BUPRENORPHINE TREATMENT for OPIATE ADDICTION SUBOXONE and SUBUTEX –PAIN FREE WITHDRAWAL AND DETOX Addiction medicine doctors consider heroin and opiate addiction to be a chronic disease and they treat it accordingly. Buprenorphine is a medication used to treat opioid addiction. Opioids include heroin, opium, morphine, codeine, oxycodone, and Hydrocodone. Opioids are also drugs which can be abused and lead to tolerance and dependence. Your body becomes accustomed to ever-higher amounts 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.” Medical research shows that after abusing heroin, oxycodone, hydrocodone and other opiates that the brain is thrown off balance, making the goals of drug treatment to encourage stability, both in your body and in your life. Not everyone who abuses opiates needs medication to treat their addiction. Many addicted persons do well with counseling, outpatient treatment, or in 12 Step groups like Narcotics Anonymous. In other cases these approaches are not enough to keep the addicted person stable, and maintenance medication is used. Maintenance 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 at your Doctors office. Detoxification from even large doses of opiates like oxycodone and heroin can now be accomplished safely in an Outpatient setting in a relatively short period of time. And the cost of Outpatient Detox is far less than an Inpatient Hospital Program. Outpatient Detox also allows you a much faster return to work or school. A Suboxone or Subutex detox treatment is best started once withdrawal has begun, and your dose is adjusted over several days. Suboxone and Subutex are given as a pill which dissolves under the tongue. After the initial level is reached, typical withdrawal symptoms normally associated with Hydrocodne, Oxycodone, Heroin and other Opiates rarely occur. When administered and monitored correctly, Suboxone and Subutex offer a fast, pain-free, withdrawal from highly addictive drugs. If you, a family member or a loved one is suffering from an addiction to prescription pills, heroin, morphine, or any other opiate, The Suboxone Directory can help. With listings to Government approved physicians in all 50 States, opiate detox and withdrawal doesn't have to be painful. Browse our listings, pick up the phone, and make the call.
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