PERCOCET DEPENDENCY... The chronic regular use of Percocet, as is the case with the extended use of any other opiate, creates structural changes in the brain. Percocet binds to opiate receptors in the brain to create analgesic and euphoric effects. If you use Percocet regularly (daily) for a while, the brain responds by growing more opiate receptors in the brain; and with greater numbers of opiate receptors, you need a greater amount of Percocet to fill them. If opiate receptors in the brain go unfilled, you feel increased pain and depressed mood. Once you have extra opiate receptors in the brain, natural levels of opiate chemicals in the brain cannot sufficiently activate them all, and without taking Percocet to supplement natural levels of opiate chemicals, you start to feel pain and a depressed mood. Once you have sprouted increased numbers of opiate receptors, you are physically dependent on the medication, and if you do not take your medication regularly, you will start to feel drug withdrawal. If you take Percocet daily for a few weeks, you will become physically dependent on the medication, whether or not you use the medication for the treatment of pain or to get high.
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 00:08:06 +0000
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