Medications for Alcohol Addiction
This medication reduces post-acute withdrawal symptoms and helps people stay alcohol-free.
What is Acamprosate (Campral)?
One of the major parts of the session includes learning how to actively participate in these.
What are peer support groups?
This term refers to the use of prescription medications to help address issues related to withdrawal, cravings, and relapse prevention.
What is Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)?
This medication is a partial opioid agonist that relieves withdrawal and drug cravings without producing euphoria.
What is Buprenorphine (Subtex)?
This medication blocks opioid receptors and thus prevents the pleasurable and pain-relieving effects of opioids.
What is Naltrexone?
This medication discourages drinking by making individuals feel sick if they consume alcohol.
What is Disulfiram (Antabuse)?
Finding sponsors, groups, and friends who support this type of treatment is encouraged.
What is Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)?
MAT is often used in combination with these types of therapies to provide comprehensive treatment.
What are behavioral therapy and counseling?
This medication is a slow-acting opioid agonist taken orally.
What is Methadone?
MAT helps in reducing or preventing these, which are often a major trigger for relapse.
What are withdrawal symptoms? (cravings)
During this stage of withdrawal, individuals experience symptoms like anxiety, mood swings, and irritability.
What is post-acute withdrawal?
This type of group is critical for a strong recovery and involves active participation.
What is a Twelve Step group?
Name one benefit of Medication-Assisted Treatment.
What is reducing withdrawal symptoms, reducing or stopping drug cravings, blocking the effects of alcohol or opioids, restoring normal physical health, or promoting psychosocial rehabilitation?
Combining buprenorphine with naloxone in Suboxone discourages individuals from doing this.
What is snorting or injecting the medication?
MAT is part of a comprehensive treatment plan that includes these strategies to help people regain control of their health.
What are behavioral health strategies such as counseling, relapse prevention, and peer support?
This medication can cause sweating, flushing, hyperventilation, nausea, and vomiting if alcohol is consumed.
What is Disulfiram (Antabuse)?
These two famous Twelve Step programs support individuals in recovery from substance use disorders.
What are Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA)?
Addiction is characterized by intense cravings, compulsive drug seeking, and continued use despite negative consequences, due to effects on this organ.
What is the brain?
This extended-release injectable form of naltrexone helps enhance medication compliance.
What is Vivitrol?
Buprenorphine has limited potential for overdose and can be prescribed in this setting.
What is an office setting?
Acamprosate helps avoid the roller coaster of withdrawal symptoms from interfering with recovery by doing this.
What is reducing or preventing post-acute withdrawal symptoms?
MAT in Twelve Step programs helps individuals by integrating medication use with this type of support.
What is peer support?
This federal institute considers addiction a brain disease.
What is the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)?
Naltrexone blocks the euphoric and pleasurable effects of these two substances.
What are alcohol and opioids?
Methadone reduces death rates, drug use, criminal activity, and the spread of this virus.
What is HIV?