Chemically-assisted detox, replacement therapy, recovery-pharmocotherapy are current buzzwords in addiction treatment. Five years ago these would have been viewed as oxymoronic. Today, our understanding of the brain has advanced the development of more drugs to treat addiction then almost any other health problem. We as a society believe there is a pill for whatever ails [...]
Chemically-assisted detox, replacement therapy, recovery-pharmocotherapy are current buzzwords in addiction treatment. Five years ago these would have been viewed as oxymoronic. Today, our understanding of the brain has advanced the development of more drugs to treat addiction then almost any other health problem. We as a society believe there is a pill for whatever ails [...]
New generation of anti-addiction drugs effective, experts say. Drugs seem to block release of brain chemicals linked to pleasure, excitement. Most rehab programs slow to adopt the use of medication. Federally funded study, COMBINE shows patients receiving both medication and therapy are more likely to stay abstinent. St. Louis, Rehab & Recovery Center, Assisted Recovery [...]
Assisted Recovery Alcholol and Drug Rehab Channel 5 Cover Story on Vivitrol ARCA Midwest (Assisted Recovery Centers of America) is one of the first facilities in St. Louis to offer VIVITROL®, an injectable form of naltrexone, to treat alcohol dependence. With VIVITROL, you don’t have to take medicine for your alcohol dependence every day. That [...]
If there was medication to keep habitual drunk drivers off the road, would you want our courts to include the therapy in a sentence? The Assisted Recovery Centers of America located on Chippewa Avenue in South St. Louis does. It’s where alcoholics and drug abusers go for monthly injections of Vivitrol coupled with counseling. Jamie [...]
Naltrexone Breaks the Cycle of Addiction New hope for alcohol dependence and opiate drug addiction. Naltrexone is one of the first anti-craving medications approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the treatment of alcoholism and opiate addiction. Naltrexone comes in two forms: 1) Vivirol®-an injectable time released form of naltrexone [...]