Don't believe everything you hear - get the facts about methadone
treatment
"Aren't they just getting high at taxpayer's expense?"
"Does methadone really 'eat your bones'?"
"I thought Suboxone meant we wouldn't need methadone anymore "
"Do they have to stay on that stuff forever?"
Methadone is not the "liquid handcuffs"- addiction is the
handcuffs- methadone can be the key to those handcuffs, if it is
used effectively.
Methadone is one tool in opiate treatment. As with any tool, it can
be used or it can be abused. In trying to control opiate addiction,
we need every tool we can get.
LEARN-
Mistaken Beliefs of the General Public
One of the most destructive factors in methadone treatment is the
disdain conveyed by many of our client's families, health care and
social service providers, as well as much of the recovery
community.
Misinformation Addicts tell Each Other
Many of the myths about methadone are perpetuated by the clients
themselves. Some clients are willing to believe whatever they hear
in the parking lot more than from the staff. The clients who use
treatment successfully aren't the ones hanging out in the parking
lot badmouthing the clinic. They are back at work, and they won't
advertise their success, for fear of being shamed about their
choice of treatment.
What Doesn't Work in Methadone Treatment
Some things don't work very well-mostly "old school" ideas like
shaming, or trying to treat the addiction without treating the
psychiatric problems.
What Does Work
There are a lot of effective new ways to help people really change
how to deal with "trigger thoughts," and self destructive beliefs
about themselves and the world, and how to control uncomfortable
emotions like anger, anxiety, and depression. In the last 20 years,
we have learned a lot about how to help people change-
Some Hard Decisions
Some problems in addiction treatment have to do with larger
cultural issues- many addiction problems start with prescriptions
for pain or anxiety. We need to learn, and to teach our kids, that
not everything can be fixed by a pill- -
The Future of Opiate Treatment
It won't be just Suboxone, or just methadone, or just Narcan
patches. In opiate treatment we will need every tool we can get.
Addiction can't be contained by jail, and it won't be ignored. It
will continue to pull down our culture until we acknowledge its
power, and grapple with it in realistic and effective ways.
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