Drug Addiction Treatment Programs
What are the medications used to treat addiction?
I have an acquaintance who does heroin and have just started a program treatment of addiction. I was surprised to learn that you are trying to take the medication. What is and what are the usual drugs used for the treatment of addiction.
Methadone is the drug commonly used for addiction to heroin. Medication is necessary for return the body and brain working again to normal and healthy. It also suppresses withdrawal symptoms and desire relief, which keeps the patient to want to take heroin again. Other medications used for treatment of addiction is buprenorphine, naltrexone and naloxone (in cases of overdose). There are also some other drugs that are being studied by experts to determine whether it is effective in treating heroin addiction.
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