by John Sharpe | Oct 21, 2023 | Medication-Assisted Treatment
Medication is sometimes used by many addiction treatment facilities to help clients manage the discomfort of withdrawal symptoms. With that being said, many clients may be weary about using medications during treatment, feeling that it is counterproductive. Feeling...
by westcoastrc | Jun 19, 2020 | Blog, Curated Articles, Individual Therapy, Recovery Tools, Relapse Prevention, Treatment Modalities
Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome Ask any recovering addict and they will tell you the recovery process is no easy task. One of the most challenging components of recovery is post-acute withdrawal syndrome or PAWS. PAWS is not well-known outside of addiction and recovery...
by westcoastrc | Dec 12, 2017 | Medication-Assisted Treatment, Recovery Tools, Treatment Modalities
What is Subutex? Subutex is one of the brands under which buprenorphine, a partial opioid agonist, is prescribed to individuals overcoming chronic heroin use. It is also used to overcome addiction to other opioids, including those which are prescribed for their...
by westcoastrc | Dec 6, 2017 | Medication-Assisted Treatment, Meditation, Recovery Tools, Treatment Modalities
Medication-Assisted Therapy (MAT) for Substance Abuse Recovery Providers The use of medication in the substance abuse disorder recovery process has always been controversial. While well-established methadone maintenance programs correctly assert the benefits?which...
by westcoastrc | Nov 30, 2017 | Medication-Assisted Treatment, Recovery Tools, Relapse Prevention
What is Suboxone? As our country’s prescription opioid and heroin abuse epidemic continues to worsen, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is placing greater emphasis on those treatments which have been demonstrated to be the most...
