LAAM Treatment

Addiction to Levo-Alpha Acetyl Methadol, or LAAM, is a serious issue. A narcotic analgesic, LAAM is prescribed to those who are using street opiates like heroin and morphine. LAAM allows them to break their addiction to these illegal drugs and stop using needles, an essential harm reduction measure. However, opiate addiction in any form is a disease. Meditox can help you treat it with an outpatient opiate addiction treatment using a Suboxone detox.

What are the Benefits of LAAM Addiction Treatment?

LAAM addiction can best be defined by the withdrawal symptoms you experience when you stop taking the drug. The singular benefit of an outpatient LAAM addiction treatment with Suboxone is that you can detox off of the drug without experiencing those debilitating symptoms. LAAM withdrawal symptoms start small with a headache, runny nose and noticeable sweating. By the time they peak, however, you will find yourself in the throes of an all-over body ache, including searing pain in your bones. Muscle cramps, stomach cramps, vomiting and diarrhea, insomnia and a wearisome fatigue sum up your experience for the next 10 days at the very least, with some symptoms lingering for weeks. With a Suboxone opiate addiction treatment, you can stop taking your LAAM prescription immediately and bypass the bulk of these symptoms.

How Do I Know if I Need a LAAM Addiction Treatment?

Do you take LAAM regularly? Have you been taking LAAM for more than a few weeks? If you miss a dose, do you feel sick with any of the symptoms described above? If so, then you are addicted LAAM, and you need to be treated. Maintaining a LAAM addiction is expensive, time consuming and a health hazard. It's damaging to your liver and kidneys and, should you mix this drug with certain others or take two doses too close together, you are at high risk of an overdose. Rather than expose yourself to this risk, you can safely and efficiently break your addiction to LAAM with the help of Meditox.

How Does Meditox Treat LAAM Addiction?

Meditox is a unique drug addiction treatment center. Strictly outpatient and focused solely on opiate addiction, every Meditox doctor on our team is not only certified to prescribe Suboxone, a drug highly regulated by the FDA, but also a specialist in opiate addiction treatment. Even physicians who can prescribe narcotics must be specifically certified to dispense Suboxone. At Meditox, you get more than just another prescription. During your single evaluation meeting, we work with you to develop a thorough treatment plan for you to follow once you return home. This plan will outline your Suboxone dosing schedule including when and how much you will decrease your dose and give you a definite idea of when you will be completely drug-free. Depending upon the circumstance, it could be as few as six weeks away. If you're ready to get started, contact our Meditox call center today.

If you feel that Meditox might be the right solution for you or your loved one, please call us for a toll-free and private consultation:

Additional Resources

LAAM in the Treatment of Opiate Addiction
RxList Monograph for Orlaam
DrugBank: Levomethadyl Acetate

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