Heroin Detox and Addiction Treatment

Professional Heroin Addiction Treatment Supports Long-Term Recovery

If you’re ready for lasting sobriety, it’s essential to find professional help. Icarus Behavioral Health has helped many patients break the harmful cycle of drug abuse by creating evidence-based and holistic treatment plans for our patients.

Each client at our facility receives fully customized treatment programs. For instance, a pregnant woman who comes for treatment would receive the necessary psychotherapy and behavioral care. She’d also have a nutrition program different from others in the treatment center and additional counseling specifically for mothers.

Keep reading to learn about the most important aspects of getting addiction help.

Medical Detoxification to Reduce Cravings and Heroin Withdrawal Symptoms

The journey to recovery starts with a medical detox, a safe place to allow the body to eliminate the heroin while minimizing opioid withdrawal symptoms. Our clinician may prescribe medications to reduce anxiety, treat pain during withdrawal, and prevent complications.

Medical detox helps you become stable and reduces the risk of relapse. It’s the first step in preparing for a lifetime of sobriety. The Icarus Idaho team will monitor your well-being to help you end your addiction to habit-forming drugs.

Medication-Assisted Treatment for Ending Heroin Use

Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is an evidence-based method combining behavioral counseling and FDA-approved medications. The medications target the same opioid receptors as heroin to reduce cravings and reset the brain to its usual state. It’s a very effective approach for patients ready to leave heroin addiction or alcohol abuse behind them.

Methadone Treatment for Heroin

Methadone is a full opioid agonist relied on in many MAT programs. It helps treat pain and manage withdrawal symptoms in people in heroin recovery.

Methadone helps stabilize clients as they begin therapies and is especially effective for people with a history of injecting drugs. When taken under medical supervision, methadone treatment reduces the desire to use heroin.

Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

Buprenorphine is a partial opiate agonist, activating the opioid receptors a bit less than full agonists like heroin. Buprenorphine is very effective for reducing cravings and withdrawal symptoms without producing the same euphoria as heroin or street opioids.

Suboxone Treatment for Ending Heroin Abuse

Suboxone contains two medications – buprenorphine and naloxone, an opioid antagonist that can cause nausea and vomiting if misused.

Suboxone blends a partial opioid agonist with an opioid blocker. The naloxone helps people avoid misuse, especially for those who inject opioids, and the buprenorphine relieves cravings and other symptoms.

Counseling and Ongoing Treatment for Opioids or Other Drugs

The Icarus Idaho team knows that counseling to discover the reasons behind the addiction is just as important as managing withdrawal symptoms and prescribing partial opioid agonist medication. These treatment aspects all work together to make long-term changes.

Some of the likely therapies you might experience include:

• Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT)
• Motivational interviewing (MI)
• Narrative therapy
• Trauma therapy
• Art, music, or movement therapy
• Life skills training to master new coping skills

Ongoing treatment at Icarus Idaho means learning healthy habits, inpatient or group therapies, family support, and behavioral strategies. Our team of licensed counselors works with each patient regularly to help them discover and change what caused the addiction and then create coping strategies to avoid future use.

Relapse Prevention Planning

Recovery doesn’t end when you leave the treatment center. Relapse prevention planning, or aftercare planning, is essential to a treatment program. In the weeks before program graduation, our counselors and therapists help clients recognize their triggers, develop new coping skills, and build a positive support network.

Some relapse prevention plans will also include tools like continuing medications, therapy, and case management, depending on the individual’s relapse risk.

It’s also important to understand that those newly out of treatment are at a heightened risk of overdose if they don’t take care to prevent relapse. That’s because they may use the same amount as before treatment. Their bodies can no longer tolerate that amount, causing the overdose.

Insurance Covers the Costs of Alcohol and Drug Detox and Recovery

Many patients don’t realize that group or private health insurance plans provide mental health coverage, including detox and recovery. Some of the covered services include the following:

• Medical detox and managing withdrawal symptoms
• MAT, including the prescribed methadone or buprenorphine
• Psychotherapy and behavioral therapies
• Outpatient or inpatient treatment for heroin use
• Individual, group, and family counseling sessions

You don’t need to go through the hassle of calling your insurance. Our admissions team will gladly review your insurance policy and obtain any pre-authorizations. Their goal is to help you get the most treatment benefits allowable for the lowest cost.