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Drug rehab program for oxycontin addiction

The power painkiller OxyContin is being abused by more and more people across the nation. The heroin-like effects of the drug attract both legitimate and illegitimate users.

When used properly, OxyContin contains a time-release mechanism that spreads the release of the drug over a 12-hour period. The time-release mechanism can be circumvented by crushing the tablet and the drug can be used in one of the following ways:

• The tablets can be chewed

• The tablets can be crushed, then snorted like cocaine

• The tablets can be crushed, dissolved in water, then injected like heroin

OxyContin abuse is spreading for a variety of reasons. First, the elevated opiate dosage makes it highly addictive. Second, in contrast to drugs such as cocaine or heroin that can be laced with other substances, with OxyContin you know how much of the drug you are getting; the dosage is consistent, so it is a dependable high. Finally, OxyContin is covered by most health insurance plans, so it is significantly cheaper than street drugs. (OxyContin has been referred to as "hillbilly heroin" or "the poor man's heroin.")

The drug rehabilitation technology used by Narconon has been able to eradicate the major damage in persons who have been on oxycontin as well as make further addiction unnecessary and unwanted.

This is exact technology which not only gets a person painlessly off drugs but handles their physical and mental effects and helps them get back in control of their lives.

Workable solutions have been developed in the Narconon program that enable a person not only to cease oxycontin use, but to reach and eradicate the root causes which started him or her down that dark road.

Oxycontin can exact a dreadful price from the user should he ever try to quit.

What is called withdrawal symptoms set in. These are the physical and mental reactions to no longer taking oxycontin. They are ghastly. These withdrawal symptoms are so wretched and violent that very often an addict will stay addicted to avoid confronting the pain and agony of withdrawal.

As this has been a major problem in securing a person's willingness to come off oxycontin, considerable time and efforts have been spent to developed a program- without the use of any drugs substitute- that would enable a person to make it off oxycontin without experiencing such painful withdrawal symptoms.

Although most persons can do the Narconon withdrawal program, there are certain enrollment restrictions which exist. For example, in cases where a person currently addicted to oxycontin wants to come off drugs, but it is found he has also taken lithium, the person will be refer to medical authorities for drug detoxification.

The person must always give a drug history and be given an examination by a qualified doctor and receive medical approval to do the Narconon withdrawal program. 24 hours supervision and care during the withdrawal program.

After the withdrawal step he will start on his next step than will do the New Life Detoxification program which will get him rid of all the oxycontin residuals accumulated in his fat tissues and cells. That will complete his detoxification .

Drug rehabilitation is a multi-phase, multi-faceted, long term process. Detoxification is only the first step on the road of addiction treatment. Physical detoxification alone is not sufficient to change the patters of a drug addict. Recovery from addiction involves an extended process . So after the detoxification steps the person will be re-habilitate. This program is based on a social education approach. The person is provided with knowledge on how to change his life and how to live comfortably without oxycontin.

During that rehabilitation step the addict will be giving the tools, with the help of a series of life skills courses, to recognize and fix situations in his/her life that are not optimum and could bring him/her back to oxycontin use.