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Determining if a patient has legitimate physical pain is a difficult task for physicians. Pain is an issue that cannot be seen by a medical device or someone who is not experiencing it. There is a struggle to provide effective and appropriate analgesic care. The struggle comes from knowing when pain medication is necessary and not risking under medicating and knowing when dependency is an issue. Education, properly monitoring by medical personnel and better disposal of these drugs are ways medical providers can curb the negative results of prescribing drugs such as opioids, which possess addicting qualities.

Many national surveys have shown prescription drugs have become increasingly popular among teens as well as adults. Pain drugs such as vicodin and oxycontin are found to be most popular and dangerous in regards to addiction and overdose. Obtaining the drugs has become increasingly simpler. People can get them from friends or relatives who are prescribed more than enough and have some left and doctors have a difficult time determining if a patient is truly in need of these drugs. These drugs can lead to misuse, habitual use, dependency and addiction. Medical professionals need improved tools to research a patient’s prescription records to determine if abuse of these drugs is apparent.

The facts of addiction and its effects our terrifying but need to be put out there more often so people know what can happen when using prescription pain killers. Something needs to be done quickly or this will become an epidemic beyond repair.