Prescription Drug Addiction Treatment Shawano WI

Treatment for older patients who have become addicted to medications prescribed for them should not follow the same protocols as treatment of those who became addicts through recreational use of drugs. While some principles of twelve-step programs can be useful, they tend to focus on psychological and emotional pain rather than physical pain.

Shawano County Department Comm Progs
(715) 526-5547
504 Lakeland Road
Shawano, WI
Hotline
(715) 526-3240
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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Maehnowesekiyah Wellness Center
(715) 799-3835
North 2150 Kesaehkahtek Street
Gresham, WI
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment

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Gundersen Lutheran
(608) 269-1588
218 West Main Street
Sparta, WI
Hotline
(608) 775-4344
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Memorial Hospital of Boscobel
(608) 375-6341
205 Parker Street
Boscobel, WI
Hotline
(866) 810-3433
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment, Detoxification
Types of Care
Hospital inpatient, Outpatient

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Menominee Cnty Hlth Human Servs Dept
(715) 799-3861
W3272 Wolf River Road
Keshena, WI
Hotline
(715) 799-3861
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Stockbridge-Munsee Health and Wellness
(715) 793-3000
West 12802 County A
Bowler, WI
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Saint Agnes Hospital
(920) 926-4290
430 East Division Street
Fond Du Lac, WI
Hotline
(920) 926-4290
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment, Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Hospital inpatient, Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Seniors/older adults, Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Men, DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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First Things First
(715) 832-8432
2125 Heights Drive
Eau Claire, WI
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients

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HRC
(715) 392-8216
1500 North 34th Street
Superior, WI
Hotline
(715) 395-2259
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment, Halfway house
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less)
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Prescription Drug Addiction Treatment

Prescription Drug Addiction Treatment for Older Patients

As the population ages and Baby Boomers slide into senior status, misuse of prescription drugs is becoming more and more of a problem. As new drugs are developed to treat the usual problems of aging, older patients can find themselves with an entire pharmacopia to deal with. The issue is compounded by the increase in medical specialization, which means a patient may be seeing—and getting prescriptions from—many different practitioners, most of whom don’t communicate with each other. The result, far too often, is over-medication and sometimes addiction.

Most commonly, people become addicted to pain medications such as Vicodin and OxyContin . If they take the prescribed dosage and the pain persists, it’s easy for them to think they should take another. Elderly patients may also forget that they’ve already taken a dose, a problem that increases as the drug affects their mental abilities.

Holistic Prescription Drug Addiction Treatment

Treatment for older patients who have become addicted to medications prescribed for them should not follow the same protocols as treatment of those who became addicts through recreational use of drugs. While some principles of twelve-step programs can be useful, they tend to focus on psychological and emotional pain rather than physical pain.

Holistic prescription drug addiction treatment can offer patients ways to cope with their ailments without overdosing on painkillers. There...

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