Morphine Addiction and Abuse

Are you or your loved one addicted to morphine? Will you or your loved one really get better? What are the chances of you relapsing? Are you really committed to such a program? These are the realities you will be faced when you put your own money or someone else’s up to get you into a Morphine rehab center. But, the help we will give doesn’t end there.

Morphine Addiction

Morphine is an opioid pain medication, designed to treat severe pain in patients. It can be taken in short-term or long-term cases of pain. However, it is not used for treating pain after surgery unless you were taking morphine before the surgery. The problem for morphine lies in the serious or life-threatening breathing problems it can cause you. But, there are many more problems you will find.

In the modern world, you may find that morphine goes by a variety of nicknames including Duramorph, M, Miss Emma, and Monkey. These are names you should stay away from when or if offered the drug.

If you have been taking this drug under one of its many names and/or experiencing any side effects from it, you need to seek help. Call us now and we will find the right treatment facility for you. About 70% of morphine is used to make other opioids such as hydromorphone, oxycodone, heroin, and methadone.

Signs of Morphine Use

If you believed that a loved one may be addicted to morphine look for pill bottle or syringes (Morphine can also come in liquid form).  The following medicines contain morphine:

• AVINza
• Kadian
• Kadian ER
• Morphabond
• MS Contin
• Oramorph SR
• Roxanol
• Roxanol-T

Side Effects of Morphine

Morphine abuse most often occurs because the abuser wants to numb their pain, whether emotional or physical. You might also abuse prescribed drugs because it is cheaper than heroin and will lower your inhibitions. If you have abuse Morphine, we can help you find the right Morphine treatment facility to help you stop your addiction once and for all.

Short-term Effects of Morphine

• In the short-term, you can experience a whole gambit of them.
• You might feel constipated.
• You could have a decline in your eating habits.
• You might experiencing difficulty breathing and fatigue.
• You could have a reduced sex drive and find your weight declining.
• Your Methadone abuse might give you an irregular heartbeat and cause you to hallucinate in a confused state.

Long-Term Effects of Morphine

• You will not be able to live a day without administering it into your body.
• Morphine will bring damage not only to your bones and blood, but your brain too.
• You ill feel depressed and emotionally unstable while your face begins to flush and itch.
• Your muscles will be affected by your Morphine addiction too as they are in pain and maybe even paralyzed.
• The most brutal would be an effect of Morphine on your heart and perhaps even death, resulting from using it.

Overdose Symptoms of Morphine

• could start breathing slowly.
• Your heart might beat slower.
• Your exhaustion might increase into drowsiness.
• Your muscles will become weak.
• Your skin might become cold and clammy while your pupils become pinpoint. All this with the risk of you fainting.
• Yet, you can experience many more worse effects of the drug.
• Morphine addicts take the risk of their fingernails and lips becoming blue.
• You might take an unsuccessful gamble that results in you at the hospital in a coma.
• Important for you to note are the possible seizures associated with Morphine addiction.
• You also might find spasms develop in your stomach with the end result of you vomiting. Nausea might occur and constipation might be a problem for you, if you try to use the bathroom.

Again, if someone is experiencing these symptoms after taking a high dosage of Morphine, it’s important to call 911.

Morphine Withdrawal

Morphine abusers may experience a very painful withdrawal process. If you were a long-term addict, you will begin to experience some unwanted side effects from the drug.

• Your abdomen might begin to cramp.
• Your mood might shift from being anxious, confused and to angry.
• Your concentration might decline and further lapse into dizziness and fatigue.
• You might begin finding yourself in a trance-like state as you depersonalize yourself and start crying while you’re depressed.
• Your hormones might become unbalanced and your blood pressure might increase.
• Your muscles could begin to start aching.
• You might experience panic attacks, if your anxiety from the drug becomes very bad.
• You might end up becoming suicidal or sleepless.
• Worst of all, your heart might become out of control with excessive heart beats.

Morphine Detox

For Morphine abusers to go through drug detoxification treatment, they must first decide to quit. You will find that might be the toughest step to getting clean. While it is simple to get addicted, it is decidedly more difficult to get off of your Morphine addiction. With your brain’s pain receptors numbed, you will not want to get off of your high. But, you must begin to consider what morphine detoxification can do for you. It will give you the freedom to live your life again, and do the things you’ve always wanted to do. But, it is not a consequence-free decision. You will experience any number of side effects while you work towards ridding your body of morphine.

• You might develop cravings for the drug.
• Your anxiety might increase and result in depression.
• Your body could start to excessively sweat and your muscles might cramp or twitch.
• You might not want to eat, but still have diarrhea and vomiting.
• Worst of all, the Morphine addict might not be able to sleep.

Morphine Treatment and Rehab

To find the right Morphine rehab center, you first must acknowledge you have a problem. That is the toughest part for most Morphine addicts. You might not want or wish to acknowledge such a problem exists. But, if you are willing to seek help, we will be right there by the phone waiting for your call. We will be there to guide you through your endeavor.  You will then find the help you need at the destination you choose.

You will be presented with a range of treatment options at one of our facilities. Most often than not, there will be a few regular plans you can prepare for. One is the detoxification treatment, which is designed to help Morphine addicts get off of drugs with the help of other drugs like Methadone or Naltrexone and possible 24 hour medical oversight.

The other option you can expect is short-term or long-term residential treatment. This option invites the Morphine addict to a rehab facility that runs anywhere from 6 weeks to 12 months and focuses on providing the abuser with a communal setting focused on returning the person back to their daily life. Such a facility might include a 12-step program as well.

Additionally, we can help you decide on some of the activities and therapies offered including group therapy sessions and the individual counseling and therapy.

Rehab Treatment Process

• Step 1: Intake-When you arrive at your facility you will be assessed by the medical professionals to determine your treatment through detox, as well as your rehabilitation program.
• Step 2: Detox-After your assessment or intake you will be taken to your room where you can rest and be monitored while you go through the withdrawal of your drug use. Detox can range from 1 day to a week, depending on the drug of choice and the user.
• Step 3: Rehab-After you finish detox you will be ready to begin your addiction treatment, which can range from a variety of different options. This is when you will be able to meet others, attend lectures, participate in group or individual counseling, and learn the tools you need to stay clean.
• Step 4: Aftercare-When your time at the facility is over, you will have to go back to your life. This can be a challenge for a lot of people, but part of your treatment includes aftercare. This is usually outpatient counseling in a group or individualized setting, where you are slowly introduced back to your life and responsibilities.

Addressing Morphine Addiction

It will be difficult for you or your loved one to accept they have an illness: you are addicted to morphine. You or your loved one might not want to recognize the Morphine addiction you have. If called on it, you might get angry that your loved ones recognize your lack of action to fix your addiction. Most of all, you or your loved one might push your family away because you are unwilling to accept the truth and that’s the worst of all. We will make sure that doesn’t happen.

Coming to Terms with Your Morphine Addiction

The biggest challenge you, the Morphine abuser, will face is self-acceptance. You need to realize that you have a problem and there is no way out of it outside of getting help. You will need to find the strength to go on once more. You must absolutely love yourself enough once more to seek help. It won’t be easy. Seeking our help to find you help is never easy. However, it might save your life, and give you the chance to live the life you always dreamed of.

Helping a Friend or Family Member Address Their Morphine Addiction

The hardest thing you will do in your life will be to seek help for your loved one with a Morphine addiction. Finding help for someone with a Morphine addiction will begin at education. You will need to become knowledgeable on what your loved one’s addiction is and how best to stop it once and for all.

Once you are educated, you will need to begin the process of confronting the person. This can be done alone or with a group of that person’s family and friends. Either choice will offer a different set of challenges for you. You will want to first ask the simple question: are you a Morphine addict?

It’s important you give them the chance to acknowledge if they have a problem. They might just be waiting for the right person to come and counsel them. You will need to make sure your loved one knows you are there to help and that you want them to take care of their own health and safety. You want them to feel supported in this decision. Either way you do it, they need to get help right away.

The other option is doing and intervention with a group of people. This will require an agreed upon time for all the participants and that the abuser not be aware of the intervention. That won’t be an easy thing to do as many of the participants might feel tempted to alert others to the intervention. Once everyone is in agreement on the date and confidentiality, you then make them confront their addiction.

You may find them not very cooperative or in denial. Yet, you need to get them to understand they have a grave problem and they need to seek help. That’s the most important task. Each person should go around, and let the Morphine abuser know how much they are loved and cared for. Once they see how loved they are and cared for, you will see the end result: they will seek help.

This is where we come in. We will help you find the right place to send your loved on. Don’t worry. We will walk you through all the different options, and make sure you have a Morphine treatment facility that not only fits your needs but also your comfort level.

Do:

• Let them know you are aware of their problem
• Let them know that you care, and want to help
• Tell them that there are treatment options for them
• Tell them that you love them and will be there

Don’t:

• Bring this up when they are under the influence
• Make them feel like they are failures
• Let them convince you they don’t need treatments
• Bring up too many hurtful reminders of their addiction at once

The Bottom Line: You Can Beat Morphine Addiction

If you’ve reached this point it is hard to deny the fact that you’re serious about beating your Morphine addiction, and that is something to have pride in and celebrate. Your life matters and there is no reason why you should allow a drug to dictate the rest of your life when help is available.

Remember, choosing to go into a Morphine rehab treatment center for Morphine abuse will help you rid yourself of the horrible side effects you’ve had to endure, extend your life span, and most importantly place you on track towards regaining you own life. So don’t fight addiction alone. Instead allow us to help you live the life you deserve to have.

Payment Options for Morphine Abuse Treatment

One of the fears you might have in your decision to find treatment for your loved one is the cost. Will my insurance plan cover the cost of me or my loved one’s insurance?  We  will speak to your insurance and give you a free quote. Soon, you or your loved one will begin the long road to recovery.