Heroin Treatment Program for Women at Balboa Horizons

Heroin Treatment Program for Women at Balboa Horizons
Heroin addiction is a rapidly growing problem among women of all ages. Whether she is the successful career woman looking to manage stress, the young adult looking for a good time or the working mother looking to relieve anxiety, many report being drawn to this potent opiate for its euphoric effects. However, no matter what life situation brought a woman into heroin use, the result is the same-a devastating physical and mental addiction that is highly dangerous and potentially fatal. Common side effects include shallow breathing, lowered heart rate, nausea, itching, constipation, urinary retention, pupil dilation and dry mouth. More serious common occurrences include respiratory arrest, seizure, coma and death.

Heroin is the most potent drug in the opiate family. Almost identical to morphine in chemical structure, the differentiating factor is the addition of an extra acetyl molecule that allows heroin to cross the brain-blood barrier immediately. This eradicates the time-release characteristic of most prescription opiates and causes an intense rush of euphoria exclusive to heroin. The drug may be smoked, snorted, taken orally or injected intravenously. Users prefer the latter method as it increases the rush of euphoria, greatly raising the risk of overdose. Opiate overdose is second only to motor vehicle accidents as the leading cause of accidental death in the United States.

Opiate Pain Med Treatment

The rising popularity of prescription pain medications has made opioid addiction an alarming epidemic. Although heroin has been the long-time favorite among opiate users due to its high potency, prescription medications like vicodan, oxycontin (known to users as “legal heroin”) and the recently developed opana are equally dangerous. What begins as legitimate pain management can quickly progress into full-blown opioid addiction.

As prescription dosages become insufficient, users often utilize alternate methods of consumption including smoking, snorting or intravenous injection, highly raising the risk of overdose or infectious diseases like Hepatitis C or HIV. Many will turn to illegal methods of obtaining stronger opioids like oxycontin and opana and may eventually graduate to more affordable and obtainable street drugs like heroin.

Balboa Horizons has extensive experience treating women suffering from opioid addiction. As many addicts tend to conceal, minimize or rationalize their addictions, we work to break down these barriers to recovery with a caring and holistic approach. We understand that addictions of this type involve a multitude of physical, emotional, legal, financial and social consequences. We are here to personally help clients process the devastation associated with their addictions so that healing can occur and lives may be rebuilt.

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