What makes Oxycodone Addiction so Dangerous?
When oxycodone-based drugs such as OxyContin are used as prescribed by a physician it works as a time-release pill. Instead of having to take several pain medications over the course of a day, an individual need only take a single OxyContin. The problems began to arise when individuals realized that if they crushed the drug and snorted it (or injected it) that they would receive ALL of the active ingredients at once. This powerful high left many people addicted, and more than a few with fatal overdoses. In addition, oxycodone is highly dangerous because as people grow addicted to the opiate, they develop a tolerance to the drug. That means it will take more and more oxycodone to achieve the desired euphoric effect. Taking so much of the drug leaves an individual highly susceptible to overdose.
