For years state governments have been treating heroin addicts with Methadone, a drug that uses the same receptors in our brains that heroin would use and has some of the same effects (without the same level of euphoria), thus eliminating painful heroin withdrawal symptoms. Because Methadone blocks the “high” of any heroin ingested while Methadone [...]
Many substance abuse treatment centers use a medication called buprenorphine to alleviate the withdrawal symptoms of opioid dependent individuals who wish to discontinue use of opioids. While buprenorphine has been successfully used to assist opioid users in quitting, it is often misused.
By Suzanne Kane Kicking opiate addiction doesn’t have to be the painful and dreaded nightmare many addicts envision. There is replacement therapy that has been approved as an alternative treatment for opiate addiction. What Constitutes Opiate Addiction? First, however, it’s important to discuss what constitutes addiction to opiates. An individual can be addicted to numerous [...]
