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Remember...! Recovery is what YOU make it!
Naltrexone Therapy Naltrexone is a pure opiate antagonist. This means that it attaches to the opiate receptors in the brain. With the Naltrexone attached to the opiate receptors, it blocks any opiate that the user takes in. This means that while the person is on Naltrexone, they will feel no effect from any opiate. What is created is a circumstance that makes it virtually impossible to relapse while on Naltrexone therapy. Naltrexone is available in oral tablet form, as well as implant form. In the beginning, it is recommended that the Naltrexone implant be used. The implant releases Naltrexone over a six-week to ten-week period, while the duration of action for the tablet is twenty-four to forty-eight hours. In order to give the person’s brain a chance to recover physically from the damage of opiate use, we recommend that a person be on Naltrexone Therapy for twelve months. The program works best with the use of two consecutive implants, followed by the use of oral tablets for the balance of the twelve months. With the option of opiate use taken away, it gives the person a chance to begin a life of recovery. Understanding why your "craving" sensation is so hard to kick When a person is addicted, cravings are very intense. This intense craving for the drug becomes so powerful, it seems as though the person will stop at nothing to get the drug. It is as if the drug rules the addict’s life. This is because drugs affect the “reward pleasure center” of the brain. The “reward pleasure center” of the brain extends from the mid-brain to the nucleus accumbens. Within this area, drugs disguise themselves, fooling the brain into thinking they are natural chemicals. Steven Hyman, MD, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, described the action of drugs on this part of the brain in an interview with Bill Moyers (aired on public television as part of Moyers' series on addiction titled, Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home): Note to Cathy: Suggest making quoted balance of text that is in quotes smaller and indent on both sides. Text looks to be paraphrased, should we fact check? “The nucleus accumbens seems to have a particular role in telling us what might be pleasing, what might be good for us...Cocaine and amphetamine put more dopamine in key synapses over a longer period of time in this brain reward pathway than normal. And because they are so rewarding, because they tap right into a circuit that we have in our brains, whose job it is to say something like, 'Yes, that was good. Let's do it again and let's remember exactly how we did it,' people will take these drugs again and again and again. When a person uses drugs to stimulate the reward pleasure center of the brain, the drugs become as essential as food, or breathing. To the non-addict, remaining abstinent from food or from breathing seems ridiculous-these things are necessary for life. Because drugs affect the same area, they also seem to become as essential for life to the addict. With the need to use or drink so intense, the addict feels as though they must use. 'I must use' overpowers any cognitive or rational thought of 'I think I shouldn’t use'.” Call 714-585-7544 or learn more now <<< |
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