Opioid Addiction
Opioid Addiction
Are you or someone you love suffering from opioid addiction? If you find yourself here, you have already made a huge step by admitting you have a problem. Reach out to us now, we’re here to help.
Opioid Addiction Recovery
100,000 Deaths
Deaths from opioid addiction increased to over 100,000 annually, with almost 300 of those overdoses occurring in Ventura.
2 Million
Over 2 million people in the US suffer from opioid addiction and that number is constantly on the rise.
Outpatient Treatment
Studies show that addicts suffering from opioid dependence can and do achieve long term recovery through intensive outpatient after detox.
Our Process
Residential detox isn’t always an option, while we recommend residential detox as a first step with intensive outpatient treatment as a means to maintain that hard earned clean time we do offer outpatient process’ where inpatient is not at option.
What are opioids?
Opiates are a class if drug derived from the opium poppy plant and alter the brains chemistry to cause a number of side effects. Many prescription based pain relief medications are opiate based, including:
Codeine
Fentanyl (Actiq, Abstral, Duragesic, Fentora)
Hydrocodone (Hysingla, Zohydro ER)
Hydrocodone/acetaminophen (Lorcet, Lortab, Norco, Vicodin)
Hydromorphone (Dilaudid, Exalgo)
Meperidine (Demerol)
Methadone (Dolophine, Methadose)
Morphine (Kadian, MS Contin, Morphabond)adose)
Oliceridine (Olynvik)
Oxycodone (Oxaydo, OxyContin)
Oxycodone and acetaminophen (Percocet, Roxicet)
Oxycodone and naloxone
Many people associate addiction with the use of more illicit drugs like heroin, but the fact is that many who become addicted to heroin start because of the prescribed use of an opiate based medication like those above.
19 Times Higher
That is the increase in likelihood that you will be initiated into the use of heroin if you use a prescribed medication for more than pain relief, according do a study done from 2002-2012.
86%
Another study from 2008-2009 showed that 86% of injection users had used opioid pain relievers nonmedically prior to using heroin, and their initiation into nonmedical use was characterized by three main sources of opioids: family, friends, or personal prescriptions (Lankenau et al., 2012).
Addiction can manifest itself at any time in life, though many of us in retrospect are able to identify “addictive personality traits” that were manifesting in not so apparent ways much earlier than when we actually took that first drug.
If you are suffering from addiction and want help, we are here for you, we care about you, and we can love you until you are ready to love yourself.
If you find yourself here, you have likely already admitted you were powerless over your addiction and that your life has become unmanageable.