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Prescription Drugs > Depressants > Misuse > Examples of Misuse

CNS DEPRESSANT MISUSE

PAINFULLY OBVIOUS® — Not using medicine correctly is a prescription for trouble!

 

WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF MISUSE?

  • Using your prescription medication for conditions other than the one it was meant to treat.

  • Using your prescription medication without a doctor’s or other healthcare professional's supervision.

  • Increasing the dosage or frequency on your own, without the doctor’s or other healthcare professional's permission.

  • Using your prescription medicine with other medications your doctor or other healthcare professional has told you to avoid.

  • Sharing your prescription medication with someone who has similar symptoms to yours.

  • Combining your prescription CNS depressant with alcohol, other prescription CNS depressants, prescription opioid analgesics, or certain over-the-counter medications without your doctor's or other healthcare professional's permission. (Your doctor can tell you which ones to avoid.)

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