Alcohol & Drug Addiction Treatment

The use of Methadone treatment for opiate addicts could hardly be called “treatment.” Rather, it is a cover-up and a quick fix. This mode of thinking (which truthfully is just replacing one drug for another; one addiction for another) doesn’t even give the addict an opportunity at freedom from his dependency. This recovery strategy is pessimistic, and I encourage everyone to give themselves or their loved one’s a little more faith than this. Give addicts the opportunity and the support they need to have success in an abstinence-based, drug-free approach to recovery.

In treating Methadone addiction, a medical detox is the first step. This can take days, and up to weeks depending on the dosage the person is on. Finding the right type of medical detox is vital. Once a person has been detoxed than locating an effective addiction treatment program is the next step. Most drug rehabs provide a detox which makes it easier because the methadone addict does not have to leave the facility.

Heroin addiction is one of the hardest addictions to overcome. Heroin is so physically addicting that the reason they don’t enter a residential drug rehab is that they are scared of the painful withdraw symptoms. Fever, dehydration, diarrhea, insomnia, depression, anxiety, cramping, and body aches are what an addicted individual experiences when coming off of heroin. I know that some of you have experienced these forms of uncomfort before but you have to understand how extreme these are for a heroin addict. Unfortunately people are profiting off of peoples weaknesses. What I mean by that is various medical practices and pharmaceutical companies are making millions of dollars to replace heroin for another drug which is just as addicting.

What I am talking about is something called Methadone. Methadone is a drug produced by a pharmaceutical company that was created to replace heroin. The unfortunate thing for Methadone victims is they first do not offer effective heroin treatment and were told that Methadone was not addicting. Once again we were lied to by the producer of methadone and now thousands of people find themselves severely addicted. The worst thing about methadone is it is actually more addicting than heroin. Most drug rehabs won’t even touch a person on methadone until they have been detoxed first.

A person who is on methadone will find it hard to locate a medical detox which can service him. Most hospitals will turn a person away who is on a high dosage of methadone because of the risk of seizure. Fortunately some private medical detox’s are equip both medically and nutritionally to effectively detox a person off of methadone.