The first word that comes to a person’s mind while hearing about painkillers is "addiction". How can a medicine which was previously used as human life savior can become a human life taker? The total blame should go to the addicts, who have turned this life savior medicine to their drug of addiction. The painkillers contain opiates which affects certain regions of the brain which control our feeling of pleasure. This feeling of pleasure combined with a heightened feeling and physical and mental dependence leads to addiction to painkiller addiction.

The reason of painkiller addiction varies from person to person. Sometimes it is intentional and sometimes accidental. There is almost nothing to tell about the intentional addiction to painkillers, it depends totally on the human mind. But, the cases of accidental addiction are unfortunate most of the time. There are certain methods that every person prescribed with painkillers should follow to prevent this accidental addiction to painkillers. Some of those methods or precautions are described below.

1. The prescription must be strictly and carefully followed. Before leaving the hospital, take all the details from the doctor under whom you were admitted and treated.

2. If you feel that the dosage of painkiller is not working anymore, consult the doctor immediately. Do not increase or decrease the dosage of painkiller without consulting the doctor. A slight mistake during this period can be devastating.

3. Always complete the total course of painkillers, do not stop your dosage before the prescribed period. And do not continue taking the painkillers after the prescribed date is over. This can also cause serious harm, which is physical dependence on painkillers.

4. Do not crush the pills while taking them. The pills are designed in such a way that it releases very slowly. Crushed pills will release huge amount of the medicine instantly which can cause toxic effect to your body.

5. Do not other people’s prescription for your ailments. Tolerance levels of every people are different from each other and so vary the dosage and quality of painkillers. A doctor knows best what dosage or type of painkiller you need.

This few rules are not much hard to follow. Neglecting this can lead you to painkiller addiction and that is not what you or anybody wants. If any person gets addicted to painkillers by any chance, there is no way to get back unless proper treatment is received from any painkiller rehab.

Several opiate rehabs have grown up all over the world; of which some are effective and some are not so effective for curing the painkiller addicts. People should always go for the well known rehabs. Treatment in such rehabs may cost a lot, but they will guarantee the total cure of the person. Many people select the cheap opiate rehabs for their treatment or treatment of anyone close to them, what they ultimately get is failure and a worsened condition of the patient. The condition of the patient deteriorates because of the lack of proper treatment.