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Suboxone
Its been a few years now since Suboxone was first approved, and in that period many have come to view it as a "wonder-drug." Professionals, Executives, Housewives who would have never gone into treatment due to their kids or thier schedules now have a genuine tool in the fight against physical substance dependence.
Its an understood fact that addiction medicine doctors consider heroin and opiate addiction to be a chronic disease and they prescribe for it accordingly. Opioids include heroin, opium, morphine, codeine, oxycodone, and Hydrocodone. Opioids are also drugs which can easily be misused and can rapidly lead to physical tolerance and dependence. Your body becomes accustomed to ever-higher amounts of painkillers or other opiates, so that when the drug is stopped you go into withdrawal. Even after the physical phase of withdrawal is over, you still might not feel right, and may relapse just to feel normal.
Buprenorphine is a medication used to treat opioid addiction. It is known more by its brand-name, Suboxone.
Although some addicted persons do well with counseling, outpatient treatment, or in 12 Step groups like Narcotics Anonymous, in many other cases these approaches are not enough to keep the addicted person stable, and detox medication is used. Detox medication is slower and longer acting in its effects on the brain than heroin, hydrocodone or other drugs of abuse. Medication allows for a steadying of brain functions, a major part of addiction treatment.
When beginning detox with Suboxone or Subutex, determining the correct dose is crucial; one of the many reasons that make the first 24-48 hours of detox so important. Before Buprenorphine, there were two other medications used to treat opiate addiction: Methadone and LAAM. These medications are also long acting and work by stabilizing the brain. Methadone and LAAM are prescribed and administered in specially licensed clinics called Opioid Treatment Programs, and their use is regulated by federal and state agencies. While Suboxone and Subutex are also bound by regulations, they can be administered by a Doctor at a Treatment Facility. Detoxification from even large doses of opiates such as oxycodone and heroin can now be accomplished safely without the need to check into a hospital, and in a relatively short period of time. Plus, the cost of 30 or even 60 days in treatment can actually be less than a hospital-based short term detox. Suboxone also allows you a much faster return to work or school.
At Newport Harbor, we have been actively involved with informing and educating the community about Suboxone almost from the beginning. As another tool in the battle against addiction, it allows those who in the past had to suffer for days or weeks an option for an almost painless detox. If fear has been keeping you from detox or treatment, or if you simply would like more information regarding Suboxone, call us anytime at 866-639-5775.
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