Fentanyl Addiction Treatment in Los Angeles
Fentanyl Addiction Treatment in Los Angeles
Finding the right treatment for your healing journey is crucial. However, despite the unique challenges of fentanyl addiction, there is always help. Thrive Treatment’s dedicated fentanyl addiction treatment in Los Angeles can help you overcome fentanyl abuse, mental health issues, a combination thereof, and more for a transformed daily life.
FENTANYL ADDICTION
Compassionate Care for Opioid Addiction in California
Overcoming any form of substance use disorder and engaging in a dedicated treatment program takes effort and hard work. Thrive Treatment blends evidence-based and professional substance abuse treatment with genuine, compassionate care. Our rehab programs address the person beneath the addiction, tending to personal needs and making adjustments based on your unique needs and goals, rather than addressing surface-level symptoms.
No two journeys in our addiction treatment program are the same. Rather, we meet you where you are with professional care and an accepting atmosphere, fostering a culture that empowers you to explore vulnerabilities while feeling safe, supported, and accepted in our rehab center. Addiction is a disease, and we deconstruct barriers as well as feelings of blame, guilt, and fault to foster a truly supportive and compassionate community in drug rehab.
Who We Help at Thrive Treatment
Our addiction treatment center accepts people from all walks of life, all unified in the solidarity of overcoming addiction. This culture of acceptance enables us to create a treatment plan tailored to your unique needs, experiences, and life goals, while also benefiting from a diverse community.
Addiction is a powerful disease, and there is nobody immune to its effects. Fentanyl can be exceptionally potent, and our treatment facility is prepared to help you or your loved one address its effects, regardless of age, gender, race, socioeconomic status, or any other demographics, uniting under our treatment facility solely on your desire and commitment to sober change.
Our Approach to Healing and Lasting Recovery
We also understand that the journey to overcoming fentanyl is long, stretching beyond just a detoxification program. Our personalized treatment plan involves strategies for lasting, comprehensive change, not just short-term solutions. From strategies to navigate the beginning of your journey to ongoing techniques for managing urges, cravings, and embracing new life skills and communities in sobriety, recovery is a way of life.
We are also always available to help you adjust your strategies and skills throughout your journey to maintain your hard-earned sobriety. Group therapy, sober meetings, and aftercare support are also available to help you not just pursue a life of sobriety, but maintain these changes for lasting change.
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UNDERSTANDING
Understanding Fentanyl Addiction
Addiction of any kind is difficult to address, and approaching healing alongside trained professionals and sympathetic peers is necessary. However, fentanyl can present a myriad of unique challenges that make addressing the drug even more challenging. Understanding these challenges is the first step in overcoming addiction or providing support for a loved one overcoming addiction themselves.
What Makes Fentanyl So Dangerous?
Fentanyl is an incredibly potent synthetic opioid that can be about 100 times more powerful than morphine. While such a powerful drug can be used in healthcare to address severe pain, illicit fentanyl can be just as potent and found without medical supervision, leading to dangerous situations. Its potency can easily lead to opioid overdose, with fentanyl overdose being life-threatening and contributing to the majority of overdose deaths.
This is also because many of those using fentanyl may not even be aware that they are using the drug. Illicit fentanyl can often be cut into other substances to increase their potency and addictive properties, even being found in common drugs like marijuana. Unexpectedly or unknowingly using fentanyl, especially in those who are not prepared for such a powerful drug, can easily lead to overdose.
Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms of Fentanyl Use
Identifying the signs and symptoms of fentanyl use is the first step in recognizing the need for change and professional support. Some of the most common signs of fentanyl use include:
- Constricted pupils
- Sudden feelings of euphoria, often followed by a “crash”
- Mood swings
- Slurred speech
- Compromised motor skills
- Slowed or shallow breathing
- Intense drowsiness
- Feelings of anxiety, confusion, or anger, or shifting between these feelings rapidly
- Paranoia
Those using fentanyl may also withdraw from social events or engage in self-isolation behavior, even from friends and loved ones. Secretive behaviors like locking doors, changes in social groups, inability or unwillingness to tend to personal responsibilities at home, work, or school, or neglect of personal hygiene can also indicate potential drug use.
Recognizing these potential symptoms of fentanyl use is just the first step. Contacting a professional treatment facility like Thrive Treatment to learn more about addiction, the effects of fentanyl, and the treatment options available can help you or your loved one begin the journey to change.
The Risk of Overdose and Other Life-Threatening Effects
Due to fentanyl’s intense potency, overdose is a prevalent risk. Unexpected use of fentanyl, or having fentanyl cut with other substances, can create unexpected effects, profoundly affecting the body and mind and increasing the risk of overdose.
Likewise, fentanyl is a fast-acting drug, quickly impacting a person’s behaviors and decision-making. With it quickly affecting the brain, driving under the influence of the drug can be common and incredibly life-threatening, leading to not only high-risk scenarios for those using the drug but also endangering others.
How Fentanyl Affects the Brain and Body
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that acts as a depressant on the brain and body, slowing down the body’s natural processes such as reaction time and respiratory rate. Slowed reaction times, heart rate, shallow breaths, and other challenges are common as a result of fentanyl use, especially when combined with other drugs or when cut into other drugs without a person’s knowledge.
It also hijacks the brain’s reward pathways, forcing the release of dopamine by binding to opioid receptors, essentially “rewarding” the brain for using the drug, despite its negative consequences. However, over time, the brain can become accustomed to the drug, demanding more of it to achieve the same level of “reward,” resulting in using more of the drug than intended, more often than intended, and increasing its destructive effects and risk of overdose.
Those who have used fentanyl either knowingly or unknowingly can also experience withdrawal symptoms when stopping the use, especially after prolonged use. These symptoms can be exceptionally challenging to overcome. Talking to a behavioral health specialist or addictionologist about potential detox programs is paramount to addressing withdrawal symptoms while exploring individual therapy options, ensuring a safe environment and educated support during this important first step toward change.
How We Treat Fentanyl Addiction
No two journeys overcoming fentanyl addiction will be the same. At Thrive Treatment, we champion the opportunity to explore your unique needs and goals, creating a comprehensive program that combines individual therapy with holistic healing options and a supportive community, helping you pursue your goals in sobriety and beyond.
Evidence-Based and Holistic Treatment Methods
Just as addiction is a comprehensive disease that affects every aspect of daily life, each of our treatment programs is also just as comprehensive. By blending proven, evidence-based therapy sessions with holistic healing options, we treat the person beneath the disease. Some of our holistic healing options include:
- Film therapy
- Art therapy
- Experiential therapeutic options
- Life skills
- Meditation and mindfulness guidance
- Yoga
- Music therapy
- Stress management
We also offer a comprehensive nutritional guidance program, exploring the connection between proper nutrition, physical health, and mental well-being. These programs are just some options, all backed by evidence-based care and varied therapeutic opportunities that make up an effective and comprehensive approach to transformative change in your developing drug-free lifestyle.
Medical Detox and Withdrawal Management Under Supervision
Detox is when withdrawal symptoms can be at their most intense, bringing an array of challenges and difficult symptoms to navigate. Emotional support, combined with medical supervision, during this time is crucial. The body and brain can react in drastic ways upon the sudden cessation of such a potent drug, and managing difficult withdrawal symptoms like nausea, mood swings, vomiting, depression, anxiety, panic, and much more takes both effort and educated support.
Medical detox provides around-the-clock professional supervision and care during this important time, supporting your safety and comfort while overcoming these challenges and empowering you to transition to further levels of care to make the most of your hard work in addiction recovery.
Medication-Assisted Treatment for Fentanyl Addiction
Depending on your needs, goals, and experiences with fentanyl and recovery, medication may help navigate personal challenges. Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for overcoming fentanyl addiction is a way to address challenging withdrawal symptoms while under the supervision of a medical professional. Medications can address specific challenges and provide an additional layer of support for those putting in the hard work in detox or inpatient treatment.
However, while medications like buprenorphine and methadone can provide some support when used under the guidance of a trained medical professional, they are not a replacement for other forms of therapy or hard work. No medication will “fix” addiction without ongoing effort, hard work, adjustments, and commitment to a long-term healing program.
Evidence-Based Therapy Options at Thrive Treatment
Thrive Treatment offers an array of evidence-based therapy options, using proven care and strategies to empower you to take your first, confident step into a drug-free life. These options include:
- Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)
- Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
- Psychoeducation
These proven therapies are designed to provide you with the education and coping skills to lead your own best life, becoming the agent of your own sobriety both inside and outside of our walls. By exploring new perspectives and ideas, you can develop a healthy, drug-free lifestyle that facilitates your continued success in overcoming fentanyl addiction.
CARE
Levels of Care for Fentanyl Addiction
Detox is just the beginning of your journey to overcoming fentanyl addiction. Healing is a process, complete with various levels of care depending on your needs and progress in addressing personal challenges. Thrive Treatment is prepared to work with you as you navigate each level of care while reaching new milestones in your healing journey.
RESIDENTIAL
Residential Treatment for Intensive Support
Inpatient or residential treatment programs are where you live on-site at a dedicated treatment facility, engaging in treatment programs, holistic healing, self-care, and creating a sober routine in daily life. This level of care is best for those who benefit from around-the-clock support, or whose addiction is so intense that there may be unexpected hurdles that may impact sobriety early in the recovery journey.
Practicing new coping strategies and grounding strategies in residential care can ensure that these strategies are well developed before returning to unnecessary stresses or challenges that may affect stress or present unnecessary triggers during this time.
Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)
A less intense level of care than residential treatment, Thrive Treatment offers PHP to aid in the transition between residential care and outpatient treatment, exploring personal needs while taking on responsibilities and stresses outside of a dedicated recovery space.
Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) in Los Angeles
We also offer outpatient treatment options to further support your success in overcoming fentanyl addiction. This option is best for those who have completed a medical detox and residential care program and are balancing their sober lives with personal responsibilities at home or in professional life. Access to treatment options while working or going to school can be instrumental in maintaining sober success and updating personal skills.
Transitional Living Options
Thrive Treatment works closely with The Last House, a dedicated sober transitional living facility that further empowers you to embrace your own agency in healing while staying an integral part of a dedicated recovery community.
Aftercare, Alumni, and Sober Living for Long-Term Recovery
Recovery from fentanyl addiction is an ongoing process, and you are never left alone in this journey. We offer ongoing aftercare support, alumni meetups, support groups, and more to celebrate your ongoing success in recovery. Becoming a part of the recovery community in Los Angeles can be a great way to give back to these communities while continuing to update your own skills and strategies for ongoing success as a sober alumnus.
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FAMILY
Family Involvement and Support
The family can be just as impacted by fentanyl addiction. Thrive Treatment celebrates family therapy options and involvement to encourage healing at home, helping to rebuild trust and healthy communication during a time of change. Feelings of resentment and blame can be difficult to overcome, but dedicated family involvement can be crucial in creating a new life, embracing sympathy, forgiveness, and personal strategies for healing while becoming educated, effective supports.
Dual Diagnosis Treatment at Thrive Treatment
We also offer comprehensive dual diagnosis treatment, helping you address fentanyl addiction alongside the mental health disorders or traumatic experiences that may impact the use of drugs or other addictive substances. Overcoming addiction and mental health needs simultaneously demands a unique and comprehensive approach, and dedicated dual diagnosis treatment can be instrumental in creating an effective and comprehensive treatment plan.
Why Choose Thrive Treatment for Fentanyl Rehab?
Thrive Treatment is just one call away, ready to help you take your first step toward a drug-free life, offering:
- Experienced, compassionate clinical team
- Personalized treatment plans and small client-to-staff ratios
- Safe, healing environments in Santa Monica, Culver City, and Woodland Hills
- Commitment to your long-term well-being
Begin Your Recovery Journey Today
Thrive Treatment provides support across the entire continuum of care, from your first step into detox through ongoing alumni support and aftercare services. With private pay and in-network insurance options, along with trained staff prepared to help you navigate the world of insurance, we are with you every step of the way, so there are no surprises. Whether you are looking for treatment today or searching for more information on addiction for your loved one, we can support your healing journey.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions About Fentanyl Addiction Treatment
Do you offer medical detox for fentanyl withdrawal?
Yes, we do! We offer medical detox to address specific challenges of fentanyl withdrawal, along with transition support as you graduate to new levels of care.
How long does fentanyl addiction treatment last?
Each treatment program is different and will depend on your progress, needs, and experiences. Detox programs last up to about two weeks, and residential programs last up to three months, but both will depend on personal progress and goals. However, outpatient care and support are an ongoing journey, and there is no traditional “end date” to healing from fentanyl addiction.
What happens if I relapse during treatment?
While unfortunate, relapse is possible, but it never marks the end of your healing journey. Rather, talking to a professional, returning to detox, and discussing the skills that work and which ones need further development to prevent relapse in the future is necessary. While some may return to residential treatment, others may continue in outpatient treatment, depending on the situation and your needs.
Can I keep working or studying during outpatient treatment?
Absolutely! Balancing your professional life, academic responsibilities, and ongoing recovery is the major advantage of outpatient treatment, with professionals ready to help you manage your schedule and develop pertinent skills to manage these areas of your life to be successful.
Does Thrive Treatment accept insurance?
Yes, Thrive Treatment works with most major insurance to cover the costs of effective treatment in Los Angeles.
CONTACT
Contact Us Today
Overcoming fentanyl addiction demands a caring, sympathetic, and comprehensive treatment plan. Thrive Treatment offers inclusive, compassionate, and effective fentanyl addiction treatment in Los Angeles, empowering you to not only explore your healing but also embrace our accepting healing community. Learn more at (855) 232-1334.
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INSURANCE
We Work With Most Major Insurance
At Thrive Treatment℠ we accept most private insurance plans and we are in network with Cigna, Optum, First Health, and Anthem Blue Cross. Additional payment options are available so don’t hesitate to give us a call so we can get you the help that you need.
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