Most Abused Prescription Medicines

Many of the Prescription drugs have been working wonderfully for patients suffering from number of pains, illnesses and diseases.Without these medicines we would have been in trouble, these prescriptions have changed the way medicines have been looked upon. We have to use them wisely as they may be dangerous if overdose is taken. Here are a few most misused and abused prescription drugs:

Anabolic steroids: Its a steroid used to develop the muscle and bone mass. The bodybuilder do misuse this for bodybuilding it has the side effects like aggression, blood pressure rise, it may damage the liver and cause cancer as well.It is used to those patients who develop abnormal low amounts of testosterone, so to avoid delayed puberty

Muscle Relaxers: It is used to treat acute muscle problems and to relax the muscle which are giving pain to the people. It is used to treat severe pain in muscle and also pain from fibromyalgia, some spinal cord injuries. It is misused to enhance alcohol pleasure and a temporary pain relief.It works by reducing the muscle pain by relaxing the muscle over dosing the same may affect skeletal muscle fibers and nerves.Valium sometimes used to muscle relaxing when at pain.There are common prescription like baclofen, tizanindine and zanaflex to reduce the pain in spinal cord.

Fentanyl: It is a very strong opioid same as above painkillers. It is much affective than morphine and it is a powerful synthetic opioid. It is used to cure cancer patients to reduce the pain or some severe pain or chronic. Due to its nature of drowsiness and pleasure which happens as it blocks the perception of pain to the brain's opiate receptors. It is often used to enhance the pleasure by mixing with drug with heroin, cocaine or other illegal drugs. It cause severe damages to heart and respiratory. People with its addiction often end up in coma or unconsciousness.