The Buffalo Drug Treatment Centers Drug Addiction Outreach Programs in Buffalo, NY Are Expanding to Include Medical Maintenance

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Oct. 14, 2015 - PRLog -- According to Marketwatch's recent estimates, there are approximately 2.7 million people with opioid dependence in the U.S. Approximately 20 percent of this population is addicted to illicit opioids, such as heroin, and the other 80 percent to prescription opioids, such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, methadone, hydromorphone and codeine. Before the year 2000, medication-assisted therapies for opioid dependence had been sanctioned to a limited number of facilities in the U.S.

There is an abundance of Americans currently suffering from this powerful addiction. The Buffalo Drug Treatment Centers work diligently to treat the effects of prescription drug addiction in their community through modern proven effective therapies. However, prescription drug abuse is pervasive and often goes untreated due to the stigma of addiction. The U.S. government is now recognizing the magnitude of the prescription drug problem at hand and is actively working with treatment professionals to spread awareness about available addiction treatment services. Medical maintenance programs, and medically supervised detox programs that offer treatment medications such as Suboxone and Methadone, are quite effective in minimizing the withdrawal symptoms that can sometimes discourage individuals from seeking treatment.

The staff at Buffalo Drug Treatment Centers is promoting success stories from these treatment models in order to raise awareness about the disease and the treatment.

“The new medicines available have really had an impact on the success of drug and alcohol treatment in Buffalo, NY,” Buffalo Drug Treatment Centers' addiction counselors tell us. “Prescription drugs are notoriously hard to break free from, but when you have the option of choosing a drug like Suboxone to support cessation, the opiate addict has the ability to slowly withdraw from the drug without the pain and flu-like symptoms he or she would experience without it. Unlike at-home detox attempts or unstructured treatment programs, the use of approved treatment drugs under the medical supervision of clinical nurses and doctors allows for patients to slowly taper off their drug of abuse. The drug treatment professionals supervising drug and alcohol detox ensure safety and comfort during an otherwise uncomfortable time. This process makes breaking the physical addiction to drugs easier and creates a healthy path for beginning therapy to break the mental dependence."

Buffalo Drug Treatment Centers
300 International Dr #100
Buffalo, NY 14221
(716) 408-1525
http://www.BuffaloDrugTreatmentCenters.com

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