Prescription Drug Rehab for San Diego Residents

Best Prescription Drug Rehab for San Diego Residents

Prescription drug use is on the rise for Americans across the nation. With many turning to prescription drugs as a means to cope with mental health or pain management, you are trusting in your doctor to give you a safe tool to manage symptoms. For many, the side effects and physical dependence that comes along with prescription drug use catches users off guard as they spiral into an addictive cycle. 

San Diego residents turn to the trusted team at Resurgence to gain the skills to manage their health concerns while taking their life back from the throes of addiction. Getting sober is the first step in managing your prescription drug addiction as many Rx drug users originally used medication to manage their mental health or behavioral concerns. A dual diagnosis program will help to address your symptoms from your preexisting health concerns by giving you healthy tools to cope without turning to prescription drugs. 

When you enter inpatient rehab Costa Mesa, our compassionate staff will create an individualized treatment program that will suit your lifestyle and needs. Rehab is not a cookie-cutter format where one size fits all for healing. Each patient that walks through our doors has unique stories and backgrounds that have brought you here. We want to inspire patients to see their innate self-worth again. 

Commonly Abused Prescription Drugs

Prescription drugs have been around for years and while there are necessary benefits for health conditions that require the support of prescription drugs. There is a dark side to the medication where users become dependent on the medication to function each day. The most common prescription drugs that are abused are as follows. 

Prescription Drug Detox Rehab for San Diego Residents

Many residents of San Diego started using prescription drugs for a reason to help aid with a preexisting health concern. While entering into detox, you may have concerns about how you will manage your health concerns when you stop using prescription drugs. Our medical team is well versed in holistic treatment methods that will have you learning new ways to cope and manage symptoms while maintaining your sobriety. 

Many wonder if they should begin the detox process before coming into rehab. Withdrawal effects can be different for each person which is why we invite you to come to our facility to detox under the medical supervision of our nurses and physicians. You may experience some symptoms that are uncomfortable, our medical team will be able to provide you with medications to subside your symptoms to make your detox process smoother.  

Prescription Drug Addiction Rehab for San Diego Residents

Clearing your body of the toxins of prescription drugs is the first step of your recovery. Rehab is a time where you can do the therapeutic work to look within to uncover the root causes of your addiction. You didn’t wake up one day and decide to have an addiction, you started using it to mask the pain you are feeling or cope with traumatic memories of the past. We approach treatment as a place for you to heal from the wounds of the past to recreate a brighter, happier future for yourself. 

In order for your treatment to be an effective experience that provides optimal healing and growth, you need a program that is tailored to meet your needs and recovery goals. Through multifaceted treatment approaches, our counselors will work with you to gain an understanding of the behavior and emotional processing that has influenced your addiction in the past. Through using treatment modalities like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT), and Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT) you will work collaboratively with your counselor to establish healthy coping strategies and behaviors while gaining an understanding of how your behaviors and interpretations of situations can impact your thinking. REBT treatment will reframe your ways of thinking towards dealing with triggers from a place of negative thinking and reactions to a positive, healthy response. 

Addiction is commonly paired with mental health conditions such as anxiety or depression. Many turn to prescription drugs as a way to manage the unpleasant feelings or symptoms as a way of self-medicating. Dual diagnosis treatment is offered to patients with co-occurring disorders. You and your therapist will explore how your addiction has impacted your mental health concerns first and then will look at suitable treatment options to keep your symptoms stable while maintaining your sobriety. 

MAT Prescription Drug Rehab for San Diego Residents

If you have used prescription drugs, such as opioid painkillers, for a prolonged amount of time, your body has undoubtedly become physically dependent on the chemical compounds inside the medication. Quitting ‘cold turkey’ would be a dangerous idea due to the severity of withdrawal symptoms and could put your body in a state of shock if the chemicals were removed quickly. Entering into a detox program that helps slowly taper you off will ensure your safety physically and mentally during this process. 

Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) provides patients with medication that can lessen the symptoms they are feeling while helping to curb any drug cravings. By blocking the receptors in the brain that produce the feelings of getting high or drunk, it will diminish your ability to receive the desired effect from drugs or alcohol which, in turn, acts as a deterrent for relapsing. Withdrawal symptoms from substances such as alcohol or opiates can have severe symptoms, some life-threatening, that can be maintained with the use of MAT medications. 

While participating in MAT, the length of time that you take MAT medications will be dependent on the severity of your symptoms, however, some MAT patients will only stay on the allotted medication for the duration of their detox process. Others may use MAT to maintain their ability to stay in recovery by diminishing their urges for drugs or alcohol. These patients may stay on MAT for an extended period of time. 

Inpatient vs Outpatient Prescription Drug Rehab

Deciding on the right format of treatment that suits your specific needs and lifestyles can feel overwhelming at times. Inpatient and outpatient programs provide exceptional therapeutic methods that will help you understand the underlying factors that have been fuelling your addiction. 

Inpatient treatment gives you the opportunity to take a step away from the environment you have been in that has impacted your addiction. Oftentimes, in the depths of your addiction, isolation becomes a way of life as you push your loved ones away while you are trying to manage your painful memories and traumas of the past. As we lose connection with others, feelings of shame and low self-worth progress as we aren’t receiving the love and care we need from others in our life. The need for connection is important for everyone and when you enter into inpatient you will be surrounded by a caring staff team and a group of peers who understand the struggles you have been through. A healthy recovery is one where you have a solid community around that supports you. You will find that the community you build within our walls will be taken with you into your life in recovery when you return home. 

As you engage in the comprehensive treatment methods offered in inpatient treatment, you will learn the importance of self-care while providing you with opportunities to take care of yourself physically and emotionally while also incorporating sober fun into your life. Treatment isn’t always serious, rehab is a time for you to learn how to love life again sober! The amenities provided to you will help you rediscover your passions in life while gaining new healthy friendships with peers around you. 

Some may feel that they need less structure with options for flexibility to maintain their work and home life commitments. Outpatient treatment will provide you with the freedom to choose when you attend therapeutic sessions while honoring your external responsibilities. You will have the choice of different levels of outpatient treatment. A partial hospitalization program (PHP) provides you with structured days within our facility attending individual and group therapy sessions and allows you to return home at night to attend to the kids or maintain work demands. An IOP (intensive outpatient program) gives you the flexible options to attend the center throughout the week to attend individual or group therapy sessions that fit into your schedule while giving you the availability to attend work, school, or family commitments. 

Couples Prescription Drug Rehab for San Diego Residents

A relationship between two people is successful when there is love and affection with one another while also having effective communication. When the use of prescription drugs and addiction overtake a relationship those key elements of a relationship can be negatively affected. 

If you and your loved one want to rekindle the relationship you once had by eliminating the use of drugs, a couples drug rehab would be a good option for you. You will have access to individual counseling to help you each understand the root causes of your addiction and will both attend couples therapy. Learning the effects of how addiction has impacted your partner’s perception of the relationship will help to open the lines of communication that can lead to healing. While you work on communication, you both will be able to participate in the various treatment methods that will teach you the skills you need to avoid relapse by managing triggers. 

Choosing Resurgence for Prescription Drug Rehab

Residents of San Diego turn to Resurgence to help them remove prescription drugs from their life. Through our comprehensive treatment methods, you will feel supported by our team of counselors as you rediscover your passion for life again as you heal from the emotional wounds of the past. Whether you choose inpatient or outpatient drug rehab, our trauma-informed care approaches will validate the experiences that you have gone through and walk with you as you learn to heal and process the traumas of the past. Choosing Resurgence means that you are choosing a lifelong support network in your recovery. Our alumni stay connected long after they finish the treatment by building a strong, recovery community around them. 

If you or a loved one are struggling with an addiction to prescription drugs, reach out to Resurgence today for top rated care!#prescriptiondrugrehab #resurgence #SanDiego https://t.co/qb1KBpRpTI

— Resurgence Behavioral Health (@RBHRecovery) October 22, 2021

David Rofofsky
After growing up in New York, David chose to get help with substance abuse in California because of the state's reputation for top-tier treatment. There, he found the treatment he needed to achieve more than nine years of recovery. He's been in the drug and alcohol addiction rehab industry for eight years and now serves as the Director of Admissions for Resurgence Behavioral Health. David remains passionate about the field because he understands how hard it is to pick up the phone and ask for help. However, once the call is made, someone's life can be saved.

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