Prescription Drug Addiction Treatment Program
( Vicodin, Soma, Oxycodone, OxyContin, Xanax, Valium, and others )

Perhaps you, or someone you know, has tried to break an addiction to prescription drugs and failed to do so. Despite the best of intentions, well meaning people and programs may not have helped, and will-power may not have been enough to break the addiction. Do not despair. Drug addiction is a physical disease, not a mental or moral problem, and it is medically treatable.

Solutions For Recovery treatment program is a unique, medical alternative to treat prescription drug addiction. The program was developed and is supervised by physicians specializing in addiction medicine. Our goal is to help prescription drug addicted individuals lose their craving for prescription drugs. Our researched medical approach gives the addicted patient a firm foundation for achieving comfortable abstinence. Solutions For Recovery unparalleled atmosphere of understanding, professionalism and respect helps recovering patients restore their sense of self-esteem and feeling of dignity.

Prescription Drug Addiction Treatment Program Highlights:

Short Inpatient Stay Medical Detoxification Effective Counter-conditioning Treatment for Prescription Drugs Counseling and Continuing Support Proven by Medical Research

Commonly a bused prescription drugs in the US. (Brand names in brackets

Opiates ("Narcotics")
Oxycodone (OxyContin, Percodan, Percocet, Tylox)
    Hydrocodone (Lortab, Lorcet, Vicodin aka Vicodan)
    Meperidine (Demerol, Mepergan)

Stimulants ("Uppers")
Methylphenidate (Ritalin)
    Amphetamine (Dexedrine, Adderall)
    Methamphetamine

Sedative-hypnotics ("Downers")
Diazepam (Valium)
    Alprazolam (Xanax aka Zanax)
    Lorazepam (Ativan)

Why Are Prescription Drugs Sometimes Addictive?
Addictive drugs mimic the action of chemicals your brain produces to send messages of pleasure to your brain's reward center. They produce an artificial feeling of pleasure. Most addictive drugs are able to produce pleasurable effects by chemically acting like certain normal brain messenger chemicals, which produce positive feelings in response to signals from the brain.

The result is a dependence on the immediate, fast, predictable drug which, at the same time, short circuits interests in and the motivation to make life's normal rewards work. More and more confidence is placed in the drug while other survival feelings are ignored and bypassed. The result of this addiction cycle is a lack of concern for, and confidence in, other areas of life.

Why do Prescription Drugs Take Over Your Life?
Prescription drugs, like other addictive drugs, are able to short-circuit your survival system by artificially stimulating the reward center, or pleasure areas in your brain, without anything beneficial happening to your body. As this happens, it leads to increased confidence in the drug, and less confidence in the normal rewards of life. This first happens on a physical level. Then, it affects you psychologically. The big drug lie results in decreased interest in other aspects of life, as you increase your reliance and interest in the drug. People, places and activities involved with using drugs become more important. People, places and activities or lifestyles that worked through your normal reward system, before using the drug, become less important to you. After a while, a heavy drug user will actually resent people, places, and activities that do not fit in with that drug use.

Is Addiction to Prescription Drugs Age Specific?
No. Prescription drug addiction can affect the young, middle aged, or elderly. Prescription drug addicted individuals may come from any walk of life, hold entry level or high positions, be parents or grandparents, single or married. Often, the addiction develops without the individual realizing it until the drug begins to control their life. When an individual exceeds the dosage prescribed or seeks to obtain the drug after the time prescribed by their physician, they should be alert to the possibility of drug dependency.

Is there Withdrawal from Drug Use?
Yes. The type of symptoms, the severity and length of the withdrawal depends on the particular drug and the amount of the drug an individual is taking. The medical staff of Solutions For Recovery will administer medications to make the withdrawal as comfortable as possible. They have many years of experience in treating addiction withdrawal symptoms.

What is drug craving?
Drug craving is the result of the drug's imprinting in the memory of a pleasant association of euphoria with the drug. The subconscious memory then motivates the individual to seek this drug because of the false imprint. The brain, in effect, has been trained that using the drug is the fastest way to feel good. This learning process then produces a new appetite or drive to seek the drug which we call craving. This craving is most often activated by, a) memory of pleasure, b) when we feel bad and have a habit of using the drug to rapidly feel good, c) when we are in a situation with people, places and activities in which a previous habit pattern of drug use has been established.

Treatment for Prescription Drug Addiction Involves:

Counter-conditioning against old positive brainwashing with the drug. Refocusing on true friends. Developing habits of reacting through people support when we feel bad. Avoiding habits of people, places and activities that were strongly associated with drug use. Using the tools of honesty, open mindedness and support from others to meet our needs and maintain peace of mind Pain issues for those who are treating for "pain pills" worked out between the treating medical staff and your pain clinic or physician.

Note: Some prescription drugs are so potentially addictive, Class Action Lawsuits have been filed regarding them.

The prescription drug names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.