Suboxone Therapy

The use of opioids and other drugs continues to gradually increase in the United State. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of overdose deaths involving opioids has quadrupled since 1999” (CDC website). Individuals are abusing prescription opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, and methadone. Prescriptions opioids that are supposed to be used as pain relievers, cough suppressants and for withdrawal symptoms are being use by individuals in order to feel relaxed or for the overwhelming effect of euphoria. These types of drugs are to be taken orally, but people are snorting, smoking, and injecting them in order to get a better high. I have personal encounters with opioid drugs and opioid abuser on a regular

The United States currently faces an unprecedented epidemic of opioid addiction. This includes painkillers, heroin, and other drugs made from the same base chemical. In the couple of years, approximately one out of twenty Americans reported misuse or abuse of prescriptions painkillers. Heroin abuse and overdoses are on the rise and are the leading cause of injury deaths, surpassing car accidents and gun shots. The current problem differs from the opioid addiction outbreaks of the past in that it is also predominant in the middle and affluent classes. Ultimately, anyone can be fighting a battle with addiction and it is important for family members and loved ones to know the signs. The cause for this epidemic is that the current spike of opioid abuse can be traced to two decades of increased prescription rates for painkillers by well-meaning physicians.

Even though Methadone and Suboxone both treat opiate addiction, their use is controversial; however the benefits of their use outweigh the controversy. Especially the benefit of thousands of healthy drug free babies born to mothers that are opiate addicts, but had the choice for Methadone treatment daily, to give their unborn child the chance to be born

America has a major problem with opioid addicts, and many facilities are helping the addicts by providing safer options to taking the drugs their bodies crave. Methadone clinics are places where people addicted to opioids can receive medicine-based therapy. Opioid use, drugs such as heroin, morphine, and prescribed painkillers, has increased in the US with all age groups and incomes. People become addicted to these drugs when they are prescribed, recreationally used with other addicts, or they are born addicted. Many health institutions are addressing this issue with an estimated 2.1 million people in the United States suffering from substance use disorders related to prescription opioid pain relievers in 2012 and an estimated 467,000 addicted

Solution l: Other drug treatment facilities use partial opioid agonists like methadone and suboxone. Suboxone is a combination of two drugs that reward a user for correct usage, block the effects of other opioids, and if misused gives a nasty hangover. The drug gives the user similar

Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) is used with opioid dependency and is an opioid replacement therapy. MMT typically replaces heroin with Methadone which is a cleaner substance than heroin, and is used to avoid withdrawal and allow the user to function normally within society. MMT has been around for the last 50 years, and research studies have been conducted to address the benefits and the complications associated with this replacement therapy. This paper will examine some of the advantages and disadvantages associated with MMT and reflect on personal ideals in accordance with MMT.

In the video Opiate Addiction: Understanding Replacement Therapy, Scott Farnum talks about methadone replacement therapy. There were many topics covered in this video and the topics were introduced in a psychoeducational format. The topics covered included a brief history opioids, brain chemistry, post acute withdrawal syndrome, abstinence based treatment programs verses harm reduction, and how an individual asses the damages of opioids on the brain. As a counselor in training, I found all the information useful because I have not studied methadone replacement therapy in detail.

There are three predominate forms of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) that have proven effective in combating opioid use disorder. Methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone have all shown to be effective in the treatment of substance use. When prescribed and monitored properly, MAT has been shown to reduce illicit drug use and reduce the rate of accidental overdose. However, while as many as 2.5 million people are suffering from substance use disorder, less than 40% have access to MAT

¨ More than a quarter of a million Americans are enrolled in methadone clinics, where they participate in “methadone replacement” or “methadone maintenance” to treat narcotic addictions to heroin or morphine, or prescription painkillers like oxycodone, hydrocodone, OxyContin or Vicodin.¨ (Novus Detox, 2016) Clinics that treat opioid addiction use several combinations other than methadone to be effective. In addition to daily methadone treatments, there are also random drug test to make sure the individual is complying with the program. There is also individual and group counseling that provides education and support with each being customized with goals set forth by the patient. Some addiction require patients struggling to seek professional help with a psychiatrist and/or speciality

A literature search was conducted using Ovid MEDLINE (1946 to May Week 4 2015) and Embase (1996 to 2015 Week 22). Keywords used in the search were suboxone or buprenorphine, methadone, opioid, dependence, efficacy, and outcome. From there, 187 results were limited to English language and Humans studies, yielding 178 articles. Of those, 10 results

The participants were randomly assigned to either two weeks of detoxification using Suboxone or twelve weeks of extended Suboxone treatment where the daily dose was gradually decreased starting at week nine and discontinued at week twelve. Follow-up evaluations conducted at six, nine, and twelve months showed increased rated of opioid use in both groups compared to the end of the treatment period; however, rates of opioid use were lower in the extended treatment group (Leonard, 2009).

D: Met with client for 30-minute individual session before he returns to IOP group. Client was engaged in the conversation with a positive attitude. Client reported that he was released from jail on 11/28/2017 and “is ready to continue CD treatment.” Client stated, “I asked my CCO if I can return to group because I love this group.” Client informed counselor that he would like to enroll in a suboxone program, “I want to get into a suboxone program to avoid heroin use and take away of my urge and craving.” Client reported that he will reschedule a mental health appointment to have his mental health evaluation completed by end of 12/08/2017 (Missed his appointment due to 21 days confinement). Resources for suboxone program was provided.

Most of the time the ones who are doing drugs won’t have any money at all since they are busy wasting it on the drugs they use which are expensive. So even if they choose to want to do either or there’s no way they can actually afford it unless they receive financial help from their family which is possible. Suboxone blocks the brain from being able to get the “high” from the drugs which they are using. This will make them quit for sure when there's nothing that’s holding them to continue doing it if they aren't getting anything out of

The Addiction Treatment with a Dark Side by Deborah Sontage was about suboxone is the trade for a medication that contains buprenorphine and naloxone. It a very similar medication, subtext, that contains buprenorphine without naloxone. They are both manufactured and sold by a British company, Reckitt- Benckiser, and are scheduled to lose their patent protection in 2009. A lot of people didn’t know that you can overdoes on Suboxone. For example Mr.Verill said in he had interview at a federal prison in Otisville, N.Y. we were just a bunch of friends getting high and hanging out, doing what 20-years olds do. Then we went to sleep, and Miles never woke back up anymore. Suboxone are the active of substance, buprenorphine. Suboxone is the blockbuster drugs that people have never heard of before.

In contrast to Methadone, Suboxone (buprenorphine) also reduces cravings and eliminates withdrawal symptoms and it is associated with detoxification with less side effects. Using Suboxone allows patients to detox from