Top 10 Legal Drug Addiction Cases
Not all drugs are illegal. Medicines are legal drugs, such as painkillers, paracetamols, and antibiotics. Doctors usually prescribe them according to the patients’ need. There are some medicines that still require doctors’ prescription before pharmacies permit purchase. These medicines are known as prescription drugs. They are habit-forming, which means that taking them for longer duration can cause dependence to an individual.
The USDR is basically monitoring the search queries every time people turn to the internet to search for prescription drug addiction related information. Hence, as you turn to your computer to search for information about a certain prescription drug or take some tests for addiction to monitor your symptoms, the USDR automatically updates its database.
The table below shows the top 10 most popular legal drugs found in drug addiction and substance dependence online related searches. This statistics is based on the estimated searches across all search engines in phrases including “addiction,” “addictions,” “addicting,” and “addictive.”
|
Name of Drugs |
Estimated number of searches per year |
| Ultram | 629, 136 |
| Tramadol | 73, 240 |
| Ambien | 61, 100 |
| Soma | 49, 378 |
| Vicodin | 45, 588 |
| Paxil | 42, 997 |
| Levitra | 42, 742 |
| Oxycontin | 37, 955 |
| Prozac | 35, 536 |
| Percocet | 24, 182 |
This data is based on http://clearhavencenter.com/addiction-research
The next ten legal drug addictions are shown on the table below.
|
Name of Drugs |
Estimated number of searches per year |
| Morphine | 22, 708 |
| Carisoprodol | 20, 742 |
| Zoloft | 15, 661 |
| Oxycodone | 15, 290 |
| Xanax | 14, 355 |
| Ativan | 13, 734 |
| Hydrocodone | 13, 022 |
| Methadone | 12, 412 |
| Adderall | 10, 360 |
| Imitrex | 10, 071 |
This data is based on http://clearhavencenter.com/addiction-research
Some of the drugs above are very familiar. Most of them are pain relievers, such as methadone, hydrocodone, Vicodin, and Oxycontin. These are semi-synthetic opioids that are commonly used to treat mild to severe pain. Ultram, which is also known as Tramadol is also a pain reliever. Some other drugs are used to treat depression and anxiety for depressive disorder and panic disorder, such as Paxil, Prozac, Xanax, Zoloft, and Ativan.
The online searches for different topics regarding drug addiction are annually monitored by the USDR. Through its innovative research, the organization tracks and analyzes over 1,000,000 phrases with over 360,000,000 word searches relating to drug and alcohol addiction.
According to USDR, the fact that people are turning to the internet to search for some facts about legal drug addiction or take some legal drug addiction tests indicates that prescription drug abuse is still a prevalent case in the society. While USDR is continuously monitoring the statistics of online searches for legal drug addiction, people will also know its current trend in the society.
