Why are narcotic drugs so addicting?
I am not sure, read many questions about narcotic drugs and addiction. However, I am on the Fentanyl Patch because I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, prolapsed disc, scoliosis, peripheral neuropathy, osteopenic and it just goes on. Glad to report I can function rather well with the Fentanyl Patch have not had to increase the dose and am active. As to if I am addicted? Well I do know that if I do not change the Patch every 72 hours, sometimes I let the hours tick by to see how long I can wait before the pain returns, when the pain returns, I know I do not like it. Likewise before the Fentanyl Patch I was not on ‘any’ long term pain killer, just the odd co-proxmial when I could not longer handle the pain. I was told I am looking at 10-15 years of the patch after which the disc should have dehydrated and I can stop the patch. To be honest I was not expecting to live that long. I think that if the drug is given to the person, because the person has ‘proof’ that they need the drug, then how can i
