Vicodin Addiction Treatment
Vidodin is a drug prescribed to beat pain, but its abuse can lead to a very powerful addiction. As a narcotic, or opiate, Vicodin has the power to charge up the brain’s reward system, resulting in an allover good feeling. Once a person becomes accustomed to the good feeling, it can take more and more of the drug to achieve it.
Dangers of Vicodin Abuse and Addiction
You may be able to spot Vicodin abuse and addiction from a number of symptoms it may produce. Physical symptoms of abuse may include decreased blood pressure, a disruption in menstruation and fertility, an increased risk of choking and constipation. It can cause the respiration rate to slow down dramatically or breathing to stop altogether. It affects the mind, often resulting in depression or confusion.
Behavior Changes from Vicodin Addiction
Behavioral changes can be associated with Vicodin abuse. These include a change in sleeping habits as well as difficulties making decisions or making poor and dangerous decisions. Mood swings may come with the territory, leaving someone extremely energetic and high or sedated and low. Because the drug typically requires a prescription, the person abusing may begin to forge or steal prescriptions to feed their habit or set up appointments with multiple doctors in order to obtain additional prescriptions.
Addiction can lead to isolation, poor performance at work or school, and a total change in the person’s personality. Driving while under the influence of Vicodin or other drugs may result in traffic accidents or other violations. The person who suffers can become obsessed with achieving the next fix and may take extreme risks to obtain it.
Other Hazards of RX Abuse
Prescription drug abuse can be especially hazardous due to the way they interact with alcohol and other medications and drugs. Another danger is the potential for a Vicodin overdose. Overdose symptoms can include a very slow heart rate and slow breathing, skin that has turned blue, cold and clammy, and pupils that have either become abnormally wide or abnormally narrowed. The person may become extremely sleepy. The most severe dangers of a Vicodin overdose can be seizures, unconsciousness and death.
Vicodin Addiction Treatment
Delray Recovery Center provides comprehensive addiction treatment programs to help you or a loved one transition from an active addiction to a successful recovery. The first goal of our Vicodin addiction treatment program is eliminating Vicodin from the system. Withdrawal symptoms of opoids can be severe, and we offer a medically supervised, safe and secure environment to help a person through the difficult transition. We can provide medications when necessary to make the withdrawal period less severe, with medications administered only under the strictest regulations by our licensed staff.
Vicodin detoxification is followed by an individualized treatment plan designed to meet the person’s specific needs. Therapy is often an effective recovery tool, and we provide an array of group and individual treatment modalities. Family therapy can be useful for helping the entire family heal while individual and group therapy can address specific issues linked to addiction.
Types of Therapy
Our counseling sessions can combine various therapies that focus on healing, self-improvement and positive self-identification. We may combine more than one type of therapy for the most effective results. Therapies we offer include existential, Gestalt, narrative and person-centered. We engage in psychoanalytic theory and reality objectification to further assist with the development of healthy coping mechanisms and successful life skills. Delray Recovery Center can help you or a loved one overcome Vicodin addiction with honesty and life changes that provide the direction and support for future success.
Contact Delray Recovery Center Today
If you or your loved one has found themselves in a losing battle with addiction, please seek help with Delray Recovery Center. You are not alone in this fight. We understand what you are going through and we are here to help.
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