Mission Viejo Anti-Craving Treatment Options for Recovery
Every road to recovery looks different, and treatment will be different for every patient, so if you need more help than counseling and detox alone, consider anti-craving therapy. As more is understood about drug addiction, psychiatrists have developed a group of medications that are effective in helping to treat the cravings and withdrawal symptoms of some addictive disorders. Because the immediate goal during rehab and recovery is to prevent relapse, medications that
can reduce cravings and withdrawal symptoms and help prevent relapse are a wonderful addition to provide patients. These medications can help patients fight addiction to alcohol, opiates, nicotine, and cocaine.
If you or a loved one is fighting addiction and worries that you’ll need more than traditional therapy to stop using, ask our team of Mission Viejo addiction professionals about anti-craving therapy options.
Medications for Anti-Craving Treatment in Mission Viejo
When you seek anti-craving therapy for your drug or alcohol addiction, you give yourself an additional tool in your toolbelt to help you fight your addiction. Our Mission Viejo addiction specialists can help you find the medication that will best work for you and will help you create a treatment plan that includes medication dosing and the subsequent medication schedule. (This is often also called Medication Assisted Treatment, or MAT.)
- Methadone
- Naltrexone
- Buprenorphine
- Suboxone
- Tiapride
- Acamprosate
How Anti-Craving Therapy Helps During Recovery
Anti-craving medications work in different ways to prevent or reduce the risk of relapse by blocking the cues of cravings. Some medications block the receptors associated with the cues of wanting or needing the drug. In contrast, others provide enough of the chemical to fill the receptors but not enough to have the “high” feeling of using. Regardless of how they work or which kind of medication you choose, anti-craving therapy can help you find recovery for good.
Anti-Craving Therapy at Turning Point Treatment Center
Our team of Mission Viejo anti-craving therapy providers, as part of our addiction rehab team, can help you be free of the chains of addiction. Our addiction specialists at Turning Point Treatment Center will help you find the treatment plans that work for you, with or without medications or MAT.