Opiate Addiction

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Opiate Addiction

Impact on Families

Increased likelihood of bloodborne illnesses in babies of parents with opiate addiction, like hepatitis and HIV/AIDS

Loss of money, theft of resources from family to pay for drugs

Creates unstable family environment

Parents unable to look after children consistently

Treatments

Narcan to reverse an overdose

Behavioural & Talk Therapy

Contingency Management

Family Therapy

12-Step Programs like NA

Priscription Methadone

Effects

Overdose and death

75% of opioid deaths in Canada in 2024 involved Fentanyl

Cause physical dependency (addiction)

Withdrawal effects include anxiety, depression, nausea, diarrhea, stomach cramps, muscle cramps, chills, trembling

Slow down heart rate and breathing

Constipation, lack of appetite

Cause neurons that produce dopamine to fire more frequently, resulting in a feeling of euphoria (extreme pleasure)

Causes

Exposure to drugs in childhood home

Self-medicating for mental illness or trauma

Peer pressure, experimentation

Injury, chronic pain, surgery