Pinnacle Treatment Centers Blog Post Discusses Options for Opioid Addiction Treatment

Pinnacle Treatment Centers has just launched a new blog. This blog post discusses several options for people that can benefit from opioid addiction treatment. It was intended to be an informational resource for both those that are suffering from opioid use disorder (OUD) and concerned family members and friends who want to help them.

Melanie Eilers, the spokesperson for Pinnacle Treatment Centers, talked about how they help opioid addicts by saying, “Sometimes all a person who suffers from opioid addiction needs to get their life back on track is for someone to throw them a lifeline. There is nobody more qualified to do that than professional treatment centers like ours. Over the years we have developed several therapies that have shown great potential for success when it comes to helping opioid addicts get over their addiction. These time-tested opioid addiction treatments are done in a variety of different ways to meet an individual’s own treatment needs. With our support and a little help from family and friends, these methods can and do work. We fully realize that when there is a desire to heal, there is always hope for recovery. That’s why when we see a patient gather up enough courage to face their addiction head-on, we empathize with their fears about the process and stay completely focused on helping them build a vision of a better future for them and their loved ones.”

The newly posted blog article started by talking about how opioid addiction usually gets its start. It mentioned that it's one of the most powerful and addictive analgesics that can be found on the planet. While it was traditionally used as a pain killer, it has morphed into something much more and is now being misused to help people get “high” or enjoy euphoria. In the blog post, it also says that opioid addiction is now a global concern that took the lives of over 42,000 people back in 2016 alone. Even as the opioid fatality rate continues to rise, those that want help have several different treatment options. The article went on to say that no opioid addiction treatment is 100% effective on everyone that goes through it and that underscores the difficulty in treating someone with OUD.

In the blog post, it went it states that while treating OUD is a challenge, there are more treatment agents available for opioid addicts than for any other types of abused drugs. Many of these center around helping those suffering from OUD with withdrawal. In the article, it stated that the most effective withdrawal medications for OUD treatments are Methadone and Suboxone, a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone. Both have shown benefits when it comes to alleviating withdrawal symptoms and reducing the drug cravings that go along with that. Best of all they do this without creating the ‘high’ feeling or euphoria which is associated with standard opioid misuse.

The blog article also stated that in most cases, medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is crucial to an OUD patient’s chances of recovery. This is because it better helps a patient control the long-term impact of withdrawal. There are several ways that this is done and each of those treatments is designed by a health professional to meet an individual’s own specific OUD treatment needs. The article also mentioned that treatments can be done on an inpatient and outpatient basis or by using a combination of both. Inpatient treatment programs are thought to be the most helpful because the OUD sufferer can get 24/7 care and support. Treatment centers might also offer individual, family, and group therapies, in addition to holistic care such as meditation, yoga, and animal-assisted therapy. Popular treatment centers such as those run by Pinnacle also provide support after an OUD patient has recovered to help with their long-term commitment to remaining drug-free.

Eilers says that for those who want to read the entire blog article on the Pinnacle Treatment Centers website, it can be seen here at https://pinnacletreatment.com/blog/treatment-for-opioid-addiction/. She says that their website is also a good source for more information on this recognized leader in comprehensive drug and alcohol addiction treatments.