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YOU SHOULD NOT SHARE YOUR PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS
by Jenny Ursworth
http://www.dprescription.com
What has become a big problem in this country is the
sharing, or downright stealing another persons
prescription. Prescription drug sharing among teenagers is
the biggest problem at the moment, causing an alarming
trend. Different studies are being done because so many
teenagers are either dieing or becoming seriously damaged
by taking other peoples prescriptions.
Teenage girls seem to be doing this more than boys with 20%
of them taking pills, while boys are at 13%, however, this
may change. It usually starts with a teenager just trying
it once, usually taking medication found in the medicine
cabinet of their parents or their grandparents. Maybe from
boredom or just curiosity, and then it turns into a full
blown addiction. The really sad thing is these numbers are
growing at an alarming rate.
The girls claim they share their meds with a friend because
she takes the same meds and is out at the time needed, or
a parent uses the same meds and they don't feel that
sharing is bad because the medication is the same. It's
still not understood why girls do this more than boys,
other than girls seem to go through more "growing pains"
than boys do.
People should stick to their own medications. Even if the
intention to share is good in the beginning, no one really
knows what can happen when someone else takes another's
prescription. Even vitamins should only be used for the
person who buys them. Bad chemical reactions can occur when
you use someone else's drugs. You may be allergic or have
a bad allergic reaction when taking someone's prescription.
This can lead to you falling into unconsciousness or into
a coma with the odds being very slim that you will ever
recover
Drugs that cause birth defects, such as an teratogenic
prescription are a huge concern among doctors and
pharmacist. A young woman taking someone else's teratogenic
prescription and not knowing she is pregnant, can cause
serious damage to her unborn child. Sharing prescription
medications is becoming such a trend that teenagers are
turning from the harder street drugs such as crack,
ecstasy, and crystal meth, because their using their
parents or grandparents prescription medication. This
"new trend" of teenage drug abuse has been branded
"Generation X," because the problem is becoming so serious.
Many home medicine cabinets are full of all kinds of
different prescription drugs. With mom or dad suffering
from anxiety, migraines, depression, and back pain, these
kids have a huge choice on what to take today. If you have
a teenager in your home today, sit them down and talk to
them about this. Don't accuse, but talk to them about the
dangers of using someone else's prescription drugs. Many
teenagers are ending up in emergency rooms today from
taking someone's meds. They have different reactions, but
many teenagers fall into unconsciousness and sometimes
never wake up again, or causing brain damage so server that
the ability to learn anything ever again is gone.
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