What Causes Prescription Drug Dependency?
The effect on the brain of prescription drugs in cases of addiction are the same as those of its illegal counterparts. When a person becomes addicted to prescription medications, upon their use the medication changes the chemistry in the brain which makes it less effective in producing such chemicals as endorphins and dopamine. Therefore since the brain is not producing these chemicals without the medication it is achieved by use of the medications. When the brain reaches this point, the physical addiction has occurred. Addiction is not intended in prescription medications, it usually starts very innocently. For example, you have injured your ankle and it is very painful. Your doctor prescribes you pain medications to control the pain while it heals. This takes some amount of time and you experience the effects of the medication, noticing it makes you feel better in other ways as well. You continue to take the medications for the pain and other reasons, more often than necessary becaus
