Drug Detox Q&a - Opioid Pain Killers Actually Cause Pain, Say Researchers
Although it is widely accepted that taking opioid pain killers over extended periods of time can lead to “tolerance” — needing more opioids to get the same pain relief — there is a wealth of recent scientific evidence that opioid pain killers like OxyContin actually cause pain — prolonging needless and excessive use of the drug, and leading to needless dependencies, addictions, and drug detox.
The standard medical view assumes that an increase in opioid dosage is sometimes required solely because of opioid tolerance. The opioid receptors in a patient’s brain become less sensitive to the opioids over time, and larger doses are required to achieve the same stimulation of the receptors to produce enough endorphins to mask the pain.
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