Treatment for Methadone Addiction
What is Methadone?
Methadone is a man made opiate that’s prescribed for patients with severe pain following an injury or surgery. It’s also used as substitution therapy to help people addicted to heroin go through detoxification. This powerful, mind-altering drug effectively decreases pain while numbing the emotional responses caused by pain. Methadone addiction can happen fast without the user even realizing they’re becoming addicted. If your loved one has been abusing methadone, you probably already know it, and you also know that they need addiction treatment for their abuse of methadone. Instead of taking the medication as prescribed, his or her obsession with the drug has begun to supersede everything else in life. At Delray Recovery Center, we understand the sadness and frustration you feel about your loved one’s addiction, and our caring, knowledgeable staff wants to help.
Crossing the Line Into Danger
When used under a doctor’s care, while following strict usage guidelines, methadone can be used safely as a painkiller or opiate substitute. In this situation, your loved one’s life would continue as normal. He or she would be able to work as usual, care for family, engage in hobbies and interests, and carry on with normal life. But as use turns to abuse and then dependency, you’re likely to observe these normal activities and interests being neglected. As the family member of a person addicted to methadone, you might feel neglected and forgotten, too.
An addiction to methadone causes the user’s judgment to become clouded as he or she becomes increasingly focused on finding the next fix at any cost. The need to get a hold of more methadone can lead the user to commit serious crimes, which put him or her at-risk of incarceration or physical danger. Cravings caused by serious withdrawal symptoms drive the user to continue abusing methadone, even if he or she no longer wants to. Although the withdrawal symptoms experienced while detoxifying from methadone are not as severe as those felt with heroin, they tend to last for a much longer period of anywhere between two weeks and six months.
We Offer Successful Treatment for Methadone Addiction
Delray Recovery Center’s expert staff cares about providing successful treatment so your loved one and family can heal from the heartbreak of methadone addiction and move forward into a life of recovery. We provide our guests with methadone addiction with several components of rehabilitation treatment designed specifically to meet the needs of those addicted to the synthetic opiate. You can call an intake counselor at Delray Recovery Center today or receive a phone call by filling out the feedback form and find out more about these treatment program components, as well as other activities, therapies and programs offered by our facility:
- Supervised Detoxification. A medically supervised program is created with your loved one’s specific needs in mind to help him or her through detox, followed by a stabilization period.
- A Holistic Approach to Health & Wellness. At Delray, we’ll work with you toward optimum health through appropriate mental and physical health support from our doctors, along with healthy eating and exercise.
- Various Therapeutic Modalities. In addition to group counseling and individual therapy, alternative therapies such as art and yoga are also included.
- Continued Care & Support. Sobriety requires lifelong support and abstinence from addictive substances. Our aftercare programs can offer you and your family the support and information needed to remain in recovery.
Hope is a Phone Call Away
Sadness, stress and fear do not have to be a way of life for your family. Delray Recovery Center wants to help you and your loved one find happiness and health through recovery. Make the phone call to talk to a certified intake counselor, or fill out the form at the top of this page to find out how we can help you find hope again today.
