Naltrexone Cessation
Naltrexone opiate-antagonist cessation is primarily used to help cessation alcohol or opiates from the body. This medication is not a narcotic. It is an opioid antagonist that blocks the effects of narcotic opiates that make a person feel “high”, and induces withdrawal in people who are physically and/or psychologically addicted to opiates.
Therefore, Naltrexone cessation should only begin after the person is in withdrawal. This medication is used to help people who have stopped abusing opiates to stay drug free. It is also used to help recovering alcoholics stay alcohol free.
Naltrexone opiate cessation is just one part of narcotic and alcohol management. It is used as just one part of an overall structured program that includes other steps and activities towards being drug and/or alcohol free. Other things included in narcotic or alcohol recovery besides cessation may include: talking with a counselor, attending NA (Narcotics Anonymous) or AA (Alcoholics Anonymous), inpatient rehab, outpatient rehab, or other treatment recommended by a doctor, cessation center or rehab.
This opiate-antagonist medication does not produce any feelings of being “high”, and is not supposed to be physically or mentally addictive, and there are usually no withdrawal symptoms from discontinuing use of it. Naltrexone cessation should strictly be used to aid the process of narcotic cessation and alcohol withdrawal. Once a person has metabolized this medication into their system, if they consume an opiate, it will not affect them; it will not get them high because the opiate receptors are blocked. However, it will not completely prevent a person from becoming impaired while consuming alcohol.
The duration of Naltrexone opiate-antagonist cessation for narcotic addiction varies from person to person, however most people will need at least a couple of months in treatment for it to work and stick with them. This drug may also help to curb cravings and eliminate adverse affects of withdrawal. Cravings and painful withdrawal symptoms are the two biggest reasons for relapse during opiate withdrawal. For most people it is too hard to go through physical withdrawal and handle their life recovery at the same time. Cessation allows a person a few months to get their life back together; the best setting to do this in is a cessation center or rehab.
Once administered into a drug treatment center, the person would be kept comfortable during withdrawal after the last dose of their drug of choice. Once the person is in full withdrawal, the induction of Naltrexone may be started at small doses to make sure the person’s body is ready to take this substance into their system. More may be given once the initial test of a small dose has kicked in and worked. At this point, the person has successfully started opiate cessation. This medication is not a cure for opiate or alcohol addiction. It can only be successful if the person discovers the underlying problems of why their use of opiates or alcohol began. While the person is doing their Naltrexone opiate-antagonist cessation they may greatly benefit from counseling, taking good care of their body, focusing on getting their life back together, and most importantly; finding out what caused their dependence upon narcotic opiates or alcohol in the first place.
At Alternative to Meds Center we help individuals to reduce their dependence upon opiates, alcohol and other drugs. We do this with careful drug taper methods, lab tests to ident what may have led to use of opiates in the first place, stabilizing the neurochemistry using natural substances, and use of nutrients and amino acids designed specifically to restore an addictive biochemistry. To ease opiate withdrawal, our doctor administers Suboxone; a Naltrexone containing medication. Suboxone will substantially relieve withdrawal and keep opiate receptors busy without the person feeling high or drugged. People going through opiate withdrawal will additionally receive endorphin producing nutrients, amino acids, and foods high in protein during this time.
Endorphins are found as the naturally occurring pain relievers of the human body. An opiate mimics actions of endorphins and also causes the body’s natural endorphin production to stop working. So during Naltrexone cessation , once the drug is withdrawn, all the endorphins are gone. Therefore, there are no endorphins to block pain. By using the combination of Suboxone and nutrients that raise endorphins, this makes an opiate withdrawal surprisingly mild. Building the natural pain-killer endorphins with nutrients greatly lessens symptoms of withdrawal, effectively offers relief that is long-lasting and lowers the possibility for future drug relapse.
Learn more about possible underlying causes for initial use of Opiates, and how we effectively use Suboxone in Naltrexone cessation.
Naltrexone opiate cessation is just one part of narcotic and alcohol management. It is used as just one part of an overall structured program that includes other steps and activities towards being drug and/or alcohol free. Other things included in narcotic or alcohol recovery besides cessation may include: talking with a counselor, attending NA (Narcotics Anonymous) or AA (Alcoholics Anonymous), inpatient rehab, outpatient rehab, or other treatment recommended by a doctor, cessation center or rehab.
This opiate-antagonist medication does not produce any feelings of being “high”, and is not supposed to be physically or mentally addictive, and there are usually no withdrawal symptoms from discontinuing use of it. Naltrexone cessation should strictly be used to aid the process of narcotic cessation and alcohol withdrawal. Once a person has metabolized this medication into their system, if they consume an opiate, it will not affect them; it will not get them high because the opiate receptors are blocked. However, it will not completely prevent a person from becoming impaired while consuming alcohol.
The duration of Naltrexone opiate-antagonist cessation for narcotic addiction varies from person to person, however most people will need at least a couple of months in treatment for it to work and stick with them. This drug may also help to curb cravings and eliminate adverse affects of withdrawal. Cravings and painful withdrawal symptoms are the two biggest reasons for relapse during opiate withdrawal. For most people it is too hard to go through physical withdrawal and handle their life recovery at the same time. Cessation allows a person a few months to get their life back together; the best setting to do this in is a cessation center or rehab.
Once administered into a drug treatment center, the person would be kept comfortable during withdrawal after the last dose of their drug of choice. Once the person is in full withdrawal, the induction of Naltrexone may be started at small doses to make sure the person’s body is ready to take this substance into their system. More may be given once the initial test of a small dose has kicked in and worked. At this point, the person has successfully started opiate cessation. This medication is not a cure for opiate or alcohol addiction. It can only be successful if the person discovers the underlying problems of why their use of opiates or alcohol began. While the person is doing their Naltrexone opiate-antagonist cessation they may greatly benefit from counseling, taking good care of their body, focusing on getting their life back together, and most importantly; finding out what caused their dependence upon narcotic opiates or alcohol in the first place.
At Alternative to Meds Center we help individuals to reduce their dependence upon opiates, alcohol and other drugs. We do this with careful drug taper methods, lab tests to ident what may have led to use of opiates in the first place, stabilizing the neurochemistry using natural substances, and use of nutrients and amino acids designed specifically to restore an addictive biochemistry. To ease opiate withdrawal, our doctor administers Suboxone; a Naltrexone containing medication. Suboxone will substantially relieve withdrawal and keep opiate receptors busy without the person feeling high or drugged. People going through opiate withdrawal will additionally receive endorphin producing nutrients, amino acids, and foods high in protein during this time.
Endorphins are found as the naturally occurring pain relievers of the human body. An opiate mimics actions of endorphins and also causes the body’s natural endorphin production to stop working. So during Naltrexone cessation , once the drug is withdrawn, all the endorphins are gone. Therefore, there are no endorphins to block pain. By using the combination of Suboxone and nutrients that raise endorphins, this makes an opiate withdrawal surprisingly mild. Building the natural pain-killer endorphins with nutrients greatly lessens symptoms of withdrawal, effectively offers relief that is long-lasting and lowers the possibility for future drug relapse.
Learn more about possible underlying causes for initial use of Opiates, and how we effectively use Suboxone in Naltrexone cessation.
