Statistics show that opiate use is increasing in teens and young adults. Opiates are extremely dangerous and addictive to most people. Sometimes it starts off as mere experimentation and other times a medical condition causes a person to take them. Either way they end up with an addiction that is difficult to break. One of ….
Up until 2002, methadone offered the only medication-based approach for treating chronic opiate addiction. While effective, methadone treatment has limitations that may cause more harm than good depending on a person’s circumstances and overall drug history. Suboxone rehab offers an alternative medication-based approach that improves upon methadone in certain key areas. For someone who’s had ….
Opiate use in teens is a rising problem. The Centers for Disease Control is calling opiate, particularly prescription opiate addiction and overdose a problem reaching epidemic proportions. With this startling fact, it is little wonder that teens and young adults are falling victim to the perils of opiate abuse. Opiate abuse is deadly. Abuse very ….
With the rising opiate abuse rates and the fact that teen users are now making up a larger percentage of the opiate users, it is important to know the treatments available for your teen. Medication replacement therapy is a popular choice for treatment of opiate addiction but the medications used for this treatment are often ….
Opiates have a way of warping the brain’s chemical make-up over time. While intended for medicinal purposes, opiates can cause serious problems when not taken as prescribed, not unlike the consequences that result from using heroin, an illegal opiate. Suboxone rehab works along the same lines as methadone maintenance treatment while offering certain benefits that ….
Heroin addiction rates have reached epidemic proportions, affecting people from all walks of life. As one of the most powerful opiate drugs on the market, heroin’s effects take hold quickly with regular drug use, leaving users unable to function in daily life without the drug’s effects. Suboxone, one of a handful of drugs used in ….
With the holidays approaching, it can be easy to get caught up in the busyness of the season, buying gifts, spending time with loved ones and getting into the holiday spirit. For someone recovering from chronic opiate addiction, this time of year can throw some real curve balls when it comes to the emotions, pressures ….
Recovering from opiate addiction during the holidays can be an especially challenging time. Family obligations, gift shopping, parties and get-togethers can stress out the most sober of individuals let alone someone recovering from chronic opiate addiction. The good news is opiate addiction treatment options can make the process more bearable. Suboxone and methadone medication therapies ….
Completing a drug treatment program marks a tremendous accomplishment when recovering from chronic opiate addiction. That being so, someone who’s just completed residential drug treatment still has a ways to go in terms of learning how to maintain continued abstinence on a long-term basis. While there’s no opportune time to work through the recovery process, ….
Suboxone is a combination of two active ingredients, buprenorphine and naloxone, that is used to treat opiate addiction. These ingredients reduce the pleasurable effects of opiates, and cause sudden onset of opiate withdrawal if taken with other opiates or in large doses. Because of this, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, ….
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