Recovery from Vicodin Addiction

People commonly enter drug treatment because of opiates. This is a broad class of drugs including heroin, opium, morphine, Oxycontin, Vicodin, Percocet and many other prescription drugs. The one we’ll talk most about here is Vicodin, because it is the most common of prescription drug addictions. Vicodin addiction is likely common because they are the weakest class of prescription opiates and thus the most commonly prescribed by doctors.

Vicodin addiction treatment starts with Vicodin detox
Vicodin detox is the first step to cleansing the body of addictive opiates. The withdrawal symptoms from any prescription drug addiction are intense, but especially so for Vicodin. That’s why it’s best to undergo Vicodin detox in a professional medical setting, where doctors can monitor your progress and even administer medications to smooth your body’s painful reactions.

Now you’re probably thinking, “How can you start treating a prescription drug addiction with a doctor prescribing more drugs?” Well, the doctor isn’t actually handing you any pills and telling you to take them at certain times throughout the day. Medications during a Vicodin detox are handled the same way they are in a hospital: a doctor or nurse administers the medications as they see necessary.

Treatment for a prescription drug addiction
Sober Pacific Living is affiliated with a world-class rehab facility in Orange County, California, which offers comprehensive treatment for Vicodin addiction. Not only will patients receive top-notch treatment for prescription drug addiction, but they’ll also receive holistic and alternative therapies that they can’t receive at other rehabs.

Many people have recovered from their prescription drug addiction by attending this holistic rehab. Nowhere else can you receive Vicodin addiction treatment while attending horseback riding lessons or art therapy. Our affiliated drug rehab has such success in using these methods that we find patients continue on with some of these activities even after they leave rehab and join our sober living home.