Youth addicted to injecting ground painkiller tablets; doctors alarmed as patients seek treatment
Medical professionals expressed concern as young people increasingly seek psychiatric help for addiction to injected ground painkiller tablets.
Doctors are alarmed by a rising trend of youth grinding painkiller tablets and injecting them to get high. Affected individuals are now beginning to approach psychiatrists for treatment.
Dr. B.R. Sathish Shankar, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Virudhunagar Government Medical College, noted that youth are misusing certain scheduled pain management drugs. He warned that injecting these medications is life-threatening.
Lack of family supervision, poverty, academic stress, and easy access to drugs near educational institutions are cited as primary factors. Doctors warn that this habit leads to severe side effects, including physical tremors, anxiety, and long-term psychiatric damage.
Courtesy: Hindu Tamil Thisai