Fentanyl Addiction Treatment Methods in Vancouver, BC by Options Okanagan Treatment Center in Kelowna, British Columbia treating Fentanyl addiction and recovery.
Fentanyl is a powerful opioid narcotic used for treating extremely severe chronic pain. People frequently abuse it because it provides recreational users with very pleasurable feelings when the drug is injected or ingested. If a recreational user wishes to stop using Fentanyl after a short period of abusing the drug, addiction treatment will be necessary. Fentanyl medical treatment or detox helps to cope with all of the physical effects that come with not taking Fentanyl anymore, and it’s the first step towards a comprehensive rehab program for promoting a drug-free and healthy life.
There are legally available oral and injectable forms of Fentanyl in addition to transdermal patches. Usually addicts inject Fentanyl. However, addicts open oral Fentanyl products and transdermal patches as well to ingest Fentanyl solution or gel. Fentanyl is reserved by doctors for patients who have severe pain that can’t be controlled using less powerful medications. Its use is highly regulated. Abusers, however, are able to get Fentanyl in all forms illegally from street drug dealers.
The biological and chemical mechanism in Fentanyl that allows it to relieve severe pain is the same mechanism that causes this drug to be abused by addicts. The recreational and medical effects of Fentanyl, in addition to it possibly resulting in withdrawal symptoms necessitating Fentanyl addiction treatment, come from it being an agent that releases endorphins. Endorphins offer very pleasurable and soothing feelings to the body when it is under stress. The body isn’t able to produce enough endorphins for soothing severe pain by itself, so Fentanyl is used for triggering a quick release of large amounts of endorphins for relieving pain. When there isn’t any pain that needs relief, like when Fentanyl is being used for recreational purposes by addicts, then the result is a very intense feeling of pleasure when Fentanyl makes it way through the bloodstream and into the brain. When addicts talk about “getting high” that is what they are referring to. Technically this intense feeling of happiness and pleasure is referred to as euphoria.
The word “endorphin” comes from the term “endogenous morphine.” This refers to the euphoria-inducing and pain-relieving properties that natural endorphins possess.
Endorphins are released more intensely and quickly by Fentanyl than other powerful opioid analgesics and opiates like heroin and hydrocodone. That makes it even more addictive. When it is withdrawn, this likely causes severe discomfort compared to the effects that other opioids produce. After the body grows accustomed to increased endorphin levels that Fentanyl releases, it isn’t able to function without having Fentanyl or some other agent releasing the same amounts of endorphins. Garbled signals are sent from the brain to the body, since high amounts of endorphins are needed to send coherent messages. However, these endorphin levels are not present anymore when Fentanyl is suddenly withdrawn. That process results in recreational users developing physical addictions to Fentanyl. Fentanyl addiction treatment is required when someone becomes physically addicted to the drug, since even addicts who have the willpower to stop will still suffer discomfort without treatment due to the sudden reduction in levels of endorphins when the person stops taking Fentanyl all of a sudden.
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Options Okanagan Fentanyl Treatment Center
551 Sherrydale Crescent, Kelowna, British Columbia, V1V 2E6
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