What are Opiates?                                                                                                                                                              (home)

Opiates are powerful narcotics most often used to relieve pain. Derived from opium which is extracted from poppy flowers, opiates are the base of potent drugs such as heroin and most pain medications. The following is a list of the most common forms of opiates.

What may have started as an innocent need to treat routine pain can grow into a serious physical problem. Taking opiates for may lead to physical and neurological changes that require your body and brain to have the drugs, whether you need them or not. Opiates are especially addictive because of their chemical composition. They affect the brain by activating "pleasure" centers that create euphoria while also reducing "pain" centers in the brain.  Over time, the brain’s chemistry adjusts to the presence of opiates in the body, requiring increasingly more of the chemical to feel “normal.” At the same time, any lack of opiates in the body will trigger intense discomfort in the form of withdrawal symptoms. Upon stopping use without proper treatment, you can expect to feel intense withdrawal symptoms that include diarrhea, anxiety, nausea and sleeplessness.

Modern advances in drug detoxification have led to a dramatic increase in the number of treatment options available.

Some of the most common options are:

• Hospitalization
• Inpatient drug rehabilitation
• 12-step programs such as Narcotics Anonymous or Alcoholics Anonymous
• Rapid Opiate Detoxification – can be effective, but carries some medical risks
• Our Method – a safe and effective personalized program designed to make withdrawal as painless as possible. We provide the support and expertise of opiate addiction specialists to help you break free of addiction

To learn more about this treatment program, please call for a free, confidential consultation.

 

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Codeine   (Tylenol #2, Tylenol #3, Tylenol #4)                                    

Hydrocodone  (Bancap HC, Ceta-Plus, Hydrocet, Hydrogesic, Lorcet-HD, Elixir Lortab, Anexsia, Lorcet, Lorcet Plus, Maxidone, Norco, Vicodin, Vicodin ES, Vicodin HP, Zydone) 

Hydromorphine  (Dilaudid, Dilaudid-HP) 

Meperidine  (Demerol)

Methadone  (Dolophine)

Morphine  (Astramorph,  Avinza, Duramorph, Kadian, Infumorph, MS Contin, MSIR, Oramorph, Roxanol)

Oxycodone  (Endocet, Oxycontin, Oxydose, Oxyfast, OxyIR, Percocet, Percodan, Precolone, Roxicet, Roxicodone Intensol, Tylox)

Propoxyphene  (Darvocet, Darvon, Wygesic)