All Clients in Opioid Treatment - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - DHS, VA.

Heroin addiction and prescription pain killer addiction are of the worst epidemics in America today. With this in mind, it's no surprise that there are a growing number treatment centers in and near DHS catering to this specific type of addiction. A treatment program where all participants are receiving help for opiate dependence and addiction is one which is intensely focused on the unique issues that opiate dependent people face and what they must do to overcome this very insidious and harmful addiction.

In a rehab facility specifically meant for opioid abuse, the detoxification process is managed by detox professionals who understand how difficult opioid withdrawal can be to to go through. Detoxification in many centers will be medically administered with medications that can help eliminate or lessen the symptoms of opiate withdrawal, while other centers might provide a drug free approach. Drug free detoxification can be made more comfortable through more holistic and homeopathic withdrawal methods and it could be a desired choice for people who would opt not to take medications during and after treatment, such as with a methadone or buprenorphine type of program. Following detoxification, opioid treatment programs that offer evidenced based treatment methods such a behavioral and cognitive therapies produce the lowest rates of relapse especially when the participant remains in an inpatient or residential program for at least 90 days or more.

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