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I know methadone is commonly used, but I've heard that it can be addictive as well. I suppose it could be true, as heroin was first believed to be a medication for morphine addiction. So, are there other treatments for heroin addiction?

Yes, there is. There's naloxone, which is an opiate receptor blocker that adheres to neurons so the opiates wouldn't work. There's naltrexone, which is an opiate receptor blocker used to treat addiction to heroin. There's also buprenorphine, which, as of now, seems the most appealing medication of them all, as it requires less dosage, and has the least withdrawal symptoms, if any.

2007-06-26 23:42:50 by ariella a

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I happen to have a cousin who is planning to undergo such treatment. Please help me.

Addiction treatment is a serious business. While you may get some useful answers from helpful people in a place like this, you need to check with medically qualified and experienced people.

You may find some help at Wikipedia - it may help point you to other places.

Laws are different in different parts of the world too.

Contact your local governmental health dept - or a local hospital.

Personal support is usually considered a good thing, if those people are not involved in the drug scene themselves - those who have 'dried out' often are helpful as they have been thru it themselves. There are many 'help organizations' of varying quality around - some even take the line of using 'Religion', Some ex-addicts as support.

Some treatments use just abstinence, while some methods use 'replacement drugs', some use a combination of approaches.

All methods do have a percentage failure rate - some people go thru the process more than once before they finally can stop falling back.

2007-09-06 21:32:06 by cherish l_l

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We're low on cash at the moment, so I'm wary about coming to doctors, because I know they charge consultation fees. Is there anyone out there that can answer my queries for free? We live in Miami, btw.

I was about to suggest going to a doctor, but as you mentioned that you wanted a free consultation, I might just have the perfect alternative for you. You might want to consider calling a toll free hotline. Just dial 1-800-559-9503. There will be people on the other line who are adept at offering you the information that you need.

2007-06-01 02:12:09 by amaya d

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My brother wants to undergo such treatment, and I figured out I could help him have an idea about what his life will be once he did enter such program.

Addiction treatment programs, such as the very popular 12-step program, include such approaches and techniques like making one believe that drugs or alcohol are more powerful than him, that a Power much greater and capable than him can restore his sanity, perform a moral inventory of himself by recognizing what wrongdoings he has done or has been doing, praying and meditating.

Hence, when your brother decides to enter a rehab, he will not only be treated physically, but more importantly, he will be treated and cleansed spiritually.

2007-09-10 02:14:59 by arleen a

She has been clean for a month now after detoxing at a hospital. She is attending IOP classes 4 times a week and started her 12 step program with a sponser she has had for about 2 weeks. Is there anything else she can be doing to get better and prevent drug use?

Methadone

2006-12-18 18:03:48 by Michael M