The C.U.R.E. Addiction Center of Excellence: Brain Mechanisms of Relapse and Recovery Prescription Opiate Study

How Do You Know If You Have a Problem with Prescription Opiates?

How does someone know that he or she might have a problem?

Answer YES or NO to the following questions:

  1. Have you found that you need to increase the amount of prescription opiates you use to get the same high you once experienced?
  2. Do you suffer from withdrawal symptoms (agitation, anxiety, muscle aches, sweating, abdominal cramping, nausea, flu-like symptoms) when the high wears off or you have not recently used?    
  3. Have you found that when you are using a prescription opiate you’re using more of it or more frequently? 
  4. Have you tried to quit or cut down on your prescription opiate use, only to find that you could not?    
  5. On the days that you use prescription opiates, do you spend more than 2 hours looking for the drug, using it or recovering from it, or just thinking about it?    
  6. Do you spend less time working, enjoying hobbies, or being with family or friends because of your use?    
  7. Have you continued to use prescription opiates even though you think it has caused you health or mental problems?    
  8. Have you made the switch to heroin because you could no longer get or afford prescription opiates?

If you answered YES to three or more of the above questions you may have a problem with prescription opiates.  Please call us at 1-800-528-5527 to discuss your eligibility in the study.


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