Although many people dependant on or addicted to OxyContin and other prescription painkillers, and even heroin, would like to get off them, sometimes withdrawal is just too hard to face. They've tried it, and have experienced such agonizing pain and discomfort that they're driven back to the drug. And they're very reluctant to go through that again. In some cases, getting off one of these drugs can also be medically dangerous. Fortunately, we now have medical drug detox available to both ease the pain of withdrawal and ensure that it's safe.
One of the medications used in medical drug detox centers is Suboxone®. It was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2002 and is administered in tablet form by doctors who have been approved by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, a department in the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Suboxone contains buprenorphine and naxalone. The buprenorphine activates the same receptors activated by heroin, morphine and oxycodone, the active ingredient in OxyContin but to a lesser degree. Naxalone by itself blocks the effects of the opiates but if the Suboxone is taken as directed, placed under the tongue and allowed to dissolve, it will not affect the action of the buprenorphine.
Unlike heroin, OxyContin and other opiate prescription painkillers, the euphoric effects of buprenorphine are limited – they don't go beyond a certain point no matter how much is used.
Some people have tried to use Suboxone to get high thinking that they'll get the same effect from the buprenorphine as from heroin or opate prescription painkillers. The usually crush the pills and inject them. But used in this way, the naxalone gets into the bloodstream so quickly that it brings on intensely painful withdrawal.
When using Suboxone to help with withdrawal, you have to wait until the withdrawal symptoms become stronger and the opiates are mostly out of your system. If you still have the opiates in your bloodstream, the naxalone can cause acute and painful withdrawal – which can also be medically dangerous.
The Suboxone dose is then properly tapered until you no longer need it. In an inpatient medical detox facility this is usually completed in a matter of days.
Using Suboxone in an inpatient medical drug detox program can make withdrawal symptoms much milder and more comfortable. If you would like to find out more about drug detox with Suboxone, contact a counselor at a medical drug detox center.
Let's look at the best ways of coping with nicotine withdrawal symptoms.
The most popular method to give up smoking
Is simply by giving up and not using any nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and is refferred to as "smoking cold turkey" however this causes a sharp shock to the system and nicotine withdrawal symptoms include:
Feeling stressed, anxious, nauseous and generally irritable.
This is the most popular method but is one that most people fail at and there is really no reason to do it.
People do it becuase they assume nicotine is the cause of death or disease, but this is not so.
Nicotine only provides the addictive nature of smoking and is not a killer (that is some of the other 4,000 odd chemicals consumed in smoking many of them poisons) so, you can take NRT and not suffer nicotine withdrawal symptoms.
NRT Products include:
Gum, patches, puffers and inhalers.
The one you like is very much down to personal choice, however all provide a measured dose of nicotine to help you cope with nicotine withdrawal symptoms.
Other smoking alternatives include:
The drug Zyban and a new product - Nicotine water.
The latter is convenient (unlike chewing gum) and all people like and have to drink water ( unlike patches you don't need to put them on) you simply take sips of water whenever you feel the need.
All the above will help you get over nicotine withdrawal symptoms and cope with the craving.
A great way to stop smoking
Is to cut down first, reducing the amount you smoke each week by 10 or 20% and if you get a craving then you can use the above products.
By cutting down first, you are proving to yourself that you can do without cigarettes for periods of time.
This is a great confidence boost for people when they come to finally give up.
If you use NRT or other smoking alternatives, your chances of giving up for good are double compared with if you go cold turkey.
You don't put yourself through the trauma - Its safe to take nicotine outside of cigarettes.
Finally
Not only is it safe to take nicotine outside of cigarettes, it's actually good for you.
Recent medical research shows that it helps attention, memory and gives a felling of well being.
This will see a lot of new supplements hit the market to treat a number of conditions from depression to obesity.
We already have mentioned nicotine water earlier which is the first pure organic supplement and many more are expected to follow, not just to cope with nicotine withdrawal symptoms but to provide health benefits.
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