Three Essential Steps in the Heroin Treatment Process
The heroin treatment process is challenging for anyone struggling with opioid use disorder. Although heroin is the most common opioid…
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The Opioid Addiction Epidemic
There is a nationwide opioid addiction problem that has reached epidemic proportions. It isn’t that everyone is at risk. But…
Dealing with the Overdose Issue in Los Angeles
Heroin and prescription opioid users are constantly at risk of an overdose. There is no label indicating the potency of…
ONDCP’s New Heroin Strategy
The Office of National Drug Control policy (ONDCP) has a new heroin strategy. The short of it is that local…
Heroin Overdose Deaths
One of our most written-about topics is heroin as it relates to withdrawal, overdoses, treatment, and Medicated Assisted Treatment. The…
Vivitrol Improves Co-Occurring Mental Health Disorder Treatment
When individuals suffer from addiction and co-occurring mental health disorders, treatment for both becomes a challenge. This is largely due to…
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…
Drug Overdose Awareness
Do you know what to do in the event of a drug overdose? How can you prevent drug overdoses? …
Drug Overdose after Rehab
Celebrity deaths grab the public’s attention like almost no other news story. The loss can be mourned by millions, and…
Maintenance, Not Heroin
Statistics from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health have confirmed our concerns about prescription drug use. With prescription painkillers (opiates…
Methadone Treatment Center
Methadone is an opioid most-commonly associated with heroin addiction treatment. It can be used for medical detoxification and as a harm reduction tool with Methadone Maintenance.…
Heroin and other Opiate Cravings
Heroin is in a special class of drugs that are highly addictive and very difficult to quit using. Opiates and opioids…
Heroin Addiction Treatment with Methadone Maintenance
Heroin use opens the door to many dangers. The consequences range from internal health issues, to suffering through an addiction, and to…
If Doctors Would Diagnose Addiction
If you consider that there are an estimated 22 million Americans with a drug or alcohol problem, you might assume…
Opioid Withdrawal Treatment
Since the sap of the opium poppy was first used to craft a remedy for pain and discomfort, it has…
Convenient Vivitrol Treatment
Motivation for recovery can change in an instant for alcoholics and opiate addicts. They’ll say they want Vivitrol treatment to reduce cravings and…
Vivitrol – We Have You Covered
When life and financial situations take a turn for the worst, most people do what they can to support themselves…
Methadone Maintenance Brings Positive Outcomes
Opiates are highly addictive and either controlled or illegal. This combination of factors most often leads to increasing doses, which…
Vivitrol FDA Approved for Opiate Relapse Prevention
Tarzana Treatment Centers in Los Angeles is thrilled at the news that the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Vivitrol…
Methadone Maintenance and Other MAT Options
Tarzana Treatment Centers in Los Angeles offers several options for those seeking recovery from opiate dependence. Methadone Maintenance is a…
Methadone Maintenance Information
Tarzana Treatment Centers in Los Angeles offers several options for those seeking recovery from opiate dependence. Methadone Maintenance is a…
Subutex Maintenance Information
Tarzana Treatment Centers in Los Angeles recognizes that while opiate addicts suffer the same disease, they don’t all find recovery…
Outpatient Opiate Detox Information
Tarzana Treatment Centers in Los Angeles offers inpatient and outpatient opiate detox programs. Medical detoxification plays a critical role in…
Vivitrol for Opiates Information
One area of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) proving to be effective at Tarzana Treatment Centers in Los Angeles is the…
Telemedicine Uses – Heroin Treatment
Heroin addiction imprisons its victims in a world that seems inescapable, even after successful heroin detox treatment. Opiate cravings lead…
Heroin Treatment
In general, the choice of medication used in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid addiction is based on safety and efficacy,…
Heroin Treatment Options
Heroin addiction is a serious disease that requires treatment. The sad fact, though, is that many people, including heroin addicts,…