Opioid Use Disorder
In an effort to help educate others about Opioid Use Disorder, we have outlined how OUD looks in your brain, how Medication-Assisted Treatment works to correct this, and how recovery is sustained. See the infographics below to understand more specifically the Biology of Addiction and Recovery.
Addiction
The opiate medication you have taken has physically changed your brain. Let’s take a quick look at the biology of addiction.
Recovery
The help you need to get your life back is “treatment” — “will power.” Let’s take a quick look at the biology of recovery.
Leaving Treatment
Federally-funded studies and thousand of personal experiences consistently show how to have success in treatment.