Bowwow~ firstly, apologies for your thread being hijacked.
” Did you see warning signs?”: in my dauughter’s case, I personally don’t, because I know from our doctor & MRI reports that she has real physical issues; but she says that she’s addicted cuz she still takes them even when she’s not in so much pain; that they help her concentrate better.
unrelated to my daughter: unfortunately, an addict, who has physical & psychological dependency, will say that they still have pain, even tho’ they don’t, to continue getting pills & in increasing dosages.
IMO, a real addict would go to several doctors concurrently so as to obtain multiple ‘scripts. that’s an absolute warning sign– if you see vials of pills with different doctors’ names. worse yet– pill bottles with different patients’ names… that would mean that the addict is either obtaining ‘scripts under aliases, or stealing medications from friends/family members’ medicine cabinets or drawers. there are other signs of addiction, but may I suggest you google them.
[disclaimer: my daughter gets hydrocodone– codeine w/ acetaminophen or ibuprofen),10 mg., 4x day; she takes her prescribed amount (sometimes 1/2 pill more), @ the times directed. there are times her prescription runs out before it’s refill time, & sometimes she borrows a couple or a few from me. I myself take them rarely cuz I don’t really get relief from them.]