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Drug Addiction Facts

  • Methadone is a synthetic opiate prescription drug which is used as "maintenance" treatment for heroin and other opiate addiction, because it curbs cravings for opiates and other opioid prescription drugs and also prevents withdrawal from these drugs.
  • Intramuscular heroin injection produces a slightly slower onset of heroin's euphoric feeling, taking approximately 5 to 8 minutes.
  • A many as 40% of college students misusing prescription stimulant drugs use intranasal delivery (snorting).

Addiction-treatment-center.jpgOnce you have decided to make a change and get help for your addiction problem, the next step is to explaore your treatment facility options. Keep in mind that there is no one-size fits all facility. The most effective way to find an appropriate treatment program that meets your particular needs is to speak with an addiction treatment professional who can assess your specific situation and give you various treatment facility options based on your exact needs. We can help you with this. Simply call our Drug Treatment Help-Line at 1-877-683-7818 and you will be connected to an addiction treatment specialist who can help you find the correct treatment program for you.

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Substance Abuse Treatment Services

Substance abuse treatment services are available in a variety of settings along with various rehabilitation lengths and plans to suit the varying demands of clients with any kind of and amount of addiction. With both short and long term and both inpatient and residential programs now being included in many insurance plans, there's no need to put off receiving substance abuse treatment services for anyone who wants it.

Outpatient

Outpatient solutions are on the bottom end of the spectrum of treatment solutions regarding intensity of care, because the individual is able to keep their lifestyle in lots of ways without the commitment of needing to stay in a rehabilitation center while receiving treatment services. Even if this might appear perfect it might not provide the much needed change of atmosphere than a lot of people in recovery require to experience a successful rehab.

ASL or Other Assistance for Hearing Impaired

The hearing impaired can often be prone to alcoholism and drug and alcohol use as a result of challenges their impairment impose on them. While discovery of the problem is often difficult among the hearing impaired, you'll find ASL and also other assistance services available for them when drug abuse treatment is necessary. Apart from ASL, such services can include assistive listening equipment and captioned video resources so that deaf and hearing impaired people are getting the support they require in drug treatment.

Other Languages

In every single city in the U.S. there's someone fighting drug abuse that isn't necessarily fluent in English, who may require treatment in whatever language it is they are fluent in to ensure their needs can be catered to properly while in rehabilitation. Luckily, there are numerous drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs who have counselors on staff who speak other languages to make drug and alcohol treatment the very best experience possible for anyone. Simply look for a high quality drug rehab program and find out if it is feasible to receive rehabilitation in other languages.

Medicaid

Some rehab facilities accept Medicaid if the individual is not able to self pay or present any other form of private health care insurance. Medicaid may possibly pay for outpatient and short-term rehabilitation in a limited amount of centers, and in this case individuals may choose to investigate the self pay alternative and come up with up any resources they are able to to pay for a more quality treatment center that will get better results, say for example a long-term residential drug treatment facility.

Payment Assistance (Check With Facility For Details)

Many drug and alcohol rehab facilities offer payment assistance to help individuals who may not have sufficient money to self pay for treatment or whose health insurance won't supply coverage or total coverage for their stay. By way of example, Sometimes insurance only pays for a short-term center when in actuality a long-term center will be the more ideal choice. To determine what payment assistance may be offered, such as a sliding fee scale, seek advice from the facility for particulars.

  • Circulo de Andromeda
    Circulo de Andromeda is located at:

    3601 14th Street NW
    Washington, DC. 20010

    If you would like to contact Circulo de Andromeda, you can reach them at 202-291-0949.

    Circulo de Andromeda offers the following treatment services: Substance Abuse Treatment Services, Outpatient, Asl Or Other Assistance For Hearing Impaired, Other Languages
    Payment forms accepted: Medicaid, Payment Assistance (Check With Facility For Details)

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