Addiction Treatment

Vicodin is usually abused for its opiate-like effects. Vicodin addiction is a serious problem in the United States and tends to happen quickly and to unsuspecting individuals who have been prescribed Vicodin for legitimate pain reasons. Vicodin abuse has been escalating over the last decade. The federal Drug Enforcement Administration believes Vicodin may be the most abused prescription drug in the country. From 1990 the average consumption nationwide has increased by 300%. In the same period there has been a 500% increase in the number of Emergency Department visits attributed to hydrocodone abuse. Of the 6.4 million Americans who reported misusing prescription drugs in the previous year, more than 73 percent misused prescription pain relievers. You can find more information about vicodin addiction at http://www.treatment-addiction.org/vicodin/.