With the ever increasing abuse of powerful opiates, such as heroin, OxyContin and other opioid drugs, there has become a great need for effective drug rehabilitation that works for this type of addiction.
The most recent addition to the drug trade can easily be identified as prescription medications such as OxyContin and other pain pills classified as opioids. Around the country, more and more addicts are being prosecuted for falsely obtaining prescriptions.
Some doctors are under investigation for writing illegal scripts. There are also those who start out abusing prescriptions and turn to heroin. With this problem turning into an epidemic, there are many who are trying to get help only to find that some types of drug rehabilitation are not effective for treating this type of addiction.
To reveal which type treatment is more effective, doctors from the University of Birmingham and the National Addiction Center, both in London, England, conducted a 2 year study where numerous opiate addicts were recruited as patients. These patients were split into two controlled groups. One group entered inpatient treatment and the other group went through a detoxification process then entered outpatient treatment.
As a result of this study, it was determined that, inpatient long term drug rehabilitation was by far the most effective route for someone struggling with drug addiction.
Experts from the study go on to say that, “long-term treatment offers the most promising route to reduction in drug dependence.” In addition, the report stated that, “Detoxification is not a treatment in its own right, but rather the first (and often necessary) step in a pathway to recovery.”
In a recent survey done by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, it was found that the nonmedical use of prescription drugs, like OxyContin, rose 12 percent in the past two years. All around the United States, people are becoming dependent on powerful prescription opiates, which, once addicted, are almost impossible to quit using without the right drug rehabilitation.
“During the time following detoxification, a recovering addict will be very vulnerable, mentally and physically,” explains Derry Hallmark Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor and Senior Director for Expansion for Narconon Arrowhead. “They will need time to adjust to a sober lifestyle so oftentimes a more long term approach is needed for treatment to help the addicted person get through this adjustment period.”
Hallmark goes on to say that, “An inpatient environment will give the recovering addict a break from the people and places associated with the addiction, allowing them to focus on their rehabilitation and future of staying sober long-term.”
Narconon Arrowhead, one of the world’s largest drug rehabilitation centers, is a long-term, inpatient treatment facility that achieves over a 70% success rate for permanent sobriety from addiction.
For more information on Narconon drug rehabilitation or to help someone who is struggling with an addiction, contact Narconon Arrowhead today at 800-468-6933 or log onto www.stopaddiction.com.
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