Darvocet Abuse

Darvocet is used to relieve mild to moderate pain with or without a fever. Its ingredients, acetaminophen and propoxyphene, work to relieve pain by elevating the pain threshold and increasing pain tolerance. Propoxyphene is a narcotic element, and therefore Darvocet has the potential to be abused. If a user takes a higher dosage than prescribed, he or she may develop a dependence or even an addiction to the drug. Taking more of this drug than recommended can be very dangerous, resulting in possible breathing problems, extreme drowsiness, coma, or even death.

Signs of Darvocet Abuse

If a drug dependency is formed from overusing or abusing Darvocet, there are many different side effects that may occur. Methods of abusing Darvocet can stray from simply taking it orally. People abusing it may chew it, crush it to a powder and snort it like cocaine, or even dissolve the crushed tablets in water and inject the solution.

Doctors who prescribe Darvocet often watch for certain signs and symptoms of abuse and addiction, such as:

• Going through a Darvocet prescription too quickly and requesting refills
• Seeing multiple healthcare providers in order to obtain more Darvocet prescriptions

• Repeated reports of losing a prescription, having a prescription stolen, or needing a prescription early to go on vacation

Opiate-based analgesic drugs like Darvocet may, over time, alter the psychological health of abusers. Abusers may refuse to take responsibility for their actions, lose control over their abuse situation, have difficulty distinguishing right from wrong, and continue to make poor decisions that suggest a serious decrease in quality of judgment.

Abuse occurs when the drug is used more frequently or in higher doses than prescribed. With abuse, it becomes easy to overdose on the drug. Overdosing on Darvocet can be extremely dangerous and life threatening.

Darvocet Addiction Help

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