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What is the best opiate detox addiction treatment?
What is the best opiate detox addiction treatment?
Opiate Detox Addiction Treatment
In our opinion, hands down, ibogaine is by far the most viable and effective opioid detox addiction treatment tool on the planet, full stop.
You only have flick through a few news channels, turn the leaves of a newspaper, and read about the opioid epidemic. Families are mourning their loved ones daily. In the USA this has been classified as a national emergency. This alone, other than what we see with our own eyes on the streets of America, should give you some indication of just how serious the overuse of opioids (mostly prescribed by doctors) has become in this country. Despite all this, government policy has remained relatively stagnant in relation to this dire problem. This epidemic is very complex, and rather than attempting to address the underlying causes of opioid addiction, most government agencies seem to be focusing on blaming the dealers and the drug users (current drug policy and regulation is not working). This problem has truly hit rock bottom.
The government agencies point the finger at the users and the dealers; however, it is unfair to blame most substance mis users as often it was their recommended, referred-to and trusted physician that prescribed them these opiates in the first place. Physicians prescribing opiates ‘willy nilly’ is a big problem worldwide, in particular though, in the USA. Research into this opioid epidemic has discovered that over half of the opioid addicted cases had origins in physicians over prescribing opiates. This caused the patients to become addicted to opiates. In most cases, doctors prescribe aone month supply of opiates, enough time for the patient to become addicted. They then cut off the supply, forcing the patient to go underground to source opiates. We are not suggesting that the physicians have acted out of malice in any way, they are generally following guidelines and protocols.
With continued usage, it is no secret that opioids become very powerfully addictive, and the user simply cannot break that addiction habit on their own. Many try to no avail. Traditional methods of dealing with opiate addictions are simply not working and their success rates are shockingly low. What makes the matter even worse, is that traditional clinics and addiction centers have an unbelievably low rate of success in treating such addicts. Although, mainly backed up by anecdotal studies and clinics observations, ibogaine, unlike traditional opioid replacement therapies, is a serious contender to put a large dent in the opioid crisis. It does what it says on the tin, it works.
How does an opioid addiction typically start?
When you become addicted to opioids, a rush and overload of naturally produced chemicals, are supplied to the users’ brain and its receptors. As this regular supply of increased chemicals becomes the new normal, a larger amount of those chemicals is necessary for an individual to feel the same kind of feeling of being high. It doesn’t take long, through regular and consistent use, that larger amounts of those chemicals are needed just to help the user feel normal, and it becomes quite impossible for an individual to withdraw to normal levels of those chemical substances on their own, meaning that they will suffer unpleasant withdrawal symptoms.
Ibogaine works totally different to tradition rehab centers, its detox approach is different, its kinder, clients report feelings of well being and have quicker recovery times, and we have noted much higher success rates for abstinence and quality of life afterwards. These places tend to approach opiate addiction treatment very similarly to how they would treat alcoholics or narcotic-drug addicts. Their modus operandi is to prescribe medication that detoxes, sweats out and replaces the opioids and to also keep the client quiet and sedated.
These methodologies are not productive, they rarely have long-lasting benefits to the client wellbeing. Often Heroin addicts are placed on long acting opiates such as Methadone, Buprenorphine, Subutex, which is technically replacing one opioid for another. People just become slaves to opiates prescribed by the system instead. In some cases, this method is exactly what the client needed at the time to get their lives back on track… but it does have many drawbacks. Many clients that consider ibogaine treatment, and who are addicted to prescribed long-acting opiates, are NOT candidates for ibogaine treatment, unless they have switched over to short acting opiates for a pre-determined period of time. We can help you work out a plan.
How your Ibogaine Treatment at Tabula Rasa Retreat will be different?
At Tabula Rasa Retreat’s Ibogaine treatment center, our multi-faceted approach is science-based and ‘observational’, and altogether different from the traditional clinical methods. Each treatment has its data recorded, collected, and analysed. Having conducted extensive research into how Ibogaine works in the brain, we understand how Ibogaine treatment can be used to achieve long-lasting, life changing and effective results. Once Ibogaine is ingested, it attaches itself to those same receptors in the brain, and heals them, along with the associated neurons which have been damaged by long opioid use.
In layman’s terms, these sensors and neurons tend to get reset back to their pre-addicted state, and that provides the individual a window of opportunity for change, a real chance at recovery. An effective Ibogaine treatment will also bypass many of the harsh and nasty withdrawal symptoms associated with opioid withdrawals, thus enabling the recovery to start sooner. Whilst it would be untrue to state that ibogaine cancels out all withdrawals, studies have shown that withdrawal symptoms are reduced between 80% and 98% by using Ibogaine and that the healing process occurs in a matter of days (flood doses) and weeks (slow dosing protocol) rather than over several months or years. The type of opiates being consumed, the length of consumption, what other substances are being taken, physical and psychological state are all factors that influence the withdrawal symptoms.
The reason Ibogaine has achieved such success in addiction treatment, is that it is in part, science-based, a combination of official research studies, anecdotal and observational data, and more importantly based on the hands onexperience of ibogaine treatment providers (many of which have been through ibogaine themselves). It is clear to all those involved, that ibogaine has the potential to treat and heal the underlying causes of addiction, rather than addressing the symptoms presented by addiction, this is revolutionary. If you have a solid plan for your before and after ibogaine treatment you have a good chance of being successful in your recovery journey from addiction.