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by James Heller
28. August 2012 08:07
Prescription painkiller addiction can often be difficult to treat because the addict believes a drug is medically necessary. Addiction counselors must help addicts get passed this notion or relapses will surely occur. One obstacle to counseling is that opiate cravings also plague addicts, and they reinforce the feeling of need. Those cravings can be reduced with Vivitrol, allowing for more effective counseling.
Tarzana Treatment Centers provides Vivitrol treatment. Our services are covered by Medicare and Medi-Cal, along with other health care contracts. This monthly injection of Naltrexone can improve your chances at long-term recovery.
When prescription opiate addiction begins as a result of pain management, having been legally prescribed for treatment, some individuals will become addicted. It can start with mild or strong pain killers, prescribed for varying durations of time, and the addiction can take hold. As long as they can convince a medical professional to prescribe the medication, they will justify the need for it to themselves and others.
This creates a challenge in drug treatment because the great majority of prescription drug addicts will not suffer real physical pain if they stop using. Medical detoxification is recommended, and they may feel minor pangs from nerves coming back to life. But the biggest fear they have is that they will begin to feel emotions again. Counselors need to help addicts to understand this, and then they can dig down to core issues.
Opiate cravings are at their peak in early recovery. They are a major trigger for relapse, and very distracting. Vivitrol treatment reduces the cravings, providing a less stressful environment for treatment. It clears the road for recovering prescription drug addicts to understand that they don’t have physical pain, and to learn how to deal with their emotions.
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
20. August 2012 08:30
At Tarzana Treatment Centers, our goal is to provide healthcare to anyone in need. One of the services we are known for is alcohol and drug treatment, which includes Vivitrol treatment. This monthly Naltrexone injection reduces alcohol and opiate cravings and is covered by Medi-Cal. Many who once felt hopeless are now in recovery and improving their lives.
We take pride in the fact that we help thousands of individuals, from all walks of life, every year. Far too many have lost jobs and family, and have no health care coverage other than Medi-Cal. Alcohol or drugs have dragged them into a world of despair. A number of them will suffer multiple relapses because, even if they enjoy being sober, cravings lead them back to alcohol, heroin, or prescription pain killers.
The road back to treatment gets longer every time an alcoholic or a drug addict relapses. When finances, legal issues, or relationships are a problem, the addicted mind will make them think that alcohol and drugs are the only answer. So when they complete treatment, any craving for alcohol or their drug of choice threatens sobriety. Constant relapses eat away at confidence, and convince them that there is no use in trying to improve their lives.
Medi-Cal has approved coverage for Vivitrol treatment at Tarzana Treatment Centers to help this group of individuals, among others. Vivitrol takes cravings out of the picture during treatment, allowing patients to focus on core issues that keep them drinking and using drugs. Once they get past the false belief that they don’t deserve better, it is more likely that they will want to take better care of themselves. This gives them a better chance at long-term recovery and an improved life.
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
17. August 2012 08:24
For those eligible for Medicare and Medi-Cal most healthcare expenses are fully covered. This can be very good news for those who suffer from alcoholism or prescription pain killer addiction. At Tarzana Treatment Centers, we provide Vivitrol treatment services so they can begin the process of recovery without cravings that can lead to relapse.
Vivitrol is Naltrexone, administered monthly by injection. After medical detoxification for alcohol or opiates, if necessary, Vivitrol reduces cravings for these drugs. Alcohol and opiate cravings are major triggers for relapse during the early months of recovery. Craving reduction removes distractions, which improves chances at long-term sobriety.
Medicare is the Federal program that covers seniors and seriously disabled individuals. Medi-Cal is the California state Medicaid program for people who meet low-income and asset requirements for eligibility. Those who qualify for both are known as “Medi-Medi” or “dual eligible”. Medicare is the primary coverage, and Medi-Cal provides secondary coverage. The combined coverage is important for many who might not otherwise be able to afford necessary treatment.
A growing number of seniors suffer from substance use disorders and many of them live on fixed incomes. Whether alcohol or drug abuse is the problem, their retirement years can be an emotional torture. Medi-Medi coverage for Vivitrol gives them the chance to enjoy the senior years without being bound by addiction.
An accident may cause a person to become disabled, for another example. If painkillers were prescribed for severe pain, this person will likely form an opiate dependence. No matter how innocent the circumstances, they are now a prescription drug addict. When the pain is gone, the addiction needs to be treated at some point. Vivitrol treatment at Tarzana Treatment Centers will aid in the recovery process, and allow for better focus on therapies for the original disability.
Please don’t hesitate to contact Tarzana Treatment Centers is you are Medi-Medi eligible and have a substance use disorder.
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
2. July 2012 15:03
Motivation for recovery can change in an instant for alcoholics and opiate addicts. They’ll say they want Vivitrol treatment to reduce cravings and help them focus on treatment. The addict brain then does everything it can to change that decision. Because of this, Tarzana Treatment Centers makes every effort to speed the process from decision to Vivitrol injection.
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Patients must be assessed for Vivitrol treatment by qualified medical personnel. Tarzana Treatment Centers’ alcohol and drug treatment program has licensed medical professionals on staff daily. This minimizes the time between decision and assessment. Every step like this toward getting the actual injection helps a patient to resist thoughts suggesting to not go through with the decision.
Vivitrol is available by prescription only, which is the next step toward injection. Our daily staff of medical personnel includes licensed prescribers. This minimizes another possible waiting period, and may even eliminate it if the assessor and prescriber is the same person. The only step left is to receive the Vivitrol injection, and we keep a stock ready for new patients.
Collaboration between providers is easy at Tarzana Treatment Centers because they all work in the same facility and use the same software to track patient care. Nobody can promise that you will get a Vivitrol injection the same day you make the decision, but we make it possible.
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
27. June 2012 14:27
Tarzana Treatment Centers and Vivitrol were featured on the Madeleine Brand Show on KPCC Public Radio. You can read about the topic and listen to the segment at this link:
At some point, every alcoholic and opiate ( heroin, pain killers) addict has a desire to quit drinking or using drugs. Most of them don’t know how to get help or that they can get addiction treatment at low or no cost, leading to a feeling of hopelessness. If that desire to quit passes without getting help, they can wind up in a downward spiral and eventually lose everything. The addiction can take a strong hold on them. If they find their way to a traditional detox-to-aftercare treatment program, it may require Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT).
When individuals have a difficult time with relapse after alcohol or opiate detox, recovery can seem out of reach. Some will repeatedly enter detox treatment, with a serious desire to recover from alcohol dependence or drug addiction. Alcohol and opiate cravings are a major trigger for relapse, and can strike both during and after detox. For the individuals we’re describing in this article, cravings are also a major distraction during treatment. So they rarely achieve long-term recovery.
We are committed to the promotion of Vivitrol treatment because we have witnessed the positive results for so many of these patients. Several individuals who had been to detox more than five times have now been sober during Vivitrol treatment for more than 6 months at a time. That is a big achievement for this group. Every sober moment they get in treatment will provide them with tools to stay sober. Relapse may not be a thing of the past in these cases, but recovery is finally in reach.
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
22. June 2012 07:37
When life and financial situations take a turn for the worst, most people do what they can to support themselves until they can get back on their feet. Others don’t have much of a personal safety net and enroll in public assistance programs. Some turn to alcohol or drugs as an escape and become dependent. In these cases, addiction can make for a long road back to a normal life.
Two factors that keep alcoholics and heroin addicts from achieving long-term recovery are money and cravings. They think they can’t afford treatment, so they don’t bother calling a facility. If they do get into treatment and complete medical detoxification, they may relapse shortly thereafter because the cravings are so powerful. Many of these individuals give up if a loved one doesn’t inform them of the options that are available.
Tarzana Treatment Centers has solutions for both barriers to recovery. It is likely that you qualify for public assistance if you are out of work and can’t afford treatment. We can get you started with detox right away under low-cost and no-cost public contracts. Alcohol and drug treatment is covered by Cal-WORKs and Medicare, along with several other programs. The goal of these programs is to help you get clean and sober so you can get back on your feet.
Since cravings may cause relapse, we also encourage the use of Vivitrol for qualified patients. Vivitrol blocks receptors in the brain to reduce alcohol and opiate cravings, and works for 30 days with one injection. We have low-cost and no-cost treatment contracts for Vivitrol, and can get you started when you are ready to discharge from detox.
If you are using alcohol or drugs, and are suffering some tough financial times, the only guarantee is that things will get worse. Today is the day to get started, and Tarzana Treatment Centers has you covered.
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
20. October 2010 13:05
Tarzana Treatment Centers in Los Angeles is thrilled at the news that the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Vivitrol for use in opioid addiction treatment. The evidence was clear to us that Vivitrol reduced opiate cravings, but the FDA went one step further in approving it for the “prevention of relapse to opioid dependence.” This means that we can finally say what we’ve also known for a long time; Vivitrol prevents relapse.
Tarzana Treatment Centers offers Vivitrol for alcohol treatment and opiate treatment as part of our Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program. It is a Naltrexone injection taken monthly that reduces alcohol cravings and opiate cravings. This allows individuals in recovery to focus on addiction treatment, and offers a better chance at long-term recovery. For more information about the FDA approval and Vivitrol, click the link below for the press release by Vivitrol manufacturer, Alkermes.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/alkermes-announces-fda-approval-of-vivitrolr-for-prevention-of-relapse-to-opioid-dependence-2010-10-12?reflink=MW_news_stmp
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
17. September 2010 12:10
Tarzana Treatment Centers in Los Angeles is pleased to report that the US Food and Drug Administration is one step closer to officially approving Vivitrol for use in opiate addiction treatment. This Naltrexone injection was originally meant to reduce alcohol cravings, with full knowledge of its potential to reduce opiate cravings. After opiate detox, individuals with heroin, prescription drug, or other opiate addiction can use Vivitrol to improve their chances at long-term recovery.
For more information on this exciting news, please click on the link below:
http://investor.alkermes.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=92211&p=RssLanding&cat=news&id=1472331
Tarzana Treatment Centers provides Vivitrol as part of our Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) programs for qualified patients. Our MAT programs include Methadone Maintenance, Suboxone Maintenance, and 21 Day Outpatient Detox.
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. Our services are also available via telemedicine for those who qualify. 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.
For more information on Vivitrol, contact us via email at vivitrol@tarzanatc.org
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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