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If You or Someone You Know Needs Help With Opiate Addiction in Canada
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Opiate Addiction Treatment
Substance abuse is a major health concern in Canada and the United States. It is also a social ill manifested in family problems, lost productivity, and crime. Heroin, an opiate drug, has been viewed as a key player in this rapidly growing drug-dependent segment of society. While the number of heroin dependents is increasing at an alarming rate, a previously unrecognized opiate dependency is moving to the forefront - prescription painkillers. Chronic pain sufferers, surgical patients and cancer patients seeking relief from pain are prescribed pain medication by their physicians and subsequently become opiate dependent. |
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Opiate Addiction
Opiate dependency was once viewed as a condition with no solution. Patients with opiate physical dependency were considered to have inherited an addictive personality or psychological disorder or to have suffered with a dysfunctional family life. The medical community lacked the desire to find a treatment for what they believed was a hopeless condition and refused to deal with it.
Opiate Detox
Rapid detox revolutionized the treatment of opiate addictions almost 10 years ago, allowing patients to return to a productive life in a matter of days and | |
