What is Opiate Addiction?
Opiate addiction has such a wide range of drug use that it can mean many types of dependencies. Many people who are opiate addicts have legal prescriptions from their general physician. Opiate addiction can mean that someone is dependent on prescribed drugs like oxycontin (oxycodone), vicodin (hydromorphone), or stronger drugs like fentanyl and dilaudid. These are all narcotics that are prescribed to patients for severe pain, but they have street value as desired opiate medications for drug abusers.
While some prescription opiate abusers consider themselves different from the dark side of drug use, essentially abusing prescription drugs is the same as abusing other opiates like heroin or morphine. Some opiate addicts will actually take IV pills crushed up into a solution, which is one of the most dangerous forms of intravenous use of opiates. The underlying problem of opiate addiction is not only the drug, but also the pain management specialists who often indiscriminately prescribe opiates without considering the long-term effects of opiate dependency. Focusing primarily on eliminating the symptom (pain), some physicians overlook the potential consequences of opiate addiction.
How is it treated? -Suboxone
Like methadone, Suboxone is a partial opiate that makes it easier for clients who are addicted to opiates to wean themselves off by reducing opiate withdrawal symptoms and craving during addiction treatment.
Suboxone is a medication approved for maintaining the treatment of opiate addiction and dependence. It contains the active ingredients buprenorphine and Naloxone, which work to reduce the symptoms of opiate dependence and guard against misuse. When combined with behavioral counseling, Suboxone is very effective at treating dependence to opiates such as prescription painkillers.
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An opiate is a drug derived from the opium plant. The main opiates are morphine, codeine, heroin, thebaine, and papaverine.
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