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OXYCONTIN - ADDICTION & REHABILITATION
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Oxycontin abuse
The number of persons reporting use of Oxycontin for non-medical purposes at least once in their lifetime increased from 221,000 in 1999 to 399,000 in 2000 to 957,000 in 2001.
The annual number of new users of pain relievers non medically has also been increasing since the mid-1980s when there were roughly 400,000 initiates. In 2000, there were an estimated 2.0 million.
Abuse & addiction
Opiate abuse is very common, especially these days when opiates are available in a wide array of forms, including prescription pills on the black market, such as Vicodin and OxyContin.
Opiate dependence creates a serious physical addiction which, when stopped abruptly, can lead to abdominal pains, runny nose, nausea, insomnia, agitation, and many flu-like symptoms. Very few fatal cases of opiate detox have been reported, however this is a substance that often requires medical detoxification. The severity of the addiction will determine the process of detox for the patient, as symptoms can be very severe and uncomfortable.
Opiate Detoxification
Generally, opiate detox involves the use of Buprenorphine, an opiate agonist medication which attaches to the opiate receptors in the brain, blocking the opiates of abuse from affecting the addict. This drug has recently been approved by the FDA as an effective method of detox from opiates such as heroin, methadone, Oxycodone and hydrocodone. One common form of buprenophine is Subutex, also used in opiate addiction treatment as a sublingual treatment (under the tongue). The main focus of medical staff in opiate detox is to block the effects of the opiate in the brain and taper the presence of opiates in the body.
Generally there are not very severe physical effects of this kind of opiate detox besides the
- nausea,
- diarrhea,
- abdominal pains, and
- overall flu-like symptoms.
These symptoms are not usually life-threatening, instead very uncomfortable and generally unmanageable without medical care.
Prescription drug rehabilitation
Opiates addiction & rehabilitation
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Our methods and modalities
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HAWAII NATURAL DRUG REHABILITATION
& RAW DETOXIFICATION RETREAT
Holistic Natural Residential Rehabilitation Programs for freedom from addiction to legal and illegal substances -
drawing from Naturopathic and Detoxification medicine, Behavioral and Psychodynamic therapy approaches, Meditation, Yoga and Spiritual practices.
Note: We take only a small amount of clients, and our programs are individually designed. Our use of the ocean, the recreational activities & natural approaches facilitate recovery.
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ADDICTION RECOVERY
- COCAINE -
I had been doing drugs heavily for 16 years and no rehab or therapist could change me.
I was too full of toxins for the twelve-step program to ever work on me. I needed to clean my body out so that I could feel normal enough to fight the desire to do drugs.
Dr Baylac awakened me.
I have remained cocaine free now for 2 years (2008)....
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