Pain Pill Addiction: Methadone Detox Facts

Question: Question about pain pill addiction?

(Posted by: Mary Posa on 2008-12-05 19:27:45)

Can being hooked on pain pills cause a person to have open sores on their face and arms or is is some other type of drug addiction causing this? the person is a known pain pill addict but i heard that meth causes this. wondering if pain pills can cause a person to pick at their skin?

Posted by: Cassie T on 2008-12-05, 19:36:30

Pain pills don't cause skin picking. They are usually opioids, which are "downers. " Vicodin, Oxycontin, heroin, morphine, and methadone are commonly abused opioids. People pick their skin as a nervous twitch. It commonly happens with "uppers, " like coke, speed, crack, or meth. ADD/ ADHD medications like Adderall and Ritalin are also uppers of the amphetamine family (like speed) that some people abuse. However, if a person is injecting drugs of any sort, the wounds can often become infected sores which will appear where ever they have injected the drugs. Usually that's on the arms, but once those veins collapse, an addict may move on to their groin, legs, neck, or even between their fingers and toes.

Posted by: dustin s on 2008-12-05, 19:30:10

Yes it can mess with the hormones responsible like that but it would be a side effect or possible liver failure.

Posted by: moms worried on 2008-12-05, 19:38:38

Yes meth causes a person to feel like they have bugs on them so they start picking at their skin so bad they dig causing open sore which in turn lead to infections...you should probably let parents know they will be able to run urine drug test on her and get her the help she needs to quit good luck your a good friend to worry and care about her.