Opiates are derived from opium poppies, and they can be incredibly powerful painkillers. In the United States, they’re controlled substances that come in different types and strengths. Opioid/painkiller addiction is so widespread across the country that in 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared opioid abuse to be a public health emergency. In 2017, over 47,000 Americans died from opiate overdoses.
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), people who pursue detoxification from opioid use disorder by complete abstinence are more than likely to relapse than those who try other methods. One method that has shown a clinically significant higher success rate than mere abstinence is with controlled doses of buprenorphine (Suboxone) for purposes of tapering dependency on opioids. In fact, there is no treatment more effective than Suboxone, in preventing overdoses and deaths.
At the Drug and Alcohol Detox Clinic of South Mississippi, Suboxone/buprenorphine is prescribed, as part of a Harm Reduction approach for the treatment of Opiate Use Disorder. Our Suboxone/buprenorphine detox model is twice as effective as the abstinence detox model in preventing deadly overdoses.
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