Narcotic Addiction Treatment

Opiate Addiction Treatment

Narcotic Opiod / Opiate Addiction Treatment Resources. Opiates
 Suboxone ® for opiods dependence that occurs with chronic use of hydrocodone , oxycodone, codeine, methadone, heroin. 
Buprenorphine, aka Suboxone ® has been used successfully to help people regain control of their lives from the disease of opiod addiction.  Get back on track.....get your life back.

References

OxyContin ® use and misuse in three populations: substance abuse patients, pain patients, and criminal justice participants
J Opioid Manag. 2008 Mar-Apr;4(2):73-9
PMID: 18557163

Prescription OxyContin ® abuse among patients entering addiction treatment
Am J Psychiatry. 2007 Nov;164(11):1634-6.
PMID: 17974941

Trends in abuse of Oxycontin ® and other opioid analgesics in the United States: 2002-2004
J Pain. 2005 Oct;6(10):662-72.
PMID: 16202959

An exploratory study of OxyContin ® use among individuals with substance use disorders
J Psychoactive Drugs. 2007 Sep;39(3):271-6
PMID: 18159780

Trends in nonheroin opioids abuse admissions: 1992-2004
J Opioid Manag. 2007 Jul-Aug;3(4):215-23
PMID: 17957981

Oxycodone Addiction Therapy

Oxycodone Addiction Treatment

Oxycodone is synthesized from thebaine. Like morphine and hydromorphone, oxycodone is used as an analgesic. It is effective orally and is marketed alone in 10, 20, 40, 80, and 160 mg controlled-release tablets (OxyCo---®), or 5 mg immediate-release capsules (Oxy--®), or in combination products with aspirin (Perco---®) or acetaminophen (Perco---®) for the relief of pain. All oxycodone products are in Schedule II. Oxycodone is abused orally, or the tablets are crushed and sniffed or dissolved in water and injected. The use of oxycodone has increased significantly. In 1993, about 3.5 tons of oxycodone were manufactured for sale in the United States. In 2003, about 41 tons were manufactured.

Abusers have learned that the slow-release mechanism can be easily circumvented by crushing the tablet and swallowing, snorting, or injecting the drug product for a more rapid and intense high. The criminal activity associated with illicitly obtaining and distributing this drug, as well as serious consequences of illicit use, including addiction and fatal overdose deaths, are of epidemic proportions in some areas of the United States.

Hydrocodone Addiction Treatment

Hydrocodone products are the most frequently prescribed pharmaceutical opiates in the United States with over 111 million prescriptions dispensed in 2003. Despite their obvious utility in medical practice, hydrocodone products are among the most popular pharmaceutical drugs associated with drug diversion, trafficking, abuse, and addiction. In every geographical area in the country, the DEA has listed this drug as one of the most commonly diverted. Hydrocodone is the most frequently encountered opiate pharmaceutical in submissions of drug evidence to federal, state, and local forensic laboratories.

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