Opiate withdrawal details with root cause

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Opiate withdrawal often refers to the broad series of symptoms that arise after discontinuing or dramatically reducing opiate drugs after heavy and extended use (several weeks or more). Opiate drugs include most of the pain killer substances like heroin, morphine, codeine, Oxycontin and Methadone etc.

 Roots: About 9% of the population is believed to misuse opiates sometime in their life, including illegal drugs like heroin and prescription pain medications such as Oxycontin and Morphine etc.

These drugs have always a heavy chance of causing cause physical dependence. This means that an individual relies on the drug to prevent symptoms of withdrawal. After sometime, greater quantity of the drug become necessary to create the same effect (drug tolerance).

The time it takes to become physically dependent varies with each individual.

When an individual stops taking the drugs, the body needs time to recuperate, and withdrawal symptoms result. Withdrawal from opiates can occur whenever any constant use is discontinued or reduced. Some people even withdraw from opiates after being given such drugs for pain while in the hospital without understanding what is happening to them. They think they have the flu, and because they don't know that opiates would fix the problem, they don't crave the drugs.

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