A study supported by NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) conducted by Thomas Kosten, M.D., of Baylor College of Medicine, “Cocaine Vaccine for the Treatment of Cocaine Dependence in Methadone-Maintained Patients: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Efficacy Trial” published this October by the Archives of General Psychiatry claimed that an experimental anti-cocaine vaccine resulted in a reduction in cocaine use in 38 percent of the people in the trial that were vaccinated. NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkaw said, “The results of this study represent a promising step toward an effective medical treatment for cocaine addiction.”
Many experienced drug rehab professionals are not enthused about the prospect of a new “wonder drug” that will treat cocaine addiction with any success. “It is just history repeating itself in regard to drug addiction,” said one Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor in Oklahoma. “In the 1800’s heroin was invented and promoted to treat morphine and opium addiction. Morphine addicts became heroin addicts. Methadone, developed by the Nazi’s during World War II, was promoted as a cure to treat heroin addiction in the early 1970’s. Subsequently heroin addicts became methadone addicts. Then came suboxone to treat methadone addiction leading to methadone users getting hooked on suboxone and so the story goes. Developing new drugs to treat drug addiction has not worked, history tells us that.”
It is well known that a large portion of the addiction treatment industry has settled on substitute medications as a means to prevent addicts from falling back into their unhealthy lifestyle. According to one drug rehab professional, “The problem with this approach is that it does not help the individual discover and deal with the initial problems that lead them in the direction of drug addiction in the first place. We have found that the solution to solving addiction is to help the person rehabilitate themselves as opposed to ‘treating’ the symptoms of drug addiction for an indefinite and ongoing period of time.”
An effective and successful rehabilitation program we refer our clients to uses a thorough biophysical detoxification program followed by counseling and life skills training to bring about recovery from addiction. Drug replacement–one drug used to replace another drug—is NOT used, so when a person completes this rehab program they are completely drug-free. The length of this program varies from person to person, but on the average it takes three to five months. It therefore meets most long-term rehab requirements of the courts in cases of requests for alternative sentencing to rehab in preference to the addict doing jail time.
If someone you know is struggling with an addiction to drugs or alcohol and you want to help them achieve lasting recovery, please contact us on our toll-free Addiction Helpline at 877-873-8532, or through this website at www.drug-addiction-rehab.net.
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