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Opiate Detox
Statistics about Opiate Detox
The problem of opium addiction has been around in some form since approximately 4000 BC. Societies from ancient Egypt to modern America have had to grapple with the impact of opiate addiction, and trends show that opioid use and abuse in the US has increased substantially since the late 1980s, when cocaine, marijuana, and crack were considered by and large the most dangerous drugs to our society.
Two landmark events have paved the way to our current opium problem. First, drug makers have been able to put together semi-synthetic variants of opium, such as OxyContin (active ingredient oxycodone) and Vicodin (active ingredient hydrocodone and acetaminophen) to treat post-operative pain and stress. Second, the baby-boom generation -- born roughly from 1945 to 1963 -- is now aging, and as this large segment of our society reaches the age at which medical treatments become more prevalent, doctors will be called upon to prescribe diverse and abundant painkiller narcotics.
Many opiate detox techniques have evolved over the years. So-called "cold turkey" gets its name from the goose bumps which form on the arms of opiate addicts going through withdrawal. Methadone clinics offer a "safer" opiate to substitute for more dangerous drugs like morphine and heroin.
Opiate detox under anesthesia is a newer treatment method, in which a patient is weaned off the drug while unconscious. Finally, buprenorphine therapy has become hugely popular over the past decade, thanks to many endorsements by major physicians and doctors associations.
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