The abuse of medications prescribed to replace the drug
of choice and help stave off an addiction — treatments in the form of buprehorphine,
methadone and Suboxone —have the potential to further the addiction of the drug
addict and alcoholic. The big question,
yet to be determined, is whether the addict in Drug
Treatment Florida, Drug Rehab Florida, Drug and Alcohol treatment Florida,
Alcohol Rehab Center Florida is actually recovering from addiction via the use
of these potentially addictive drugs?
Buprenorphine
According to the Wall Street Journal, “Pharmacies dispensed enough painkillers last year to
keep every American adult medicated around the clock for a month, according to
the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An estimated two
million Americans are addicted to the prescription opioids. Of that number,
800,000 are currently receiving treatment…”
Buprenorphine helps ease opioid withdrawal symptoms, but
many forms are not yet approved by the FDA. Some forms are commonly being sold
on the black market so abusers can get high by crushing or injecting the drug,
since buprehorphine contains a small dose of opioids to help mimic the effects
of painkillers.
“Stuart Gitlow, acting president of the American Society
of Addiction Medicine, said that in order to prescribe Suboxone, the brand name
for the best-selling version of buprenorphine, he is limited by Drug
Enforcement Administration rules to treating 100 patients, even though he has a
waiting list for the drug about the same size.”
Suboxone
Buprenorphine is often sold under the trade name Suboxone. This was the first narcotic drug, officially
approved by the FDA in 2002, which physicians could utilize for opioid
addiction. It’s been considered “better”
than Methadone in blocking opiate receptors in the brain, keeping away
withdrawal symptoms while preventing its own addiction; however, in Kentucky,
law enforcement and community groups say” the number of Suboxone investigations
are approaching those for oxycodone or hydrocodone.” This is potentially a real issue for Drug Treatment Florida, Drug Rehab Florida, Drug
and Alcohol treatment Florida, Alcohol Rehab Center Florida.
Methadone
Methadone is a slow-release drug with ingredients that
can build up in the body and produce dangerous symptoms, also used to replace
painkillers and heroine addiction. However, it’s become a cheap alternative to
oxycodone for treating chronic pain — which has made the drug more widely
available, thus helping it end up on the black market for addicts to
abuse. Methadone”now causes 30% of prescription painkiller deaths, putting
it second behind painkilling drugs containing oxycodone, according to the CDC.”
USA Today reported, “Methadone has long been viewed as a
relatively safe and effective narcotic, in part because its effects are gradual
and it can ease withdrawal symptoms for recovering heroin
addicts. However, it also is addictive, and drug addicts account for most
methadone-related deaths.” Please read more for more info at: http://outpatientdrugrehabflorida.com/our-treatments/
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