Opiate Addiction

Opiate addiction is an addiction to a drug derived from the opium plant. Some of the most common types of opiates abused are morphine, heroin and codeine. Opiate addiction leads to dysfunctions in the central nervous system and a physical dependence on the drug.

Opiate Addiction Treatment

While opiate addiction is very harmful and treatment is essential, it is extremely difficult and dangerous to try to stop using opiates on one's own. Painful and serious drug withdrawal symptoms can occur, almost always causing relapse.  To avoid this, it is important to seek help from a professional opiate addiction treatment facility with its own medically supervised drug detox program. This type of addiction treatment can help ease the pain of withdrawal and help increase your chances of making a successful recovery.

Achieve Opiate Addiction Recovery at Lakeview

Lakeview Health Systems is a dual diagnosis and drug and alcohol addiction treatment center. We provide a full range of services designed to help people achieve lasting recovery from opiate addiction.

• Drug detox programs for medically-supervised withdrawal management. Our physicians monitor patients' health and can dispense medications to help minimize withdrawal symptoms.
• Drug rehab programs, customized for each person's unique recovery needs. Components of opiate addiction treatment include individual, group and family therapies, recreation, educational classes, nutritional counseling and more.
• Dual Diagnosis programs for people who have an opiate addiction in addition to a mental health problem such as anxiety, depression, an eating disorder or post traumatic stress disorder.

Call Lakeview Health Now for Addiction Treatment Information

Lakeview Health Systems is a dual diagnosis and drug and alcohol addiction treatment center. Our physicians are all board certified in their medical specialty and have been certified by A.S.A.M. (Addiction Society of Addiction Medicine) to specialize in addiction medicine. We adhere to strict standards of excellence in all the areas we treat. If you or someone you love has an opiate addiction, call Lakeview Health now, toll-free at 1-800-231-2950 to learn more about our drug addiction treatment programs. All calls are completely confidential and our counselors are available to assist you 24 hours a day.