Hepatitis C is a virus that attacks the liver and is commonly seen among IV drug users. Spread by blood-borne pathogens, Hepatitis C is contracted through sharing needles, injecting equipment, and unprotected sex. If you’re addicted and looking for help, call now to talk to someone immediately. A decade ago, being diagnosed with Hep C, ….
If you’re considering a medically assisted treatment for drug addiction, methadone is one of your options. Yet methadone has such a stigma, you’re not sure if you should even consider it. To help you make an informed decision, here’s everything you need to know about methadone and getting sober. What Is Methadone? Methadone was the ….
Many organizations, like the DEA, continue to stress that drugs have a different effect on each person. The results can be unpredictable and may be hard to determine before taking the drug, but there is usually an idea of what can happen. With heroin, there are some well-established effects that its usage has on the ….
The NIDA has three main components for successful addiction treatment and recovery: get the person to stop using, keep them from using, and make sure that they live productive lives. It also states that addiction is also highly prone to relapses, so it can be greatly beneficial for a recovering addict to participate in healthy ….
Addiction, in any form, can be difficult to overcome. This is especially the case for chronic addictions that go on for years. Likewise, people trying to recover from chronic, long-term opiate addictions must contend with residual withdrawal effects and intense drug cravings long after they stop using opiates. As the most researched and developed opiate ….
Methadone’s use as an opiate addiction treatment continues to draw controversy in terms of how the drug works and whether it offers any real therapeutic benefits. Issues surrounding methadone abuse and dependence bring into question the overall risks involved with methadone maintenance treatment as a long-term treatment approach. According to the Journal of Addiction Medicine, ….
Today’s opiate addiction epidemic has created a growing demand for treatment services, so much so that methadone treatment waiting lists have become more so the norm than the exception. Those who most need methadone treatment tend to have long histories of opiate abuse, making the need for some form of treatment all the more critical. ….
Recovering from chronic opiate addiction can be an exhausting ordeal, both physically and emotionally. Low energy levels, problems sleeping and lack of motivation make for a day-in, day-out battle with self on top of dealing with never-ending drug cravings. After months or years of chronic opiate abuse, the brain’s functional capacity sees considerable decline, a ….
Opiate abuse can develop out of a treatment need, boredom or as a way to take the edge off of a stressful day. As the most fast and effective pain-relieving agents on the market, prescription opiates appear in most anyone’s medicine cabinet, which makes them easily accessible for non-medicinal uses. Whether taken for treatment purposes ….
As one of a handful of opiate addiction treatments, methadone offers a range of therapeutic benefits that can be used in different stages of the recovery process. First developed as an addiction treatment in the 1960s, methadone exists as the most researched and applied medication therapy. Methadone detoxification and methadone maintenance treatment both utilize the ….
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