Pain Management and Addiction
Pain managment is necessary for people suffering from injuries and chronic pain. Effective pain managment often requires powerful pain killers. For people in pain, addiction to opiate pain medications is a real risk. Pain management drugs such as OxyContin, Percocet, Percodan, OxyCodone, Morphine, Codeine and Vicodin are called opiates. These pain medications can cause strong cravings that make quitting exceptionally difficult, especially if a person still suffers from the pain the drugs are intended to ease.
Schick Shadel Hospital’s pain management program can help with the use of Buprenorphine. Schick has helped people break their addictions to opiates for years using aversion therapy. Now Schick Shadel can make the detoxification process even easier and the withdrawal period more comfortable because of the drug Buprenorphine. Contact a Schick Shadel counselor to learn more about Buprenorphine.
