My Prescription Drug padlet by https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk Made with a dash of wit en-us 2017-04-28 15:50:00 UTC 2023-06-11 00:38:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lovecookie.png How is the drug consumed? grace_kelly094 https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk/wish/168919660 They can be swallowed in the pill form or crushing the pill or capsule and snorting it.]]> 2017-04-28 16:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk/wish/168919660 What percent of teens use prescription drugs? alexa_garci441 https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk/wish/169199048 3% of teens ages 12-17 reported a non-medical use of prescription medications within the last month. https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/prescription-drugs/trends-in-prescription-drug-abuse/adolescents-young-adults]]> 2017-05-01 15:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk/wish/169199048 Can your drug cause a lifestyle disease or other health complications? jada_johns428 https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk/wish/169199536 Many people fear that they may become addicted to medications prescribed for medical conditions, such as painkillers prescribed after surgery. However, people who take potentially addictive drugs as prescribed don't often abuse them or become addicted.
www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/prescription-drug.../causes/con-20032471

]]> 2017-05-01 15:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk/wish/169199536 hayle_robin285 https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk/wish/169199659 PSA]]> 2017-05-01 15:27:19 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk/wish/169199659 10 facts about prescription drugs hayle_robin285 https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk/wish/169201335 1. Teens misuse prescriptions drugs for a number of reasons such as to get high, to stop pain and they think they will do better in school.

2.Most teens get their prescription drugs from their friends or family.

3.Boys use prescription drugs to get high while girls use prescription drugs to stay alert or to lose weight

4.After marijuana and alcohol, prescription drugs are most commonly misused substances by Americans ages 14 and up

5. Commonly misused prescription drugs are Opioids, Depressants and Stimulants

6. Mixing your prescription drugs with alcohol and certain other drugs is very dangerous.

7. More than 1.600 teens use prescription drugs everyday

8. 12-17 year olds use prescription drugs more than using crack/cocaine or heroin.

9. Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs is safer to use because it is not street drugs.

10. Only in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age 14.

https://teens.drugabuse.gov/drug-facts/prescription-drugs

http://www.rxsafetymatters.org/families-and-communities/facts-and-figures/ 


]]> 2017-05-01 15:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk/wish/169201335 What are the withdrawal symptoms of this drug jada_johns428 https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk/wish/169201584 Prescription Painkillers Withdrawal Symptoms:
  • Agitation.
  • Anxiety.
  • Abdominal cramping, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea.
  • Muscle and bone pain.
  • Insomnia.
  • Sweating, chills, goose bumps.
  • Dilated pupils.
http://www.optionsbehavioralhealthsystem.com/addiction/prescription-drugs/effects-signs-symptoms
]]> 2017-05-01 15:32:42 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk/wish/169201584 Where can someone go for help to stop using the drug? jada_johns428 https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk/wish/169201940 If your on prescription drugs the best person to see for help would probably be your local doctor who prescribed you. They could tell you the steps to getting off of the drug.
http://drugabuse.com/library/how-to-help-a-drug-addict/]]> 2017-05-01 15:33:46 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk/wish/169201940 Is this drug addicting? alexa_garci441 https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk/wish/169204952 Yes, it is both physically and mentally addicting. An estimated 36 million people abuse prescription drugs and 82.2% get addicted. https://www.drugabuse.gov/about-nida/legislative-activities/testimony-to-congress/2016/americas-addiction-to-opioids-heroin-prescription-drug-abuse]]> 2017-05-01 15:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk/wish/169204952 If a pregnant women uses prescription drugs, how can it affect the fetus? hayle_robin285 https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk/wish/169209131 It can affect the fetus by affecting the blood supply to the baby or can cause preterm labor and birth. It can also cause birth defects.

http://americanpregnancy.org/pregnancy-health/abusing-prescription-drugs-during-pregnancy/]]> 2017-05-01 15:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk/wish/169209131 Where does the drug come from/what is it made from/addictive chemical in drug? grace_kelly094 https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk/wish/169463652 People get prescriptions at the doctor's office and they take too much of them or give them to people who don't have a prescription and that's when they become bad. Some come from different kinds of plants and other addictive chemicals.
https://teens.drugabuse.gov/drug-facts/prescription-drugs]]> 2017-05-02 15:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk/wish/169463652 Short and long term effects on the body/brain? alexa_garci441 https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk/wish/169464646 2017-05-02 15:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_kelly094/ih52i6bv4ttk/wish/169464646