Top Rated Prescription Drug Rehab in San Francisco

Top Rated Prescription Drug Rehab in San Francisco

Within the United States, prescription drug addiction and abuse claims a high number of Americans above age 12, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Prescription medications like opioids, benzodiazepines, and amphetamines make up a large section of medications used for their non-medical, euphoric effects. These drugs create rapid dependency and addiction and come with many dangers. Trying to quit cold turkey can lead to severe withdrawal symptoms that are painful, uncomfortable, or ultimately fatal. The best way to stop taking prescription medications for recreational use and set up further sobriety is with the help of a professional medical detox drug abuse rehab treatment center.

Fully accredited by The Joint Commission, the California Department of Health Care Services, and SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Novo Detox’s treatment center is the best center for addiction treatment in San Francisco, California. Our detox and inpatient rehab facility offers a dedicated, caring, and empathetic team of healthcare experts available to our patients 24 hours a day. Our drug and alcohol detox programs boast high recovery ratings with little to no relapses. Novo Detox is part of a nationwide network of treatment providers offering many levels of care, including: 

• Medical detox (medically assisted treatment)
• Inpatient rehab
• Outpatient rehab
• Partial hospitalization programs
• Intensive outpatient programs

Residents of California also have the option of virtual therapies and treatment methods for their recovery journey.

What Is RX Rehab Like?

As every person is unique, each person’s needs for detox and addiction recovery care will differ. Factors like biological makeup, psychiatric health, physical health, and addiction level affect what types and levels of rehab treatment are necessary. Someone just starting out abusing prescription drugs has different circumstances and needs than someone who has been using drugs and alcohol for a longer time. Novo Detox in San Francisco creates individualized treatment plans to address the entire macrocosm of issues related to your substance abuse and addiction.

Our medical detox care team assesses the possible severity of withdrawal symptoms, creating a plan accordingly. Depending on the factors listed above, like how long someone had been abusing drugs or alcohol. The safest way forward may be a replacement medication, like methadone suboxone or buprenorphine for opioid abuse, as a way to taper off the drugs and reduce the discomfort and pain from withdrawal symptoms. Doctors may recommend a method where patients are administered a sedative and then given medicine to deactivate opioid effects quickly. Other treatments using painkillers, anti-nausea, and anti-anxiety medications help curb unnecessary suffering as the body’s systems return to normal levels of chemical homeostasis without the drugs of abuse.

Since the brain and body get used to having substances in the system after long-time drug or alcohol abuse, the detox and withdrawal period can be fraught with pain and distress. Quitting tranquilizer drugs, such as the benzodiazepines Ativan, Valium, or Xanax, can suddenly cause dangerous seizures and other brain issues. Medically managed detox and medication tapering overseen by a doctor will help with slowly adjusting your brain and body to not go into shock.

Though withdrawal is usually not life-threatening, the symptoms can be extremely psychologically distressing. Depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation is a common experience even weeks after detoxing. Along with the fact that many substance abuse disorders (SUDs) have their own relations to psychological issues, strong therapeutic support is a necessary element of rehab treatment. Novo Detox focuses on a dual diagnosis approach, which looks to heal the underlying mental and emotional health issues like trauma that often coexist with addiction and substance abuse.

If you’re dealing with chronic pain, Novo Detox brings in pain management specialists to teach holistic methods of dealing with pain. Our approach calls for treating you with respect and dignity. The thorough, integrated plan we make for you will lead you through detox and inpatient care. We will help you transition into an outpatient center with affiliate rehab clinics in your area.

What to Expect During RX Rehab

The first step in your visit to Novo Detox San Francisco’s drug and alcohol rehab center for substance abuse is a full evaluation of your level of addiction and physical and mental health. This intake process determines the best and most efficient way to approach your detoxification and rehabilitation, whether you have a co-occurring mental illness or trauma that needs to be addressed along with substance abuse and addiction. The more we learn about you during your introduction the better we can tailor rehab treatment to fit your needs.

At Novo Detox, we use personalized pharmacogenomic testing and toxicology testing to find the medications that will work best for you. Individualizing our treatment approaches targets areas that need healing the most to bring a sober lifestyle to fruition. At Novo, our individualized detox and rehab at our treatment center include:

• Medication to ease withdrawal symptoms
• Medical care provided by experienced, licensed nurses and doctors
• Individual therapy and counseling
• Family therapy
• Holistic treatments teach you to deal with stress and pain naturally
• Healthy food, nutritional counseling, and fresh fruits and vegetables
• Referrals to outpatient treatment programs

Our luxury treatment center aims to keep you as comfortable as possible. For the duration of your recovery stay with us, your private or semi-private room will give you comfort and respite. Rehab could take days or weeks, depending on which substance is your drug of abuse, how long you have been abusing it, and the other factors mentioned above. We hope that feeling supported in this way will encourage you to continue therapy and address the key causes of your addiction. After a 30, 60, or 90-day treatment plan, we help our patients continue recovery in a transitional program or one that allows them to stay at home or in a San Francisco home for sober living. Our plans include treatment options like:

• Inpatient residential rehabilitation programs (30 to 90 days)
• Partial hospitalization programs (PHP)
• Intensive outpatient programs (IOP)
• Outpatient rehab
• Peer groups
• Substance abuse treatment includes integrated drug treatment and alcohol treatment
• Behavioral health and cognitive behavioral therapy
• 12-step groups (Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous)
• Aftercare
• Online or virtual treatment programs

Rehabilitation clinics help find underlying causes of substance abuse and addiction, understand the mechanics of addiction, grow stronger, and heal the mind, body, and spirit through a collaborative continuum of care providing skills and lifetime relapse prevention tools. In these programs, you will learn to manage to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and to engage in supportive sober communities inside and outside rehab centers in your area.

How Long Does RX Rehab in San Francisco?

The timeline of prescription rehab at the Novo Detox’s addiction treatment and recovery center depends on several factors, including:

• Which drug are you quitting
• Whether you were using more than one substance (including alcohol and other prescriptions)
• How long have you been taking the drug
• How much were you using each time
• How often were you using the drug
• Your physical and mental health at the time of detox
• Biological and genetic factors

For most patients, medical detox takes between three to fourteen days. As each person is unique, our team will work closely alongside you to ensure you are safe and comfortable and that your underlying issues are being treated as well as your physical dependence.

Top Abused Prescription Drugs

The top abused category of prescription drugs are:

• Opioids: These are painkiller drugs that are highly addictive, even when used as prescribed by a doctor. The brain begins to rely on opioids to produce dopamine, and soon you will feel like you need the drug just to feel normal and avoid painful withdrawal symptoms. Opioids are often abused as they produce euphoric sensations.
• Depressants (benzodiazepines and barbiturates): These are central nervous system depressants that are usually given to help with anxiety and sleep issues and treat seizure disorders. They produce a sedative sensation that calms the brain and the nerves. A tolerance is quickly built up, and addiction soon follows with these medications, even when used as prescribed. A slow taper is needed to quit because the withdrawal symptoms can harm your health.
• Stimulants: These medications make you feel alert and energetic and are often prescribed for ADHD, ADD, depression, narcolepsy, and asthma. Medical detox and recovery programs can help reduce distressing physical and psychological withdrawal symptoms when quitting stimulants.

Methadone Detox in San Francisco

Methadone is a synthetic opioid medication used to treat opioid addiction and heroin addiction by binding to the opioid receptors in the brain as those drugs do. Methadone includes a secondary medication to block euphoric feelings produced by other opioids, which is a main driver of addiction and physical dependence.

Methadone is often used as a replacement drug to stop opioid withdrawal symptoms during medication-assisted treatment in an addiction treatment program. When used alongside medications to reduce anxiety and discomfort, therapy, medical care, and counseling, methadone replacement therapy is often a very effective treatment for opioid use disorder. Methadone use must be tapered off to avoid serious withdrawal symptoms, so methadone detox may take several weeks or even months in residential treatment or outpatient drug rehab in San Francisco to complete.

Why Choose Novo Detox for RX Rehab?

Novo Detox’s inpatient drug and alcohol detox center is a safe place to come for treatment in San Francisco when things feel out of control. We can help you stop prescription drug abuse through a highly individualized detox and rehab program. As a private rehab facility, we accept PPO and HMO insurance. We can verify your insurance or provide you with a quote if you want to pay cash to make your transition into Novo Detox’s San Francisco drug rehab easier.

Our addiction and mental health treatment facility provide FDA-approved medications, cutting-edge technology, holistic therapy, and evidence-based treatments in a whole-patient approach to healing that is efficient and effective. The goal is to ensure you remain nourished, comfortable, and safe throughout your entire individualized treatment plan. If you or a loved one has an addiction to prescription medications and do not know where to turn, contact Novo Detox today.