Drug dependence can develop in as little as two weeks of continuous use, even with a prescription, and can be both psychological and physical.
Medications used to treat anxiety and insomnia include benzodiazepines, barbiturates, glutimide, chloral hydrate and meprobamate.
- Each substance acts differently and has a different potential for dependence and tolerance.
- In general.
- All people who become addicted to these types of medications have started using them as a form of therapy for a period that should be limited.
Sometimes the need for high doses over long periods of time to treat a serious problem promotes dependence, but it is common for patients to use more medication than prescribed, favoring the drug dependence situation, which is difficult to navigate.
For people already addicted to medication, it is recommended that their withdrawal be done in accordance with medical advice, in order to decrease the effects caused by a lack of medication in the body.