Suboxone & Vivitrol Treatment

Suboxone

Suboxone is effective new treatment options for addiction to heroin and prescription narcotic painkillers such as Oxycontin and Vicodinare. Suboxone is a "partial opiate," meaning that it gives the brain something like what it is used to without the dangers associated with "full opiates" such as Heroin, Vicodin, or Methadone. It provides longer-lasting relief and reduce the reliance on daily medication dosages.

Vivitrol Injections

Another new treatment option for addiction to heroin, morphine and opiate painkillers that was recently approved by the FDA consists of monthly injections of a drug called Vivitrol. This drug, known generically as naltrexone, works on the body differently than methadone or buprenorphine. It actually blocks the effects of opioid drugs and reduces the craving to take them.