Pain killers By Derrik Allen

Long and Short Term effects Vomiting Nausea Diarrhea Muscle spasms Short Drowsiness Slowed breathing Constipation Unconsciousness

Teen use of Pain Killers In 2007, 2.5 million Americans teens abused prescription drugs for the first time almost 50% of teens believe that taking prescription drugs is much safer than using illegal street drugs. In 1991 there were 40 million prescriptions for painkillers worldwide, but by 2001, there were 180 million painkiller prescriptions, most of them in the U.S. 7 of the 11 drugs most commonly abused by high school students are prescription or

Street names PAINKILLERS: Generic Name Oxycodone Propoxyphene Hydromorphone Meperidine Hydrocodone Brand Name OxyContin Percodan Percocet Roxiprin Roxicet Endodan Endocet Anexsia Dicodid Hycodan Hycomine Lorcet Lortab

Forms of addiction Opioids give you a euphoric feeling. As pain patients have typically suffered an unpleasant experience that caused the pain, the pleasurable effects of these painkillers can seem like a delightful surprise

Work cited www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/painkillers.html www.painkillerabuse.us/content/prescription-drug-statistics.html