Heroin Treatment Centers Philadelphia PA

Heroin treatment centers around the U.S. are available for those looking to recover from the drug and live a clean and sober life. Though many drugs are highly addictive, few are as difficult to detox from as is heroin. Heroin treatment centers employ a variety of treatment methods and highly trained professionals to help recovering addicts wean themselves from the physical addiction of the drug, learn about the emotional or mental behaviors that enabled them to become addicted to the drug, as well as learn to live a life free from the addiction.

North Philadelphia Health System DDFI
(215) 787-2193
8 Street And Girard Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Hospital inpatient, Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Spanish

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North Philadelphia Health Systems
(215) 787-2131
8TH Street And Girard Ave 11 Floor
Philadelphia, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Women, Men
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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Congreso de Latinos
(215) 763-8870x1001
216 West Somerset Street
Philadelphia, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Men, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Spanish

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Casa De ConseJeria Drug And Alcohol Co
(215) 634-3259
213 West Allegheny Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Women, Men, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Spanish

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Riverside Care Inc
(215) 226-1666
1007 West Lehigh Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with HIV/AIDS, Women, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Khmer, Spanish

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Asociacion De Puertorriquenos En March
(267) 296-7200
2143 N 6th Street
Philadelphia, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
Spanish

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Girard Medical Center
(215) 787-2000x2079
8th and Girard Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
Hotline
(215) 787-2000
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Methadone Maintenance
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
Spanish

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Kensington Hospital
(215) 426-8100x6019
136 West Diamond Street
Philadelphia, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification
Types of Care
Hospital inpatient, Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Women
Language Services
Spanish

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New Journeys in Recovery
(215) 634-6400
2927 North 5th Street
Philadelphia, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
Spanish

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Achievement Through Counseling and Trt
(215) 236-0100
1745 North 4th Street
Philadelphia, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Methadone Maintenance
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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Heroin Treatment Centers

Heroin Treatment Centers Throughout the Country Offer Recovering Addicts, Families Hope

Heroin treatment centers around the U.S. are available for those looking to recover from the drug and live a clean and sober life. Though many drugs are highly addictive, few are as difficult to detox from as is heroin. Heroin treatment centers employ a variety of treatment methods and highly trained professionals to help recovering addicts wean themselves from the physical addiction of the drug, learn about the emotional or mental behaviors that enabled them to become addicted to the drug, as well as learn to live a life free from the addiction.

Through methadone, a prescription detox treatment used at many heroin treatment centers, recovering addicts do not have nearly as severe physical withdrawal symptoms as they would have if no prescription detox help was available.

 Heroin Treatment Centers Recognize the Highly Addictive Properties of Heroin

Heroin is so difficult a drug to stop taking because of the very nature of the drug itself. By augmenting naturally occurring euphoric hormones in the brain, heroin, a semi-synthetic opiod drug, makes the user feel pleasure and heightened good feelings. Eventually, because the brain recognizes that these pleasure hormones are being introduced into the brain rather than made by the body itself, the body stops producing its own hormones. The addict then must shoot up heroin in order to feel better or even just to feel normal.

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