Tag: opioids

The Dangers of OxyContin Abuse

November 8, 2023 Avalon Malibu Addiction Prescription Drugs Opioids

OxyContin Rehab Center The road to addiction is one filled with intricate nuances, and each individual’s experience is unique. However, for many people struggling with opioid use, OxyContin has played a key role in their dependency and addiction. Developed and… Read More ›

What Does Pain Management Without Opioids Look Like?

October 26, 2022 Avalon Malibu Staff Drug Addiction

Pain management plays an important part in living life more comfortably if you are experiencing chronic pain. Living with chronic pain can make living a healthy, balanced, and active lifestyle feel impossible. Often, opioids are prescribed for those living with… Read More ›

How the Vivitrol Shot Works in Treating Opioid Dependency

May 6, 2021 Avalon Malibu Staff Treatment Addiction

Over the past twenty years, no drug has seen a higher increase in overdose deaths like opioids. The opioid epidemic killed 49,860 people in the year 2019 alone, with its deadly grip affecting people of all backgrounds and demographics. With its… Read More ›

The Opioid Epidemic

May 28, 2020 Avalon Malibu Treatment Addiction

In recent years there has been a severe increase in the selling and use of opioids. So much so, that it has been deemed a crisis or epidemic because of how fast opioid addiction continues to spread and how many… Read More ›

Is It Ever Safe To Take Opioids?

July 20, 2017 Avalon Malibu Opioids Addiction

The interesting challenge about making a generalization as to whether people should or should not take opioid medications for pain management is that no two people are exactly alike. Many doctors are… Read More ›

Is Acupuncture Helpful For Heroin Addiction?

May 2, 2017 Avalon Malibu Healthy Living QA

If there is any one factor which contributes to the continuation of heroin and opioid addiction, it might be the withdrawals. Symptoms of withdrawals for heroin and opioid addiction are some of the most severe. Body aches to the extreme,… Read More ›

What Do I Do When A Doctor Prescribes Me Opioids After A Surgery And I’m A Recovering Opioid Addict?

May 1, 2017 Avalon Malibu Addiction Prescription Drugs QA

What does a surgeon do when a patient presents their addiction history and there’s no effective alternative treatments available? Such is the conflict coming upon many surgeons today in the face of the opioid epidemic. Addicts in recovery learn how… Read More ›

Who Is Left Uncounted In The Opioid Epidemic? Children

February 14, 2017 Avalon Malibu Addiction

Troubling pictures and videos have gone viral in recent months with the stories of opioid-addicted parents dying and leaving behind their children. One set of photos showed a young boy strapped into his car seat, his parents overdosed and unconscious… Read More ›