Heroin Treatment Paducah KY

The heroin addict faces a very harsh withdrawal; the heroin addict becomes dependent on the drug very quickly. Heroin treatment involves detoxification in a medical setting where withdrawal is carefully monitored by concerned health professionals, and analgesic treatments are given to lessen the symptoms or to cope any emergencies that crop up during withdrawal.

Center For Adult Services
(270) 442-7121x327
425 Broadway
Paducah, KY
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(800) 592-3980
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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Paducah Professional Associates
(270) 443-0096
125 South 17th Street
Paducah, KY
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Substance abuse , Methadone Maintenance, Buprenorphine Services
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Driver Training Center of Kentucky Inc
(270) 554-5505
105 Lov-Flo Station West
Paducah, KY
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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DUI/DWI offenders
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ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Western Kentucky Drug and Alcohol
(720) 488-6927
6th and Broadway
Paducah, KY
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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DUI/DWI offenders

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David Harmon and Associates
(502) 896-8006
4010 Dupont Circle
Louisville, KY
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Substance abuse , Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
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Outpatient

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Four Rivers Behavioral Health
(270) 442-9131
425 Broadway St
Paducah, KY
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Substance abuse , Halfway house
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Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
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MASSAC County Mental Health
(618) 524-9368x201
206 West 5th Street
Metropolis, IL
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(618) 524-9368x201
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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Adolescents, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients

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Passages Transitional Housing Program
(270) 737-6449
615 Westport Road
Elizabethtown, KY
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Halfway house

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(859) 431-2225
513 Madison Avenue
Covington, KY
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
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Heroin Treatment

It is very important to get a heroin addict into heroin treatment as quickly as possible. This is due to the speed at which the condition progresses. Also, the sooner one is treated, the more likely there is a greater success rate to kicking the addiction. Conversely, the longer it takes to get treated, the less like it is that the addict will ever recover.

The heroin addict faces a very harsh withdrawal; the heroin addict becomes dependent on the drug very quickly. Heroin treatment involves detoxification in a medical setting where withdrawal is carefully monitored by concerned health professionals, and analgesic treatments are given to lessen the symptoms or to cope any emergencies that crop up during withdrawal.

After the addict is detoxed and drug free, he or she should probably be placed in a long term heroin treatment program so that he or she can move into the next phase of treatment. (Withdrawal is just the first step.)

Methodone for Heroin Treatment

Sometimes the drug methadone is used as a panacea; it is taken orally and acts to suppress withdrawal. Most importantly, it relieves the craving for the drug. It is that craving which causes many addicts to relapse into use. There are other drugs available now which can be used instead of methadone. These other drugs block the not only the brain’s heroin receptors but also receptors of other drugs, so if there is a concurrent addiction to another drug, there is treatment available.

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