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Are there effective treatments for opiate dependence?

April 26, 2017dependence effective opiate treatments

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Are there effective treatments for opiate dependence?

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Yes. There are highly effective treatments for opiate dependence. Treatments for substance dependence are just as good as for treatments for any other chronic medical disorder such as diabetes or heart disease. Most substance treatment programs rely on a combination of psychological and biological treatments. Psychological treatments include individual substance counseling, group substance counseling, AA/NA, relapse prevention, and motivational interviewing. Biological treatments include naltrexone, buprenorphine, and methadone.