Tag Archive for: Opiates
6 Signs Someone is Addicted to Opiates
Addiction, Featured, Opiates, Recovery, Rehab, Treatment6 Signs Someone is Addicted to Opiates
Something about your loved one is off. You sense that something has changed but can’t quite put your finger on exactly what. Slight changes in routines, habits, and behaviors begin to add up, while…
How to Help Someone Overcome an Opiate Addiction
Featured, Heroin, Opiates, Rehab, TreatmentDealing with an Opiate Addict Effectively
If you have landed here at this blog it is likely that you have a loved one—a teen, a young adult child, a spouse, a sibling, or a parent—who is struggling with an addiction to opiates. Or…maybe…
Opioid Triangle Georgia
Featured, Heroin, Location, Opiates, Prescription Drugs, Rehab, TreatmentInside the Opioid Triangle Georgia
The opioid epidemic has swept across the country, leaving few areas unaffected by this insidious killer that steals about 90 young lives each day. When looking at drug trends and death statistics, one particular…
Drug Rehab for Chronic Pain Patients
Chronic Pain, Featured, Opiates, Rehab, TreatmentForming a Chemical Dependency to Pain Medications
There is a tightrope that physicians have to carefully navigate when prescribing medication to treat patients with chronic pain. Chronic pain is defined as ongoing pain that lasts more than…
Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
Featured, Opiates, Rehab, TreatmentUnderstanding the Opioid Use Disorder
It is a fool’s errand to attempt to conquer an opiate addiction on your own. Once addiction has taken root, altering your brain chemistry and your behaviors, it is next to impossible to stop using the…
Getting off Suboxone in an Inpatient Rehab
Detox, Opiates, Rehab, SuboxoneGoing Into Inpatient Rehab to Get Off Suboxone
Suboxone (a blend of naloxone and buprenorphine) burst on the addiction treatment scene in 2002 when it acquired FDA approval for treating opioid addiction. Between 2006 and 2010 prescriptions…
Rapid Drug Detox Center and Programs for Heroin and Opiate Withdrawal
Detox, Heroin, TreatmentHeroin and Opiate Withdrawal and Detox Using Rapid Drug Detox
When the time has come to address a serious heroin addiction, several variables will need to be considered. Based on the severity of the addiction, the length of time addicted…
Painkiller Addiction Treatment Centers and Recovery
Addiction, Opiates, Prescription Drugs, TreatmentUnderstanding Painkiller Addiction Treatment and Recovery
Prescription drugs addiction transcends the boundaries of class, race, age and family background. It’s an addiction of opportunity that often starts with a perfectly legal, safe treatment…