Medications are also available to help treat addiction to alcohol and nicotine. Additionally, medications are used to help people detoxify from drugs, although detoxification is not the same as treatment and is not sufficient to help a person recover.
Detoxification alone without subsequent treatment generally leads to resumption of drug use. For people with addictions to drugs like stimulants or cannabis, no medications are currently available to assist in treatment, so treatment consists of behavioral therapies. Treatment should be tailored to address each patient's drug use patterns and drug-related medical, mental, and social problems.
Different types of medications may be useful at different stages of treatment to help a patient stop abusing drugs, stay in treatment, and avoid relapse. Behavioral therapies help people in drug addiction treatment modify their attitudes and behaviors related to drug use. As a result, patients are able to handle stressful situations and various triggers that might cause another relapse. Behavioral therapies can also enhance the effectiveness of medications and help people remain in treatment longer.
Stopping drug use is just one part of a long and complex recovery process. When people enter treatment, addiction has often caused serious consequences in their lives, possibly disrupting their health and how they function in their family lives, at work, and in the community. Because addiction can affect so many aspects of a person's life, treatment should address the needs of the whole person to be successful.
Medications and devices can be used to manage withdrawal symptoms, prevent relapse, and treat co-occurring conditions.
Medications and devices can help suppress withdrawal symptoms during detoxification. Detoxification is not in itself "treatment," but only the first step in the process. Patients who do not receive any further treatment after detoxification usually resume their drug use. One study of treatment facilities found that medications were used in almost 80 percent of detoxifications SAMHSA, This device is placed behind the ear and sends electrical pulses to stimulate certain brain nerves.
Also, in May , the FDA approved lofexidine, a non-opioid medicine designed to reduce opioid withdrawal symptoms. Relapse prevention. Patients can use medications to help re-establish normal brain function and decrease cravings. Medications are available for treatment of opioid heroin, prescription pain relievers , tobacco nicotine , and alcohol addiction.
Scientists are developing other medications to treat stimulant cocaine, methamphetamine and cannabis marijuana addiction. People who use more than one drug, which is very common, need treatment for all of the substances they use.
Outpatient behavioral treatment includes a wide variety of programs for patients who visit a behavioral health counselor on a regular schedule. Most of the programs involve individual or group drug counseling, or both. These programs typically offer forms of behavioral therapy such as:.
Treatment is sometimes intensive at first, where patients attend multiple outpatient sessions each week. After completing intensive treatment, patients transition to regular outpatient treatment, which meets less often and for fewer hours per week to help sustain their recovery. This application is intended to be used with outpatient treatment to treat alcohol, cocaine, marijuana, and stimulant substance use disorders. This application is a prescription cognitive behavioral therapy and should be used in conjunction with treatment that includes buprenorphine and contingency management.
Inpatient or residential treatment can also be very effective, especially for those with more severe problems including co-occurring disorders. Licensed residential treatment facilities offer hour structured and intensive care, including safe housing and medical attention.
Residential treatment facilities may use a variety of therapeutic approaches, and they are generally aimed at helping the patient live a drug-free, crime-free lifestyle after treatment. Examples of residential treatment settings include:. PAWS is another reason we recommend at least 35 days of inpatient rehab immediately after inpatient drug detox or alcohol detox.
After detox is when clients can begin to address the individualized roots of their addiction via intensive therapies in a group and individual settings. Learn more about the evidence-based behavioral therapies for addiction that we employ. After detox and inpatient rehab, our Intensive Outpatient Program is a step-down level of care that immerses clients in a less intensive, residential regimen of daily therapy while equipping them for life after rehab. The first 28 days of recovery are a time when the client is experiencing acute withdrawal, followed by post-acute withdrawal syndrome.
This is also the time when relationships are being established and re-established with their primary therapist and close loved ones. It is after the initial detox period that the underlying issues can be addressed that may have led to or worsened substance abuse and held the client back from achieving their recovery goals. Like you, we were interested in learning more about what happens to our clients after they leave our rehab programs, so we asked an independent third party to conduct a one-year follow-up survey of clients who had graduated from our programs.
For a majority of the clients who finish our programs, then, life after addiction treatment looks a whole lot brighter than it did before entering one of our rehabilitation programs.
Many of our clients also choose to stay in a program of continuing care that allows them to receive ongoing maintenance therapy and other aftercare services , as helpful relapse prevention and preventative mental healthcare. Anything worth doing or achieving in this life will come with challenges— inpatient drug rehab included. Challenges that can present themselves during the treatment process may include: costs of treatment, finding a good treatment facility, spending a prolonged period of time away from home and loved ones, the temptation to quit treatment early and against medical advice, and transitioning back into the community after rehab.
At Beach House Center for Recovery, we understand that such challenges are par for the course, and we work with clients and families to make them scalable. Related to the challenge of affording addiction treatment: insurance coverage, and how to know whether participation in our treatment programs will be covered and to what extent.
Thanks to recent changes in federal healthcare laws, many substance abuse care services receive full or partial coverage via most private insurance plans.
Learn what they are. For those without insurance, or for whom costs not covered by insurance may be a hardship, we offer flexible financing options. We strive to make treatment as affordable as possible for everyone, regardless of their circumstances— even if that means referring you to another trusted provider that can help. Nobody should have to lose one more day to drugs and alcohol because of worries about the cost of treatment.
Home Treatment Options. Our Addiction Treatment Programs Take a closer look at our drug and alcohol treatment programs, including;.
Residential inpatient. Medication Assisted Treatment. Dual Diagnosis. Intensive Outpatient. Continuing Care. Aftercare Services.
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