Understanding Opioid-Use Disorder

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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 about the Path 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.

Heroin

Heroin

Treatment for heroin addiction is, in many ways, the same as treatment to other opiate addiction.

Oxycodone

Oxycodone

Oxycodone replaced Oxycontin as a “mild” pain-reliever, but still possess the same addictive qualities.

Morphine

Morphine

Morphine is generally administered in a hospital setting to treat moderate to severe pain.

Percocet

Percocet

Percocet is often prescribed as a cough suppressant and pain reliever. The dangers for abuse, dependency, and overdose are still present.

Lortab

Lortab

This drug represents one of the most frequently prescribed opiates.

Hydrocodone

Hydrocodone

Hydrocodone tends to be less potent than some of its other prescription opioid counterparts, but is still highly addictive.

Roxicodone

Roxicodone

Roxicodone is the brand name for oxycodone.

Fentanyl

Fentanyl

Widely regarded as a major factor in the recent increase in overdoses, fentanyl is extremely dangerous and addictive.

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