Heroin and Fentanyl are Bad Partners
Tarzana Treatment Centers provides heroin and fentanyl treatment options. Given the dangers, heroin and fentanyl treatment options are a necessity because these opioids are so highly addictive and deadly.
Now the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released a warning about fentanyl-contaminated heroin. So we are passing this warning on to the public, and reminding heroin addicts, and their loved ones that help is just a phone call away.
Even if it was possible to satisfy an addiction by using the same amount of heroin every day, it would not guard against overdoses. Drug dealers don’t have testing labs to ensure purity of the heroin they sell to their clients. In fact, dealers are more likely to cut the purity of the heroin they sell or add another drug to boost the potency. Addicts gamble every day, hoping to get the perfect fix, and praying that it won’t be their last.
SAMHSA is trying to get ahead of an epidemic by warning that fentanyl is being used to increase the potency of heroin in Eastern states of the United States. Fentanyl is a very strong opioid pain killer, and mixing it with heroin increases the risk of severe injury or death. It is possible that the use of this opioid cocktail is to blame for 39 deaths in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island from the start of 2014 to February 6th. That’s more than 1 death every day since the year began.
SAMHSA is asking everyone to review their Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit at this link:
Achieving Abstinence from Heroin and Fentanyl
Tarzana Treatment Centers provides services that all have a goal of abstinence. Medical Detoxification is a systematic withdrawal using medication to reduce withdrawal symptoms. Vivitrol injections reduce cravings for heroin after detox when the body is no longer opioid dependent. For individuals who have relapsed multiple times, we offer Methadone Maintenance or Buprenorphine Maintenance coupled with counseling to keep you on the road to abstinence.
All of our heroin treatment options include counseling. We offer individual and group sessions, and we include family in treatment whenever it’s possible.
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. Moreover, we have two primary medical care clinics in the San Fernando Valley and Antelope Valley and specialized services for HIV/AIDS care. If you or a loved one needs help with alcohol dependence, drug addiction, or co-occurring mental health disorders or from other services we offer, please call us now at 888-777-8565 or contact us using our secure contact form.
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 across Los Angeles County. These facilities are located in Lancaster in the Antelope Valley, Long Beach, and in Northridge and Reseda in the San Fernando Valley.