Prescription Drug Addiction Treatment Shawnee OK

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.

Absentee Shawnee Tribe
(405) 878-4716x140
2029 South Gordon Cooper Drive
Shawnee, OK
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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MMLD Inc
(405) 601-2307
625 NW 13th Street
Oklahoma City, OK
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Starting Point II Inc
(405) 377-1517
608 Highpoint Drive
Stillwater, OK
Hotline
(405) 377-1517
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Criminal justice clients

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97 MDOS/SGOKH
(580) 481-5205x5376
301 North First Street
Altus AFB, OK
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Outpatient

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New Hope of Mangum
(580) 782-3337
710 East Sutherland Street
Mangum, OK
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Criminal justice clients

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Gateway to Prevention and Recovery
(405) 273-1170
1010 East 45th Street
Shawnee, OK
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Marie Detty Youth and
(580) 250-1406
605 West Gore
Lawton, OK
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders

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Inter Tribal Substance Abuse
(918) 542-5543
101 South Main Street
Miami, OK
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Criminal justice clients

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House of Hope Inc
(918) 786-2930
32300 South 625 Road
Grove, OK
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)

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Eagle Ridge Family Treatment Center
(405) 282-8232
1916 East Perkins Street
Guthrie, OK
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Halfway house
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Residential beds for clients' children
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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