What to do about Hydrocodone Addiction

If you or someone you know is addicted to Hyrdocodone (otherwise known as Vicodin), then here are some things you should consider doing. Many people who are hooked on Hyrdocodone are also suffering from chronic pain issues, and this can make it very difficult to get off the drug. In addition to finding a way to become opiate-free, you also have to find a way to manage your pain.

First of all you should think about asking for help from someone. At first it does not really matter who you ask for help, the key is that you make the decision to do something about your problem and actually reach out and ask for help. Doing so is the first step in getting started on recovery.

The next thing you might do is to check into some possible forms of professional treatment. Depending on your level of physical dependence, you might want to look into going to a treatment center that has a full medical detox unit. This way, you can be supervised when you're detoxing from the opiates and the medical staff can help keep you more comfortable during the withdrawal symptoms. In addition to this, it is generally a safer route to go to be medically supervised when you are coming off drugs and possibly alcohol as well.

The next step if you are eager to get off the pills is to get involved with others in recovery and form connections with them. This is especially important in early recovery because you have to realize that we cannot quit on our own. If we could, then we would not have to ask for help in the first place. However, since we are recovering addicts, this means that we really need to find others in recovery that we can connect with and relate to. This support is more important in early recovery than it is in long term recovery, but it is important nonetheless.

There are alternative ways to manage physical pain other than just taking addictive narcotic medications. For example, there are holsitic remedies, massage, accupuncture, physical therapy, and so on. If your family doctor is not willing to look at some alternate therapies for pain, then you should find another doctor.

The next idea you might look at for getting over an addiction to painkillers is in replacement therapy. For any addict who has tried to get clean before but ended up relapsing, they might try the idea of taking a pill every day for maintenance such as Suboxone. This is arguable and can get some people upset because many believe that taking a synthetic opiate drug every day is really no better than any other pill or drug addiction. I personally disagree with this because the abuse potential is far less and Suboxone can also help out with physical pain relief, which is why many people get hooked on Hyrdrocodone to begin with.