Anyone who has ever suffered from opioid addiction or have a loved one who has, know how difficult it is to treat the condition. One of the cures patients who suffer from this condition can try is Suboxone treatment.
What is suboxone?
Suboxone is a unique opioid buprenorphine and is commonly used by doctors to treat opioid addiction.
Why suboxone?
One of the reasons so many patients who suffer from addiction often fail is because they have a tough time handling withdrawal symptoms. In some cases, these withdrawal symptoms are so severe that they can lead to serious health problems.
This is where suboxone treatment comes in. It helps suppress those withdrawal symptoms. Without it, patients have a much easier and less stressful time as they undergo the withdrawal process. The drug also helps kill cravings.
What are cravings?
Cravings often induce recovering patients to fall back on addiction habits. Eliminating these cravings, though, from patient systems, can have a vastly positive effect on their recovery. Without these cravings, patients are able to undergo the withdrawal process with better chances of living an addiction-free life.
What is the success rate of the drug?
The treatment has a reported rate of success of about 40 to 60 percent. That’s a great percentage and offers patients hope that they can eventually sober up and live, drug-free.
Why is it better than methadone?
While there are other treatment options open to opioid addicts, suboxone makes for a much better choice than these treatments, including methadone. That’s because methadone induces euphoria in patients. Patients feel good when they take the drug and that can lead them to abuse it. Suboxone doesn’t come with such side-effects, though, so there’s less chances and risks involved in terms of patients getting addicted to the drug.
How does the drug work?
Each does of suboxone is actually a combination of two drugs. One is the buprenorphine. This ingredient is often referred to as a partial opioid agonist. Then the second one is the naloxone, which is typically referred to as the opioid antagonist or opioid blocker. Together, the dose generates effects less than what a full opioid would produce. So the pleasurable effect experienced by patients is minimal to zero. This makes it easier for patients to withstand the withdrawal process.
This treatment offers a number of advantages to recovery addicts. So for more information on this treatment and how it can help you or your loved one, contact Dr. Leeds or visit us here.
