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Benefits of Suboxone Treatment

Suboxone Treatment Doctors

Alcohol is the number one drug problem in the United States. As a country, we have more than 5,000 visits to the emergency rooms each day attributed to drug abuse. Along with that, 53% of adults in the United States know someone with a drinking problem. With this knowledge in mind, it is important to become educated on different detox and alcoholism treatments available, and Suboxone is a unique treatment option.

Suboxone is a drug treatment approved for the treatment of opioid addictions. Described as a painkiller that acts like morphine within the body, examples of opioids include heroin, oxycodone, and codeine. This drug is designed to be used with a combination of clinical therapy, as well as psychological and social counseling and is only able to be prescribed by qualified Suboxone treatment doctors.

Suboxone is produced by combining two medicines with the chemicals buprenorphine and naloxone. Buprenorphine is a semi-synthetic opioid that has a higher binding affinity to neural receptors than substances such as heroin or opium. This property reduces the effect that drugs such as these have on the brain by blocking the appropriate receptors. On the other hand, Naloxone blocks the effects opioids have while countering the symptoms, such as euphoria, felt during an overdose.

The Naloxone in this drug prevents patients from dissolving Suboxone and using it as a recreational drug. The proper way to administer the drug is having it dissolve under your tongue, as injecting can cause withdrawal symptoms to occur rapidly.

Suboxone treatment centers are available for the patients to educate themselves on how to live a healthier life. Speaking to Suboxone treatment doctors will help the patient understand what is at the root of the opioid addiction, and how to focus on overcoming the addiction as a whole. As detox must be completed before this treatment can begin, it is important to understand that this method of medication assisted treatment is not the same as substituting one addictive drug for the other.

This drug has been proven to be successful. Over half of patients surveyed in one study stayed sober for over one year, and some reports show that the retention in treatment was as high as 60%.

If you want to change your life for the better and kick your addiction to the curb, contact our Suboxone treatment doctors today.

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