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by James Heller
1. May 2013 09:25
Statistics from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health have confirmed our concerns about prescription drug use. With prescription painkillers (opiates and opioids like Vicodin and Oxycontin) becoming more difficult to obtain, individuals addicted to them are switching to heroin. If you are considering a change like this, we would like to offer an alternative solution that could lead to a better life for you and your family; Methadone Maintenance.
The amount of first-time heroin users had almost doubled from 2007 to 2011. A large part of the increase is due to crossover addicts who previously used prescription drugs. These drugs are quite effective when they are used as prescribed, and if use ceases in the short term. But they are also highly addictive, so it is not uncommon for patients to “doctor shop” or to obtain them illegally when their physician stops prescribing them.
The demand for illegally sold pain killers exploded about a decade ago when they became popular with teens and young adults. Doctors were also prescribing drugs like Vicodin (Hydrocodone) for simple headaches, when it is meant for the relief of more serious pains. When the US Drug Enforcement Administration discovered the flood of illegal opiates on the streets, they started imposing regulations to stem the tide.
As the supply shrank, addicts still needed their opiate fixes. So many of them have turned to heroin because it is easier to find and it’s cheaper. The bad news for them, though, is that they get more shackled into their addiction instead of taking the cue to get help. Many of them have tried to detox several times, but opiate cravings are so strong that they fail every time. So they hopelessly feel that they have no choice but to live a drug-addicted life.
There is hope. Tarzana Treatment Centers provides Methadone Maintenance treatment for qualified individuals who have not been successful in achieving long-term abstinence from opiates. Our services are tailored specifically to those who want to recover from prescription painkiller and heroin addiction. While Methadone treatments reduce your cravings for opiates, our addiction counselors guide you to a comfort level that will enable you to approach abstinence with confidence. When you are ready, you can begin our Medical Detoxification program.
Southern California Locations for Alcohol and Drug Treatment
Tarzana Treatment Centers has locations all over Southern California in Los Angeles County. Other than our central location in Tarzana, we have facilities in Lancaster in the Antelope Valley, Long Beach, and in Northridge and Reseda in the San Fernando Valley.
by James Heller
22. January 2013 15:29
Tarzana Treatment Centers has been providing Methadone in opiate detox treatment for decades, and we later added Maintenance as a service. Patients in our medical detoxification units are closely monitored by medical staff to ensure their safety. And our Methadone Maintenance program includes addiction counseling. Our goal is to lead you to a life free from all opiates.
Heroin and prescription drug addiction are difficult to overcome. The sad fact is that most opiate addicts that complete treatment will relapse several times, and they may never achieve long-term abstinence. While they are high, there is always a chance that harm will come to them or their loved ones. So the important task is to help them to live without the high.
Methadone can do this by reducing the cravings associated with opiate addiction. It provides addicts with a “narcotic replacement” that does not include the high. Methadone can remain in the body for up to 60 hours, so clients receive doses at the treatment center daily or every two days. It’s because of the long half-life that doses need to be monitored. Methadone overdoses occur when clients take a second dose, thinking the first has cleared because they don’t feel a high, and can be fatal.
When abstinence is the goal, the first course of action should be medical detoxification followed by residential or outpatient treatment. Some addicts will remain clean after one treatment episode. Others may need two or three. The discovery has not yet been made where one can tell who will relapse before treatment begins. A few attempts are made with opiate detox before looking at Maintenance as an option.
We ensure the safety of our detox and Maintenance patients by monitoring their health and by providing a roadmap to long-term abstinence. We work to move clients from Maintenance to detox when they are ready. Methadone treatment is covered by most insurance plans, and you may qualify for Medi-Cal, Medicare, or one of our other publicly funded programs. We want to see everybody recover.
Telemedicine services are also available with online medical care, online mental health treatment, and online alcohol and drug treatment.
Southern California Locations for Alcohol and Drug Treatment
Tarzana Treatment Centers has locations all over Southern California in Los Angeles County. Other than our central location in Tarzana, we have facilities in Lancaster in the Antelope Valley, Long Beach, and in Northridge and Reseda in the San Fernando Valley.
by James Heller
25. October 2012 09:39
Heroin use opens the door to many dangers. The consequences range from internal health issues, to suffering through an addiction, and to the harm addicts can cause to others. Many addicts go through a cycle of treatment and relapse, several times, and can’t seem to get clean. Methadone Maintenance can help these individuals avoid harm by reducing opiate cravings and keeping them from using heroin.
Tarzana Treatment Centers provides Methadone Maintenance treatment for qualified individuals suffering from heroin addiction. As part of our Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program, we will assign you with an addiction counselor and work with you to achieve the goal of total abstinence.
Heroin is an opioid. This synthetic opiate is highly addictive so there are very few casual heroin users. Once hooked, individuals need higher and more frequent doses to get the high that they desire. Using the drug damages vital organs in the body, like the liver, and weakens the immune system. When needles are shared among addicts, they also risk contracting HIV and other blood borne pathogens.
Heroin addicts that don’t get help eventually can’t work. This can lead to homelessness and possible criminal activity, which affects all of society. The problem is that the addiction doesn’t go away on its own. Until heroin addicts get help, they will do whatever they feel is necessary to satisfy the heroin addiction. The trick is to help them get off of the drug and stay off of it.
Methadone Maintenance is a Narcotic Replacement Therapy (NRT). Methadone reduces the opiate cravings that heroin addicts experience when they are not using heroin. It doesn’t get patients high, but it satisfies the need they feel for the drug. Administered properly, as it is at Tarzana Treatment Centers, patients can begin treatment without the distraction of cravings and begin the journey to abstinence. With no need for heroin, the risk of these addicts causing harm to themselves or others is greatly reduced.
Telemedicine services are also available with online medical care, online mental health treatment, and online alcohol and drug treatment.
Southern California Locations for Alcohol and Drug Treatment
Tarzana Treatment Centers has locations all over Southern California in Los Angeles County. Other than our central location in Tarzana, we have facilities in Lancaster in the Antelope Valley, Long Beach, and in Northridge and Reseda in the San Fernando Valley.
by James Heller
1. August 2012 15:13
Alcoholism and drug addiction haven’t changed over time, and treatment still requires a certain level of patient motivation for recovery. That motivation is the key to cultivating the deep-seeded desire to quit using alcohol or other drugs. Forward thinking facilities, like Tarzana Treatment Centers, are using medications and technology to encourage patients to stay motivated.
When individuals make the decision to enter alcohol and drug treatment, motivation is at its highest level. Whether the reason is legal, financial, or relationship, doesn’t matter. It is only important to validate the motivation and encourage treatment. From the moment of the decision, the addicted mind will begin to chip away at the motivation for recovery.
One way to slow the demotivation is to offer solutions to concerns that are often stated during the treatment admission process. Previously failed attempts at recovery can cause pessimistic feelings. Heavy work schedules and family needs can be a barrier to aftercare discussions. Medication Assisted Treatments (MAT) can bring optimism, and telehealth can break down barriers.
Alcohol and opiate cravings are major causes of relapse. Tarzana Treatment Centers is a Vivitrol treatment provider. Vivitrol reduces alcohol and opiate cravings, taking away the distraction that can hinder or put a halt to treatment. Methadone Maintenance is also available for qualified opioid addicts who have struggled with multiple relapses. MAT offers hope to individuals who are motivated for recovery, and have a simultaneous “what’s the use?” feeling.
Sometimes the timing of recovery motivation conflicts with work or family obligations, or transportation may be an issue. Instead of labeling this as an “excuse”, Tarzana Treatment Centers offers telehealth services. Using secure video conference technology, you can attend counseling sessions from your home or office. Telehealth is proving to be just as effective as face-to-face outpatient treatment.
When your loved one tells you they need help, don’t delay. Please call us immediately, and we will help.
Telemedicine services are also available with online medical care, online mental health treatment, and online alcohol and drug treatment.
Southern California Locations for Alcohol and Drug Treatment
Tarzana Treatment Centers has locations all over Southern California in Los Angeles County. Other than our central location in Tarzana, we have facilities in Lancaster in the Antelope Valley, Long Beach, and in Northridge and Reseda in the San Fernando Valley.
by James Heller
31. July 2012 09:45
Since the sap of the opium poppy was first used to craft a remedy for pain and discomfort, it has been observed as being both helpful and harmful. Opioids can get patients through the worst of serious physical maladies, and then turn them into struggling addicts. Withdrawal symptoms from opioids can be severe, so this often drives addicts to continue using the drugs long after they are medically necessary.
Tarzana Treatment Centers provides Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) options for individuals suffering from opioid addiction. Medical detoxification works with the body to slowly taper off of opioids until it is cleansed. Methadone Maintenance is meant for individuals who have suffered multiple relapse, and helps to reduce opioid cravings. Both opioid withdrawal treatment methods are meant to help you achieve long-term abstinence.
Patients are regularly prescribed opioid medications like Vicodin, Oxycodone, and Morphine to manage pain ranging from headaches to broken bones. These medications are very effective and highly addictive, so they are meant to be used for a short period of time. The addiction can set in so rapidly, though, that the brain will trick the body into thinking the medication is still needed for “pain relief”. With further use, the body becomes opioid dependent.
Opioids have been manufactured legally and illegally, for medicinal and recreational use, for over a century. Heroin is notorious for being extremely addictive. Once provided as a legal medication, it is now one of the most damaging drugs sold illegally on the street. The opioid withdrawal symptoms from heroin are so intense that, some say, you can become addicted with one use. Heroin is once again gaining popularity among teens and young adults, and is reaching across all social and financial circles.
A very small percentage of opioid addicts can “kick” the drug without medical assistance. Successful opioid withdrawal treatment requires MAT to minimize the risk of relapse. The goal must be complete abstinence. Treating the withdrawal symptoms is only a part of the battle, though. Quality treatment, like at Tarzana Treatment Centers, also includes counseling and an option for Vivitrol in aftercare treatment.
Telemedicine services are also available with online medical care, online mental health treatment, and online alcohol and drug treatment.
Southern California Locations for Alcohol and Drug Treatment
Tarzana Treatment Centers has locations all over Southern California in Los Angeles County. Other than our central location in Tarzana, we have facilities in Lancaster in the Antelope Valley, Long Beach, and in Northridge and Reseda in the San Fernando Valley.
by James Heller
12. July 2012 12:43
Contrary to popular belief, Methadone Maintenance is not a treatment exclusively given to hard-core heroin addicts. It can help anyone that is addicted to prescription opioids, who is having a difficult time abstaining from them. At Tarzana Treatment Centers, there is always hope for opioid addicts to achieve long term abstinence, no matter their drug of choice.
Opioids are synthetic drugs in the same family as heroin. The drugs include common prescription medications like oxycodone, hydrocodone or Vicodin, codeine, and morphine. These and other pain killers are prescribed every day for short term relief. The problem is that they are highly addictive, and even individuals who are not predisposed to addiction can become physically dependent on them very quickly.
Even though opioid medications are controlled by the US Drug Enforcement Agency, patients can continue using them for several years. A number of doctors consider being addicted to pain pills as a necessary evil of treatment, and some simply ignore the dangers. Thanks to opiate tolerance, a long term user’s body will need higher doses to relieve pain, or to get the desired euphoria as the case may be.
It can be extremely difficult to stop using opioids once addiction takes hold, due to opioid withdrawals. If you quit on your own, “cold turkey”, you will almost certainly suffer severe flu-like symptoms and start using again. Medical detoxification is a great solution, but some prescription drug addicts can’t fight the opiate cravings that follow and relapse. When an individual attempts opiate detox several times unsuccessfully, it is time to consider Methadone Maintenance.
Tarzana Treatment Centers provides confidential Methadone Maintenance for qualified patients. The treatment reduces opiate cravings, allowing you to resume a life free of the drug to which you have become addicted. This will help you to focus on treatment with your assigned addiction counselor, and to reach your ultimate goal of being completely drug-free.
Telemedicine services are also available with online medical care, online mental health treatment, and online alcohol and drug treatment.
Southern California Locations for Alcohol and Drug Treatment
Tarzana Treatment Centers has locations all over Southern California in Los Angeles County. Other than our central location in Tarzana, we have facilities in Lancaster in the Antelope Valley, Long Beach, and in Northridge and Reseda in the San Fernando Valley.
by James Heller
15. June 2012 13:09
Opiates are highly addictive and either controlled or illegal. This combination of factors most often leads to increasing doses, which can cause the loss of employment, financial issues, and engagement in criminal activity. Opiates, like heroin, are often administered intravenously, which also increases the risk of infection with HIV, hepatitis, and other blood-borne pathogens. So there is a great risk of harm for those who find abstinence-only treatment difficult to maintain.
Because opiate addiction impacts the addicted individual and society in the way described above, the treatment approach must include more than the traditional detox-to-abstinence model. Abstinence should always be the ultimate goal. The road to abstinence, though, may require a period of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) using Methadone Maintenance. This could be a lifesaving step in the recovery process for many opiate addicts.
Methadone Maintenance has been proven effective as a “harm reduction” treatment method. The linked paper below shows the true and positive effects of Methadone Maintenance. The fact is that this form of treatment reduces health risks, crime, unemployment, and improves treatment outcomes for individuals who previously believed they had no hope of breaking their addiction cycle.
Tarzana Treatment Centers offers Methadone Maintenance to qualified individuals. During this MAT treatment, our clients also undergo addiction counseling to help them on the road to abstinence. We added this Narcotic Replacement Therapy (NRT) to our services because we want all addicts to have a chance to survive and recover. Many opiate addicts are motivated for recovery, but they can’t get past the opiate cravings that drag them back to using again. We keep them in treatment.
Telemedicine services are also available with online medical care, online mental health treatment, and online alcohol and drug treatment.
Southern California Locations for Alcohol and Drug Treatment
Tarzana Treatment Centers has locations all over Southern California in Los Angeles County. Other than our central location in Tarzana, we have facilities in Lancaster in the Antelope Valley, Long Beach, and in Northridge and Reseda in the San Fernando Valley.
by James Heller
8. September 2010 13:02
Tarzana Treatment Centers in Los Angeles offers several options for those seeking recovery from opiate dependence. Methadone Maintenance is a popular method that we offer for qualified individuals, as it has been successfully used for decades. We also provide Buprenorphine Maintenance and a 21 Day Outpatient Detox for those seeking alternate methods of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT).
Methadone Maintenance has proven to be a safe method of harm reduction therapy for individuals suffering from opiate addictions that can’t seem to maintain abstinence. It gives them the opportunity to re-enter society and the workforce, and stop abusing heroin and a variety of prescription drugs. Our program does not simply medicate patients, though. We also provide counseling services so our clients can address the core issues of their addictions.
If you would like more information about Methadone Maintenance, please contact us by phone or email using the information below:
Phone: (818) 654-3939
Hours: 6:00am - 7:00pm
To learn about our other Medication Assisted Treatment options, please continue reading below or go to the MAT category page.
Tarzana Treatment Centers in Los Angeles provides a full array of health care services including adult and youth alcohol and drug treatment. We specialize in treatment for mental health and substance use disorders, and have two primary medical care clinics in the San Fernando Valley and Antelope Valley. If you or a loved one needs help with alcohol dependence, drug addiction, or co-occurring mental health disorders, please call us now at 800-996-1051 or contact us here.
Southern California Locations for Alcohol and Drug Treatment
Tarzana Treatment Centers has locations all over Southern California in Los Angeles County. Other than our central location in Tarzana, we have facilities in Lancaster in the Antelope Valley, Long Beach, and in Northridge and Reseda in the San Fernando Valley.
by James Heller
8. September 2010 12:18
Tarzana Treatment Centers in Los Angeles recognizes that while opiate addicts suffer the same disease, they don’t all find recovery in the same manner. So we provide Subutex Maintenance for those who don’t feel comfortable with Methadone as the medication to ease their opiate cravings. These harm reduction strategies are similar forms of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT).
Subutex is buprenorphine, an opioid used primarily to treat heroin, prescription drug, and other opiate addictions. It can be used both for medical detoxification, and for harm reduction treatment in the form of Subutex Maintenance. And at Tarzana Treatment Centers, all of our Subutex patients receive addiction counseling in the course of their treatment. This greatly enhances their chances for long-term recovery from opiate dependence.
If you would like more information about Subutex Maintenance, please contact us by phone or email using the information below:
Phone: (818) 654-3939
Hours: 6:00am - 7:00pm
To learn about our other Medication Assisted Treatment options, please continue reading below or go to the MAT category page.
Tarzana Treatment Centers in Los Angeles provides a full array of health care services including adult and youth alcohol and drug treatment. We specialize in treatment for mental health and substance use disorders, and have two primary medical care clinics in the San Fernando Valley and Antelope Valley. If you or a loved one needs help with alcohol dependence, drug addiction, or co-occurring mental health disorders, please call us now at 800-996-1051 or contact us here.
Southern California Locations for Alcohol and Drug Treatment
Tarzana Treatment Centers has locations all over Southern California in Los Angeles County. Other than our central location in Tarzana, we have facilities in Lancaster in the Antelope Valley, Long Beach, and in Northridge and Reseda in the San Fernando Valley.
by James Heller
8. September 2010 07:27
One area of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) proving to be effective at Tarzana Treatment Centers in Los Angeles is the use of non-narcotic medications for opiate craving reduction. Qualified individuals seeking abstinence from opiates may begin using these post-detox when the body is free of opiates. Vivitrol is one of these medications that has produced very good results and is helping many individuals on their journey to long-term recovery.
Vivitrol is Naltrexone that is taken by injection and remains effective for 30 days. Opiate cravings are reduced by Vivitrol, which means that a major relapse trigger is removed. This gives Vivitrol patients a much better opportunity to achieve long-term recovery, and helps them focus on drug addiction treatment. Vivitrol can be taken once or on a monthly basis, depending on an individual’s needs, and can also be used for alcohol craving reduction.
If you would like more information about Vivitrol for opiate craving reduction, please contact us by phone or email using the information below:
Phone: (818) 654-3939
To learn about our other Medication Assisted Treatment options, please continue reading below or go to the MAT category page.
Tarzana Treatment Centers in Los Angeles provides a full array of health care services including adult and youth alcohol and drug treatment. We specialize in treatment for mental health and substance use disorders, and have two primary medical care clinics in the San Fernando Valley and Antelope Valley. If you or a loved one needs help with alcohol dependence, drug addiction, or co-occurring mental health disorders, please call us now at 800-996-1051 or contact us here.
Southern California Locations for Alcohol and Drug Treatment
Tarzana Treatment Centers has locations all over Southern California in Los Angeles County. Other than our central location in Tarzana, we have facilities in Lancaster in the Antelope Valley, Long Beach, and in Northridge and Reseda in the San Fernando Valley.
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