Introduction

Drug addiction is a complex but treatable disease. It is characterized by compulsive drug craving, seeking and use that persist despite these serious consequences. For many drug addictions a chronic, with relapses possible even after long periods of abstinence. In fact, relapse to drug abuse occurs at rates similar to those in other well-characterized, chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension and asthma. As a chronic and recurrent, May drug need more treatment episodes before they can be achieved continuous abstinence. Through treatment tailor to individual needs, people with addiction come and lead productive lives.

The ultimate goal of addiction treatment is that the individual to achieve lasting abstinence, but now the goals are to reduce drug use, improve the patient's ability to function, and minimize the medical and social complications of drug abuse and addiction. As people with diabetes or heart disease, people in treatment also have to change their behavior to adopt more healthy lifestyles.

There are many addictive drugs and treatments for specific drugs can differ. The treatment also varies depending on the patient characteristics.

The problems with addiction are a person assigned can vary considerably. People dealing with drugs from all walks of life get addicted. Many suffer from mental health, safety, health or social problems that make their addictive disorders much more difficult to treat. While there are some associated problems, the severity of addiction itself ranges widely among people.

A variety of scientifically based approaches to drug addiction treatment exists. Drug treatment can be behavioral (eg, counseling, cognitive therapy or psychotherapy), medications or a combination thereof. Behavioral therapies offer people strategies to deal with her craving for drugs, teach them ways to avoid drugs and prevent relapse, and help them to deal with relapse if it occurs.

When a person drug-related crime behavior places him or her with an increased risk of AIDS and other infectious diseases, behavioral therapies can help to lower the risk of transmission of diseases. Case management and referral to other medical, psychological and social components are of crucial importance of treatment for most patients. (See section for details on the treatment of various forms of treatment and therapy components.)

The best programs offer a combination of therapies and other services to the needs of individual patients, the questions such as age, race, culture exists, sexual orientation, gender meet, pregnancy, maternity, housing and employment, and physical abuse and sexual.

The treatment, are drugs such as methadone, LAAM, and naltrexone, for the people dependent on opiates available. Nicotine products (patch, gum, nasal spray) and bupropion for people addicted to nicotine available.

Drugs such as antidepressants, mood stabilizers or neuroleptics, may be crucial for treatment success when patients have co-occurring mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder or psychosis.

The treatment can be in a variety of settings that come in many different ways and for different durations. Because addiction is typically a chronic disease characterized by occasional relapses, a short-term treatment time is often not properly marked. For many, the treatment of a lengthy process, which are several steps and tried abstinence.