The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has published the results of a study linking opiate prescriptions written for teens with a subsequent adolescent opiate addiction problem. The study was undertaken by researchers at the University of Michigan, and results of the study were funded by the American Academy of Pediatrics and published in the medical journal Pediatrics. With increasing ...
Healing the Brain in Outpatient Drug Treatment
If you know anything about opiate addiction, then you know that heroin and prescription pain pills are among the most addictive substances on the planet. As soon as you disengage from treatment, the urges and cravings overwhelm you once again and send you toppling into relapse. That’s why outpatient drug treatment takes such a long time, and it’s also why medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is ...
Opiate Addiction Recovery Plans That Work
Why do you have to go to a treatment center in order to stop abusing your drug of choice? You’ve asked yourself that, and no doubt there are members of your family who have asked you that same question. Opiate addiction recovery is no easy thing, and it takes a well-considered plan in order to sustain it. Learning how to put a support system in place and develop a plan to combat the risk of ...
Caring For Yourself in Opiate Drug Addiction Recovery
While in active addiction, you punish your body and mind to a much greater extent than you realize, particularly when your drug of choice is an opiate. Once you have made the courageous decision to enter an opiate drug addiction recovery program, there are resources readily available to treat the addiction and its underlying causes. But, how can you help your body as you begin an opiate treatment ...
