Is heroin addiction treatment available at Pacific Hills?
In the United States, heroin usage had subsided for a number of years. However, that is no longer the case, and heroin is again a very serious problem in America. Pacific Hills offers heroin addiction treatment in their repertoire of substance abuse treatment.
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Heroin is processed from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seedpod of the Asian poppy plant. Heroin abuse is associated with serious health conditions including fatal overdose and infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS and hepatitis.
Heroin is extremely addictive and dangerous. The path to drug addiction begins with the act of taking drugs, and over time, a person's ability to choose not to take drugs can be compromised. Drug seeking becomes compulsive, in large part as a result of the effects of prolonged drug use on brain functioning and, thus, on behavior. The program at Pacific Hills' heroin addiction treatment center can help the heroin addict begin a new life without this drug.
Withdrawal from heroin may occur as early as a few hours after the last "hit" and can produce drug craving, muscle and bone pain, insomnia, as well as other symptoms. Therefore, heroin addiction treatment at Pacific Hills usually begins with the client attending off-site medical detoxification. Occasionally, treatment begins with a formal professional intervention that can be arranged by Pacific Hills' heroin addiction treatment intake staff. Once the client is stabilized through medical detoxification, they will begin their heroin addiction treatment.
There is a broad range of heroin addiction treatment options available, including medications as well as behavioral therapies. Our heroin addiction treatment program utilizes both.
Clients in our heroin addiction program attend group and individual counseling, Big Book 12-Step study, Alcoholics and Narcotics Anonymous meetings and are encouraged to seek sponsors in both of these self-help organizations after discharge from Pacific Hills' heroin addiction treatment program. An intensive relapse prevention plan is formulated with the help of the client's Case Manager. All clients in our heroin addiction treatment program learn to recognize their own high-risk relapse situations and how to use self control with situations they may encounter.
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