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