Facts
- Treatment for alcoholism may lead to a reduced need for future health care services and can also reduce overall medical costs.
- Specific needs of individuals seeking treatment at a drug rehab may include factors such as age, race, culture, sexual orientation, gender, pregnancy, other drug use, comorbid conditions (e.g., depression, HIV), parenting, housing, and employment, as well as physical and sexual abuse history.
- It is very common for an individual who is discontinuing any of the short-acting benzodiazepines might experience some sense of anxiety and some withdrawal insomnia after discontinuation.
- Vicodin withdrawal symptoms can include cold sweats, diarrhea, insomnia, muscle pain and bone pain, restlessness, involuntary leg movements, vomiting and nausea, severe stomach cramps, excessive sweating, chills, goose bumps, dilated pupils, runny nose and eyes, depression and loss of appetite.
Burke, SD. - Native American Or Alaska Native LanguagesThere are specialized drug treatment programs that offer their services in Native American or Alaska native languages. These treatment programs offer the same quality treatment to all their clients while also offering all counseling/therapy, questionnaires, enrollment documents and educational materials in the client's native language. The staff at the drug rehab facility will likely be bilingual and able to communicate in English or their Native American or Alaska native languages. The overall goal of all treatment programs is to return the client to their friends, family and community drug-free and able to stand on their own two feet. Recovery from drug or alcohol addiction is a difficult journey, but one that will change the addicts life in ways they cannot imagine until they experience lasting sobriety.