Showing posts with label drug addiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drug addiction. Show all posts

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Relapse is similar to Chronic Disease.....

Relapse with addiction is similar to other chronic diseases and here is why

Just as a CHF exacerbation can be triggered by too much fluid, or a person with diabetes can have a reaction if they eat too much sugar, a drug addict can be triggered to return to drug abuse. With other chronic diseases, here relapse serves as a signal for returning to treatment. The same response is just as necessary with drug addiction. As a chronic, recurring illness, addiction may require repeated treatments until abstinence is achieved. Like other diseases, including COPD, drug addiction can be effectively treated and managed, leading to a healthy and productive life. However, to achieve long-term recovery, treatment must address specific, individual patient needs and must take the whole person into account. You cannot simply get a person off of drugs but you have to address each physical, social and psychological change that has taken place in order to help people stay away from drugs for good.

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Suboxone Treatment in Long Island

Name Address City State Zip Phone Url
Alternatives Counseling Services, Inc 540 East Main Street Riverhead NY 11901 (631) 369-1200  
Alternatives Counseling Services, Inc 291 Hampton Road South Hampton NY 11968 (631) 283-4440  
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital/Medical Center 365 East Main Street Patchogue NY 11772 (631) 854-1222  
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital/Medical Center 550 Montauk Hwy Shirley NY 11967 (631) 852-1070  
Hope For Youth, Inc. 201 Dixon Avenue Amityville NY 11701 (631) 842-7900 X6523 http://www.hfyny.org/
Outreach Development Corporation 11 Farber Drive Bellport NY 11713 (631) 286-0700 http://www.opiny.org/
The Pederson-Krag Center, Inc 55 Horizon Drive Huntington NY 11743 (631) 920-8000 http://www.pederson-krag.org/
The Pederson-Krag Center, Inc 11 Route 111 Smithtown NY 11787 (631) 920-8300 http://www.pederson-krag.org/
The Pederson-Krag Center, Inc 240 Long Island Avenue Wyandanch NY 11799 631) 920-8042 http://www.pederson-krag.org/
Seafield Center 7 Seafield Ln Westhampton Beach,  NY  11978 (631) 288-1122 http://www.seafieldcenter.com/%20Seafield/index.cfm
Hauppauge Intake and Maintenance Program  200 Wireless Blvd.  Hauppauge  NY 11788 (631) 853-7373   

Monday, January 19, 2015

You Probably Know Someone...

Specifically, what can this blog do to help readers and their needs?

I know families, friends, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives who are facing the devastating effects of opioids. With the ability to change the mental and physical chemicals in the human brain. Opioids have the ability to run or take control of individuals and their families in ways which were once thought was not possible. Your "standard" addict is obviously not your IV heroin abuser, but includes every and all persons of varied occupations, incomes, groups.

Pain pills are highly accessible for one thing and as we see their price increasing, the price of heroin a much faster acting and dirtier drug is often combined with other drugs. Unfortunately, these and other drugs of abuse are landing many of our loved ones in Emergency Rooms with Overdoses and often death. If those reading this blog think that individual who have drug dependence want to continue living their lives that way, I have news for you, they don't, many of them are embarrassed and it is one of the toughest illnesses to battle.

The fight is just beginning and we need to continue to fight. If you know someone that needs help, then help them. .

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Addiction Treatment Map of Resources

An addiction treatment map created using Google Maps.


Recovery Resources

I came across this site which provides recovery resources by State. The site allows you to search by Substance, Specialty and Financial and Resource Type.

Click Here to go to Resource

Deaths from Opiates in Rhode Island

Four more people have died of suspected drug overdoses in Rhode Island in the last week, bringing the total this year to 49, according to the state health director last Wednesday. The number of people who have died of accidental overdoses in the first eight weeks of 2014 is about 2 X the normal rate. Overdose deaths have been associated with fentanyl mixed with heroin. In Rhode Island in 2009-2010 most deaths from accidental drug overdose were Men between the ages of 40-49. In 2011 Men between ages of 50-59. In Rhode Island in 2009-2012 deaths from accidental overdose was more common among Women  between the ages of 50-59. According to data most have been associated with opioids alone and not alcoholic. Fatal overdoses from prescription painkillers have reached epidemic proportions, according to a new report from the CDC. In 2008, the report showed, drugs like OxyContin and Vicodin claimed almost 5,000 lives. That's almost three times as many lives as in 1999, the Associated Press reported. Fatal overdoses are especially common among middle-aged men, whites, and American Indians, according to reports

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