What are Opiates?

Opiates are pain reliever, analgesic, opioids that produce narcosis (sleep, tiredness, tarpor).

Opiates come as natural opiates, semi-synthetic opiates, pure synthetic opiates, legal prescription medications and illicit narcotics.

The tendency to abuse opiates is very high. The DEA has recognized this threat to public health and monitors and restricts opiates use by classifying most opiates as Schedule I, II or III.

Opiates addiction produces some of the worst withdrawal symptoms of any narcotic and fear of withdrawal is one of the reasons why opiate addicts stay addicted so long.

Opiates are pain relievers that include a variety of subgroups. Opiates can be pure natural opiates like, opium, morphine and codeine. They may be semi-synthetic opiates like; heroin < Diacetylmorphine, diamorphone, is an illicit narcotic, oxycodone e.g. OXYCONTIN < PERCOCET < PERCODAN < ROXICODONE and hydrocodone e.g. VICODIN < NORCO < LORITAB. Opiates can be purely synthetic like methadone and fentanyl.

Narcotics are drugs that produce narcosis (sleep). Narcotic comes from the word NARKOS. Narkos is a greek word whose meaning is derived from the Greek story of Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection and was turned into a white flower. The white flower had a secret which allowed it to produce sleepiness.

What is Opiate Addiction? Opiate addiction is recognized as a Central Nervous System disorder caused by chronic opiate use. Long-term opiate use leads to nerve cell disruptions within the brain, spinal cord and gastrointestinal tract which cause abnormal central nervous system function and a marked decrease in the production of natural endogenous opiates. eg. Endorphins, Enkaphalins, Dynorphins

Studies have shown that long-term or chronic opiate use leads to an increase in pain perceptions and sensitivity. Increased pain sensitivity and pain perception leads to opiate tolerance.

Opiate addiction is often an inadvertent result of medical treatment (iatrogenic addiction). Many experts believe iatrogenic opiate addicts account for more than 50% of all opiate addictions.

As medical treatment and prescription opiate use is prolonged it can turn into a series of other problems > more pain perception > increased pain sensitivity > opiate tolerance > opiate abuse > opiate addiction > opiate poisoning.

The worst result of iatrogenic side-effects is opiate poisoning or opiate overdose.

More than 16% of all suicides involve opiate poisoning.

Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death for people ages 10 - 64.

Opiate addiction is on the rise.

So is opiate poisoning.

The population is aging at a fast clip. Aging comes with its medical problems. These medical problems often require prescription medications to assist in the healing process. The problem is that older Americans are becoming addicted to prescription opiate medications at the fastest rate in history.

More and more people are being prescribed opiate medications and the result is iatrogenic oblivion for more and more people. More and more opiate users, means more and more opiate abusers, which means more and more opiate dependencies and that means more and more opiate addictions. The worst part is it also means more and more opiate poisonings (suicide, accidental poisonings, car accidents, etc…).

Opiate Addiction Rehabilitation

Opiate Rehab includes a comprehensive detoxification period designed to minimize the debilitating effects of opiate withdrawal symptoms. Only alcohol withdrawal and xanax withdrawal are more dangerous than opiate withdrawal.

The opiate rehab detox program uses a Total Recovery Plan designed to help opiate addicts recuperative as quickly and painlessly as possible.

Opiate rehab also includes a series of counseling sessions designed to reveal an individual’s core issues and secondary addictive behaviors. Core issues are generally the ineffectual belief and value systems that negate their own survival. It also includes ineffective coping skills that tend to produce a build up in stress and negative self worth. Opiate rehab is designed to point out the negative and harmful personality traits, improve self-awareness, improve self worth, teach boundary setting, learn better coping skills, improve personal hygiene, improve nutrition and increase the likelihood of living a happy and successful life.

Home Opiate Detox?

Opiate addicts often try to fix themselves before they decide to check into an opiate rehab detox center. Home detox is rarely an effective method of recovery but is sometimes a necessary part of the recovery journey.

By the time most opiate addicts acquire the necessary willingness to enter an opiate rehab detox center their addictions have usually progressed to the point that opiates no longer work. They no longer serve the purpose of relieving physical and/or emotional pain.

The eventuality of opiate addiction is that opiate addicts use opiates to avoid getting sick (opiate abstinence syndrome). It does not have to go that way but it is the common path for most opiate users entrance into opiate rehab.

The four most common opiate withdrawal symptoms that petrify most opiate addicts and keep them in their addictions are; insomnia, diarrhea, muscle aches and anxiety. Our opiate rehab center eliminates all four of these symptoms and allows opiate addicts to participate in recovery within 48-hours.

Opiate detox is painless and effective.

You have nothing to lose but your opiates addictions.

Back To Top

Back To Home Page

Opiate Rehab Admissions