List of Most Commonly Abused Medications
Here is a list of the most commonly abused medicines in the US. Prescription drug abuse is often a cited as a gateway to hard drug use. Many times patients are prescribed medications for a justifiable reasons and users become addicted to the drugs they have been put on by doctors. These medications need to be used with care. This list is for informational purposes only. A lot of people use medications without knowing what they are for and that is bad. See our list of common diseases to help you understand what treatments are available but please see a doctor before taking any medication. Also you may be interested in the diseases of circulatory system or the rare skin diseases.
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Phentermine
Obesity“ Fastin „ - 27
Pemoline
Narcolepsy, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder“ Cylert „ - 28
Butorphanol
Pain“ Stadol „ - 29
Midazolam
Anxiety disorder, Agitation, Status epilepticus“ Versed „ - 30
Anabolic steroids
“ Numerous products such as Anadrol-50, Deca-Durabolin, Halotestin, Oxandrin, Winstrol. „ - 31
Lorazepam
Focal epilepsy, Substance Withdrawal Syndrome, Psychosis More“ Ativan „ - 32
Temazepam
Insomnia, Panic disorder, Depressive Disorder More“ Restoril „ - 33
Flurazepam
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders“ Dalmane „ - 34
Butalbital
Headache“ Fiorinal, Fioricet „ - 35
Methamphetamine
Obesity, Narcolepsy“ Desoxyn, Crystal Meth „ - 36Pain“ Numorphan „
- 37Status epilepticus“ Nembutal „
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Codeine
Pain, Cough, Post-Operative Pain“ In low doses combined with non-narcotic medications such as Actifed, Novahistine DH, Terpin Hydrate, Ambenyl, Prometh, Pbenergan, Dihistine DH, Dimetane-DC, Robitussin A-C, Cheracol
Low doses combined with non-narcotic medications such as Tylenol, Phenaphen, Aspirin, Empirin, Soma Compound „ - 39
Levorphanol
Pain“ Levo-Dromoran „ - 40Seizure, Anxiety disorder, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders More“ Amytal „
- 41Diarrhea“ Lomotil „
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Secobarbital
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders“ Seconal „ - 43Pain“ Sufenta „
- 44“ Afenta „
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Testosterone
Hypogonadism, Breast Neoplasm, Delayed puberty - 46
Hydrocodone
Cough, Post-Operative Pain, Obstructive lung disease“ With acetaminophen - Lorcet, Lortab, Vicodin; with Aspirin - Lortab ASA; with chlorpheniramine - Tussionex „ - 47Focal epilepsy, Anxiety disorder, Duodenal ulcer More“ Centrax „
- 48Obesity“ Didrex „
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Butabarbital
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders“ Butisol „ - 50Anxiety, Panic disorder, Depressive Disorder More“ Xanax „
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