Opiate Addiction Recovery

Cirque Lodge, Sundance Utah, is a nationally recognized alcohol and drug rehab center nestled in the Wasatch Mountain Range of Utah. We specialize in all areas of opiate addiction treatment with the goal being your recovery from the devastating grasp of addiction. If you or a loved one has a struggle with an opiate addiction, prescription drug abuse rehab at Cirque Lodge can restore the hope in your life. We provide opiate addiction recovery for those who involve themselves in our program.

The challenge of opiate addiction abuse is in the highly additive nature of opiate content. There are several classifications of opiates that range from morphine based prescription medications up to heroin. Opiates function as a depressant on the central nervous system. They slow down the heart and lungs of the individual using. Excessive use of opiates can result in a shut down of these systems causing death. Opiate addiction can lead to a chemical dependency which insights a number of harmful withdrawal symptoms.

Understanding Opiates and Opiate Addiction

The majority of opiate drugs are commonly prescribed as prescription medications. The four main narcotic ingredients are broken down as codeine, morphine, hydrocodone, and oxycodone. These medications are prescribed for pain relief. When introduced to the brain these drugs release excess amounts of dopamine into the brains chemical structure. It is difficult to spot an opiate addiction with pain relievers, because it usually takes a severe case of it before it is recognized. In these severe cases a residential opiate addiction program is the best method for recovery.

The most "famous" opiate based drug of course is heroin. Heroin is usually taken initially by snorting similar to cocaine. When a heroin addiction is developed the individual usually advances to injection to speed up the influence of heroin in the body. Heroin penetrates the more quickly than other opiates, thus the highly addictive make up of the drug. Heroin use can happen up to four times a day and heroin addicts can also couple their addiction with opiate prescription medications to maintain the influence in the system. Many times people think those with a heroin addiction must hit bottom before they get treatment. The truth is opiate addiction recovery is needed in any stage of addiction.

Treatment and Opiate Addiction Recovery

Prescription drug abuse rehab should take place in a residential drug rehab facility. Effective addiction treatment should consist of a number of therapy types. Individuals should have access to a psychotherapist and independent counseling as well as a number of effective support, and family programs. In some cases of opiate addiction, replacement therapy is prescribed to help taper the influence of opiates and reduce withdrawal symptoms.

The Cirque Lodge alcohol rehab and drug rehab center is the ideal location for achieving opiate addiction recovery. We have a personalized addiction treatment plan designed specifically to meet an individual's needs. In treating an Opiate addiction many treatment modalities are initiated other than the 12-step program. We also provide cognitive behavioral therapy to help treat the mental process affected by addiction. We couple all areas of addiction recovery with our unique experiential therapy program.

Opiate addiction recovery doesn't end with graduation from the Cirque Lodge. Addiction can take time and a great deal of personal effort to overcome. At Cirque Lodge, we help to facilitate this process with an effective and vital continuing care treatment plan. At Cirque Lodge we take opiate addiction recovery personally, we want to ensure that everyone in our program is successful against addiction. There is hope and recovery for those suffering from opiate addiction. For more information or just for someone to talk to about addiction problems, call the Cirque Lodge alcohol and drug rehab center today.

For more information on opiate addiction rehab, please see our Prescription Drug Abuse pages.