Treatment for Drug Addiction

Treatment for drug addiction can take a number of forms including rehab, therapy, support groups as well as medical treatment which may involve prescription drugs such as methadone or Suboxone. If you or a loved one struggles with drug addiction, help is available and should be sought out. You should not try to overcome your addiction alone.  Medication assisted therapy is the use of medications, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to provide a whole-patient approach to the treatment of substance use disorders. Research shows that when treating substance-use disorders, a combination of medication and behavioral therapies is most successful. Medication assisted treatment (MAT) is clinically driven with a focus on individualized patient care.

The Horizons Clinic offers Medication assisted treatment (MAT) using either methadone or Suboxone as well as other medications. Both of these drugs have been shown to  be highly effective  in substance dependence to opiate drugs such as heroin, diluadid, fentanyl and others. They work by blocking the euphoric effect of the opiate drug so that the brain will have less craving for the drug. They also ease the difficult, often painful withdrawal symptoms that happens when an individual stops taking the opiate.

A doctor who specializes in addiction treatment will help you determine whether methadone, Suboxone or some other treatment is most appropriate.