Getting Rid Of Morphine Addiction

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Getting Rid Of Morphine Addiction
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Synopsis

1. Morphine History of Abuse
2. Morphine Addiction How it is misused
3. Morphine Addition From Prescription to Abuse
4. Morphine Addiction Treatment Options
5. Treatment of Morphine Addiction in Rehabilitation
   Centers

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Morphine History of Abuse

• The once known as the magical drug and plant of
  joy goes way back to Byzantine times. Alchemists
  of then had opium-based elixir but the defeat of
  the Ottoman made them lose the basic formula of
  the drug. From time to time other opium-based
  medications were introduced like laudanum by
  Paracelsus around 1522 and the new opiate in the
  late eighteenth century by East India Company.
• Soon in 1804 Friedrich Sertürner, Germany based
  pharmacist discovered Morphine and named it after
  the Greek god of dreams, Morpheus. Morphine is
  considered as the very first alkaloid obtained
  from plant poppy. Actively marketed as the pain
  medication in 1817 to the general public it
  helped a lot of doctors to complete surgeries
  more efficiently and sedate patients. It was not
  just used as anaesthesia but also to counter the
  alcohol addiction. Later in times, various
  incidents revealed the killing nature of the
  drug. In particular, Friedrich Sertürnerown wife
  died of the overdose of the drug. Devastated, he
  tried to warn others but in vain.

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Morphine History of Abuse

• After the outbreak of American Civil War in 1861
  the drug was taken as the blessing from the god,
  treating the war-wounded soldiers. Hence, due to
  its pain healing characteristics the medical
  society named it Gods Own Medicine (GOM). But
  eventually, the extensive use of morphine proved
  the addictive nature of the drug. In fact, the
  drug was alleged to make 400,000 soldiers
  morphine addicts and the disease was known as the
  soldiers disease. The war veterans became
  junkies of the society and the blessings became
  drug epidemic. As there were no drugs laws, the
  morphine was easily accessible to anyone.
• Later in 1874, the deadly medicine was
  synthesized, for the medical purposes, to heroin
  medically called Diacetylmorphine. Heroin is 1.5
  to 2 more effective than morphine. Whereas, in
  1914, Harrison Narcotics Tax Act imposed a
  restriction on morphine possession making it
  controlled substance in the US and without
  prescription possession illegal. Morphine was the
  most famous among drug addicts until heroin was
  synthesized. Now today Canada is the worlds
  second-largest consumer of the prescription
  opioids after America hence indicating an
  immediate counter response on both individual and
  state level.

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Morphine Addiction How it is misused

• The decay of morphine in the body depends on many
  factors and importantly on how the abuser has
  administered the drug. Generally, morphine lasts
  for 6 to 7 hours and minimum up to an hour.
  Morphine, if taken in the form of injection,
  lasts for more than an hour with a peak of 20
  minutes. Whereas taking them orally can increase
  the lasting effects up to 4 hours with a peak
  life of 30 minutes. These half-lives of the
  morphine drugs have significant effects on the
  addiction and drug abusers demands and
  ultimately withdrawal from the addiction.
• For the same reason that is to achieve the very
  goal of euphoria immediately, the illegal drugs
  traders usually synthesized morphine into heroin
  as it is more soluble and produce effects faster
  when compared to morphine. The body quickly
  absorbs the heroin giving a potent high that
  abusers usually look for. But final effects of
  both the morphine and heroin is same as the brain
  transforms the heroin back to morphine again. But
  for some even morphine is enough for producing
  the required joy and feelings of positivity.

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Morphine Addition From Prescription to Abuse

• The opioid analgesic drug induces the sensations
  of euphoria and relaxation and for that reason
  has been used to treat severe pain. Therefore the
  very same phenomenon can create a dependency that
  is known as addiction, even with the prescription
  drug. That is the person can get immune to the
  morphine and with the continuous use, can crave
  for more to satisfy the body.
• It can compel the patient to strive for more and
  more by developing additional patterns on the
  brain with the overdose of the drug. These
  properties of the morphine has led to the illicit
  trade of the drug among the drug user. Hence
  other than the distribution of morphine under
  legal brand names Avinza, MS Contin, Kadian and
  Oramorph morphine is also distributed illegally
  by street names Morf, Mister Blue, Dreamer, First
  Line, God's Drug, MS, Morpho, Emsel and Unkie.

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Morphine Addiction Treatment Options

• Rehabilitation Centers
• One way to get rid of morphine addiction is by
  joining a medicated maintenance program. Such
  programs offer detox treatments to minimize the
  withdrawal symptoms and also reduce the chances
  of relapse through therapeutic treatment. A
  number of addicts who want to overcome this
  addiction and family members of many addicts opt
  for rehabilitation centers for various reasons.
  There are two types of rehabilitation centers one
  is inpatient rehabilitation center and other is
  outpatient rehabilitation center. Inpatient
  rehabilitation centers provide residential
  options that are less hospital-like. Whereas,
  outpatient rehabilitation centers offer programs
  that vary from days to week with different
  attending time.
• Morphine Agonists
• Another treatment option is using morphine
  agonists like methadone, suboxone, andsubutex
  under the proper supervision of the physician.
  Methadone is an opioid itself but less potent and
  is widely used in the treatment of heroin and
  morphine addiction. Some reports suggest that
  methadone treatment success rate is in between 60
  to 90 if the treatment is carried for long-term.
  Treatment is carried out by giving a controlled
  dose of the agonist on daily basis. Other than
  methadone similar to methadone suboxone and
  subutex are also used starting from a dose of 8
  mg.

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Treatment of Morphine Addiction in Rehabilitation
Centers

• Some of the treatment methods that rehabilitation
  centers follow, depending on the ground values
  and strategic approaches and may be valid for
  some rehabs and not others are discussed below.
• One the treatments used is a cognitive-behavioural
  therapy which allows patients to identify and
  overcome the situations that induce desire for
  addiction.
• Motivational incentives is another therapy. Such
  therapy boosts self-restraint qualities from
  addictive drugs.
• Multidimensional family therapy includes family
  members of the drug addict by working on their
  relations.
• Motivational interviewing is prepared to motivate
  the patient for behavioural change and get
  treatment.
• Art therapy
• Medications generally include methadone based
  medicines.
• Sauna therapy
• Relapse prevention that is based on four
  psychosocial processes self-efficacy, outcome
  expectancies, attributions of causality, and
  decision-making.

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Treatment of Morphine Addiction in Rehabilitation
Centers

• Aromatherapy
• Client-centered approaches focus on three
  behaviours to be conducted by the therapist that
  is unconditional positive regard, accurate
  empathy, and genuineness.
• Acupuncture
• Individual therapy sessions
• Journaling
• Psychoanalysis
• Residential treatment, surrounded by people
  similar to you builds confidence and being at an
  amazing near to nature sites contribute to the
  recovery.
• Twelve-step programs
• Emotion regulation and mindfulness
• Group therapy sessions.

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