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Drug Addiction Facts

  • Studies indicate that adolescent marijuana use and early use of other illicit drugs make an individual more likely to continue using marijuana in their mid-30s or beyond.
  • Medical examiners in Charleston, West Virginia listed methadone as contributing to 2,992 deaths in 2003, up from 790 in 1999. An estimated 82% of those deaths were listed as accidental, and most deaths involved combinations of methadone with other drugs, particularly prescription benzodiazepines.
  • An overdose of prescription stimulants can be potentially fatal, and can include symptoms such as high or low blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, nausea, panic, rapid breathing, restlessness, vomiting, fatigue, hallucinations, abdominal cramps, aggressiveness, depression, convulsions, tremors or coma.

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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Seniors/Older Adults

Seniors and older adults who have trouble with drug use could possibly have distinctive obstacles they have to conquer during rehab, which rehab professionals within the center they decide to be a part of have to be keen of to ensure a full recovery is possible. So for seniors and older adults, it is prudent to decide on a rehab that is used to helping seniors and older adults deal with the distinctive life and substance abuse problems that these clients face which may include a wider spectrum of solutions including health care and the like.

Self Payment

Self Payment is needed when a person's insurance isn't going to pay for the entire cost of rehabilitation or will only pay for some of it. In these instances, it may appear like a drawback but individuals actually have a great deal of leverage due to the fact they can select whichever center they would like without the limitations from health insurers that so many individuals face. In addition, rehabilitation centers will often offer payment assistance for individuals whose only option is self payment to enable them to get into rehab.

Medicaid

Some rehab facilities will take Medicaid if the individual is unable to self pay or present any other type of private health care insurance. Medicaid may possibly pay for outpatient and short-term rehabilitation inside a limited amount of facilities, and in such cases individuals may wish to investigate the self pay option and come up with up any resources they are able to to pay for a more quality rehabilitation program that will produce better results, such as a long-term residential alcohol and drug rehab center.

Medicare

Medicare recipients can seek rehabilitation at alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs which provide either inpatient or outpatient treatment if the facility is in the network of Medicare-participating providers and with the authorization of their Medicare appointed doctor, who must help in establishing the person's treatment strategy. Inpatient solutions are covered through Medicare Part A, with out of pocket costs being the same as any other kind of hospital stay, and outpatient rehab being covered through Medicare Part B.

  • Community Counseling Center
    Community Counseling Center is located at:

    341 North Main Street
    Cape Girardeau, MO. 63701

    If you would like to contact Community Counseling Center, you can reach them at 573-334-1100.

    Community Counseling Center offers the following treatment services: Seniors/Older Adults
    Payment forms accepted: Self Payment, Medicaid, Medicare

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