Types of Cocaine Treatment in Ontario

Cocaine addiction is a complex illness. Treatments for addiction are as complex and are frequently the subject of myths. These myths are largely unfounded and are spread by dealers in order to hold onto customers. This page goes over the commonly used treatments, for more information; call us and we will discuss the situation with you in details.

Presently, there are no purely medical treatments for cocaine addiction. This does not mean there is no hope, there is a lot of research into immunotherapy to isolate the drug before it reaches the brain. This took the form of a cocaine vaccine in the United Kingdom. It was only tested on 18 people, granted, but 14 of them were drug free after 6 months. Vaccination does raise ethical concerns about who would get it and by what criteria. Seriously addressing said concerns is at least a ways into the future. For now, behavioral treatments are the primary method. This therapy comes in a number of different forms. Outpatient behavioral treatment includes a wide range of programs which require patients to visit the clinic regularly. Most programs involve a form of counseling, sometimes with a group of others suffering from the same level of addiction. There are five basic classifications for outpatient treatments:

• Cognitive-behavioral therapy seeks to help patients actively identify, avoid, and cope with those situations in which they are most likely to abuse cocaine.
• Multidimensional family therapy was developed for teens and others who still live with their family who have drug problems. This is designed to improve family structure enough so it can help the addicted individual to beat their problem.
• Motivational interviewing is usually used when addicted individuals voluntarily contact clinics and already recognize that they have a problem. This treatment involves employing an individual’s willingness to overcome their addiction.
• Motivational incentives (contingency management) use a process of rewards to help condition individuals away from relapse.
• Residential treatment programs are much more successful and include abusers living in therapeutic communities. They typically keep individuals in-house for 6 to 12 months, surrounding them with others attempting to sort out their problems. Sometimes rehabilitation centers offer gender and age specific communities to make individuals more comfortable and help them examine the problems surrounding their addictions and fix the key causes in lives. These houses are extremely effective at preventing relapse and access to those drugs which put clients in the situation which brought them to their position.

Treatments in the criminal justice system are centered on helping those imprisoned to not return to criminal behavior upon release. These treatments are usually less successful given their focus on non-recidivism in a more violent environment.
Combination treatments use both residential and outpatient procedures. For example, one rehabilitation center keeps individuals for detox and has them return periodically for checkups, positive reinforcement, and some more detox (if necessary) to clear out the residual toxins in the patient’s fat and bone marrow. In all, it seems that these treatments are the most effective, but also the most expensive.
There are different cocaine treatment programs in Ontario that can suit any degrees of addiction.

 

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