Dependence on any medication can develop in just two weeks of continuous use, even when prescribed by a doctor. This addiction can be both psychological and physical.
The drugs used to treat anxiety and insomnia include benzodiazepines, barbiturates, glutetimide, chloral hydrate and meprobamate.
Each substance acts differently and has a different dependency and tolerance potential. In general, all individuals who become dependent on this type of medication started using them as a form of therapy for a period that should be limited.
Sometimes, the need for high doses for long periods to treat a serious problem, promotes addiction, but it is common for patients to use more medication than prescribed, promoting the situation of drug dependence, which is a difficult condition to circumvent.
For individuals already dependent on medications, it is recommended that their withdrawal be made according to medical advice, in order to reduce the effects caused by the lack of the medication in the body.
