Oxycontin addiction in Canada

Drug Rehab Services is a no cost referral agency to inform you and help you find the proper treatment for oxycontin addiction. We have helped thousands of persons getting the proper help in the following services:

• Medical detox
• meetings
• Residential treatment
• Detox centers
• Private drug treatments
• Long term treatments

Our goal is to provide you the best advice possible to attend a rehab centre so you or a loved one get a drug free life. Oxycontin is the most sold prescription drug on the black market. So there are a lot of people who need to get help from actual drug treatment professionals in order to treat their Oxycontin addiction.

Oxycontin treatment

In Canada, it is an offense to abuse OxyContin more than necessary. So you are under obligation to tell the doctor which gives you a prescription, any and all other controlled substances you were prescribed by someone else in the last thirty days. If you don’t and are caught getting more prescriptions than necessary, you could go to jail for up to seven years. It is absolutely illegal to OxyContin trafficking and that could get you a lifelong jail sentence.

OxyContin is a brand name for a pharmaceutical drug that is a pain reliever. It is available under various forms of pills and various dosage per pill. It is a time-release drug and it usually takes an hour after ingestion for the drug to be in full effect. There are several way to take OxyContin and other such drugs, through the mouth, through the nose, by intravenous injection, or rectally.

There are certain adverse side-effects that one should be aware of when taking OxyContin, a few are named below:

• nausea
• fatigue
• headaches
• nervousness
• excessive sweating
• constipation

But when a person stops taking OxyContin very drastically, several symptoms can occur and the people will go through a withdrawal type period. Some of the symptoms of withdrawal include:

• fever
• anxiety
• sleeping troubles
• muscle aches

With all these symptoms and withdrawal symptoms, it is really obvious why people would need to get the care given in a drug rehab center in order to go through and get over the OxyContin addiction and withdrawal.

Where can I find a OxyContin  treatment?

There are several places where you can find help for OxyContin addiction in Canada. There are different settings such as residential, outpatient, etc. A drug rehab center can often help, no matter the type, but it must suit the addict. Is a detox needed? One of our counselors can do an assessment and give you the best option on OxyContin programs  for you or someone you love. Let us help you.

If you or a loved one have a problem with Oxycontin abuse
We can help!
Call one of our counsellors today!
1-877-254-3348

Works Cited
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxycodone
http://www.nida.nih.gov/infofacts/PainMed.html