Learning more about buprenorphine’s role in substance abuse and dependence can help you fight the stigma that many people hold against medication-assisted treatment programs. It’s unfortunate that the old stigmas still exist against methadone and buprenorphine. A person with substance abuse problems from heroin, pain pills, or other opiates can participate in an opioid treatment program under ...
A Treatment Plan For Your Heroin Addiction Rehab
Once you make the decision to participate in heroin addiction rehab, you’ll meet a counselor who will guide you through recovery. Creating a treatment plan will be on the agenda within your first week. The counselor will not sit down with you and tell you what to do; the plan is something the two of you will work on together. Heroin Addiction Rehab Has Some Boundaries It’s true you help to ...
Heroin Addiction Recovery: Stepping Your Way to Recovery
Anybody involved in medication-assisted treatment will tell you how important it is to attend 12-step meetings. For those who engage in medication-assisted treatment, unfortunately, that can be easier said than done. Many of the folks at Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous are pretty unwelcoming to those who are using methadone or Suboxone. If you are unable to locate a 12-step group that ...
