point in some body's life that they will need a prescription. How should you know if what the pharmacist is giving you is safe? When the doctor prescribes the medication and you are getting a "drug" legally, will that mean it isn't dangerous?  


Most prescriptions come with side effects that could potentially be dangerous to your health, depending on what it's used for. Prescriptions that are dangerous, as in terms of addictions, are usually called narcotics. Many doctors do not like to prescribe these drugs due to the heightened increase of addiction to them in the last decade. Not only do people abuse them, they also sell them. There is a high demand for these drugs out on the streets that there are people that don't "need" them, get them from their doctor and sell them. Unless you have a chronic, life-altering, disabling condition, you can probably get by on Tylenol.  


There has been an increased use of painkillers for the management of non-malignant, chronic pain. Painkillers have long been used for post-operative pain. Uses in palliative care is any pain of moderate or greater severity, shortness of breath, diarrhea, and painful wounds, requiring topical morphine. These drugs are not recommended for sedation or anxiety because experience has found them to be ineffective agents in these roles. 


The long-term use of these drugs show dependence is rare if the medication is being used for pain relief. When used correctly, or prescribed these are safe drugs.  


Some of these are very dangerous and may cause renal failure. There are many other long-term effects of dangerous prescriptions they include acute respiratory depression, acute pancreatitis, chemical toxicity, insomnia, hallucinations, and nightmares. The short-term effects of these drugs include sedation, euphoria, physical dependence, psychological dependence, tolerance, and pinpoint pupils. 


A lot of these dangerous prescriptions are used for post-op pain, cancer, kidney stones, severe back pain, and a severe cough.