Treating heroin addiction will involve many steps to make the recovery process effective. For most people, there will be a need for a medical detox to alleviate the symptoms of heroin withdrawal before going to a drug rehab center.

DETOX: Heroin addiction can sometimes include other drugs so it is very important to make sure that you disclose all of the drugs you are currently taking and have taken in the past 6 months. This will help the detox center better diagnose and prescribe the best medications to make your detox go smoothly and as pain-free as possible. Do not try to detox on your own. Heroin withdrawal can last anywhere from a few days to a few weeks, depending on the length of heroin use, and the amount of heroin being abused on a daily basis.

Inpatient rehabs: Detox should be followed by an extensive stay, at a heroin inpatient treatment program. Most of the people who have fought heroin addiction have one thing in common: They recovered from their addiction at an inpatient heroin rehab center. Some people can find sobriety in an outpatient treatment program but due to the temptations and availability to go find heroin, this type of program is less effective in treating the addiction as a whole.  The typical stay for someone recovering from heroin addiction can vary from center to center and usually consists of 30-90-day programs.

Private Inpatient drug rehabs offer the best results for long-lasting sobriety from Heroin addiction. The best treatment facilities for heroin will offer different types of treatment models and detox options for the person who is suffering from the adverse effects of heroin.

Court-ordered treatment: There are many Drug Rehab Facilities that accept criminal justice clients and people with open court cases as an alternative to jail. County and state courts will often suggest treatment in place of jail time for some first-time offender cases.

State-funded heroin treatment programs: Nevada has set aside some resources for the treatment of heroin addiction. Please call our specialists to find out if you qualify for these state-funded rehab programs that are offered in Nevada.

There have been many recent reports that heroin has become less expensive than it has been in years. This price shift in Nevada has caused heroin to become a cheaper alternative for people who have developed an addiction to opioids in the form of pharmaceuticals. Due to the short supply of pharmaceutical drugs, heroin has become an inexpensive way to keep from going through the painful withdrawal symptoms from prescription medications.

Prescription pain pills can often be overprescribed to patients who realize that they have become dependent on the drug. With recent crackdowns in Nevada on opioid abuse, there has been a huge resurgence of heroin-addicted people in Nevada. Adding to the problem is the fact that heroin is often times cut with Fentanyl (used for pain relief for end-stage cancer patients) and the potency can vary, leading to elevated heroin overdose deaths in Nevada. According to the CDC, Heroin has caused more overdoses in Nevada compared to the rest of the regions in the country. There have been 4 times as many fatal overdoses from 2013-2016 as there were from 2000-2003. This is leaving a question as to why so many people die from heroin overdoses in the state and asking the question of “how do we stop or slow down the trend”? read the full report HERE

It is becoming increasingly harder to find heroin that has not been cut with Fentanyl. The painkiller Fentanyl is a very strong opioid that is cheap to make and increases the potency of street Heroin. Heroin addicts are not like other drug addicts. They will hear of someone who overdosed on a bad batch of heroin and actively try to find the heroin responsible, chasing the better high. This leads to even more overdoses and deaths. If you or a loved one is struggling with an addiction to Heroin or Fentanyl, call us immediately. This call may help save a life.