Actiq is an extremely addictive painkiller. It is made up of fentanyl citrate that you might have heard is one of the latest opiate medications named in the opiate overdose epidemic. Fortunately, there are highly effective methods of Actiq addiction treatment.

Medication Assisted Treatment

Medication assisted treatment is one of the most popular forms of Actiq addiction rehabilitation. It involves using one of several opioid agonist medications in order to keep you from feeling the withdrawal symptoms and counseling to treat the addiction. According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, these medications are:

• Methadone
• Levomethadyl acetate or LAAM
• Buprenorphine
• Suboxone, a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone

When combined with the behavioral changes that counseling brings, this is a highly effective treatment for Actiq addiction and abuse. To find medication assisted treatment, all you have to do is call 800-934-1582(Who Answers?) . We can help.

Maintenance Therapy

According to Medscape, maintenance therapy is a way of replacing opiates like Actiq with other medications such as methadone. This reduces the many of the risk factors of opiate abuse like:

• Secondary infections
• Needle sharing
• HIV
• Drug seeking
• Theft
• Other dangerous behaviors

Methadone and the other maintenance medications also help to treat chronic pain associated with using and abusing Actiq. Once a maintenance schedule is established and you are no longer in danger of relapse, you can remain on the maintenance medications or you can taper off them.

Counseling and Therapy

Counseling and behavioral therapies are an integral part of any Actiq addiction treatment plan. There are several types of counseling including:

• Individual counseling
• Group counseling
• 12 Step Counseling

Among these types of counseling, counselors use a variety of therapies. These therapies are:

• Cognitive behavioral therapy – teaches behavioral pattern recognition and encourages changes in behavior based on good choices rather than negative ones such as using.
• Motivational enhancement therapy – teaches motivation to commit to treatment and seek out recovery.
• 12 step facilitation therapy – introduces you to how 12 step therapy works and helps you find it.
• Contingency management – gives incentives to stay off drugs. These incentives might be tangible or intangible depending on what works best for the person.

Each of these therapies is available on both an inpatient and outpatient basis. Although there are treatment programs with counseling alone, most doctors recommend a combination of medication and treatment.

Alternative Methods

Alternative methods of treatment can consist of different treatments to heal the whole person rather than just treat the addiction. Some alternative methods of addiction treatment are:

• Spiritual counseling
• Herbal medicine
• Traditional Chinese medicine
• Acupuncture
• Physiotherapy
• Aqua therapy

There are many other alternative treatments. Most of traditional treatment centers offer some of the alternative treatment methods to compliment the more accepted approaches.

Finding Actiq Addiction Treatment

To find treatment for an Actiq addiction all you have to do is call 800-934-1582(Who Answers?) . We can help you find the addiction treatment type that you need to beat your addiction.