REHAB FOR TEENS ABUSING DEPRESSANTS
Xanax, Valium, Rohypnol
Downers

Most teenagers turn to prescription drugs because they perceive them as less dangerous than illegal drugs. Because of this, teenage prescription drug abuse is on the rise.

What are Depressants?
Depressants will put you to sleep, relieve anxiety and muscle spasms, and prevent seizures. Rohypnol and GHB are also used to facilitate sexual assault, and GHB is used by some body builders for its anabolic qualities. Barbiturates are older drugs and include butalbital (Fiorina®), phenobarbital, Pentothal®, Seconal® and Nembutal®. You can rapidly develop dependence on and tolerance to barbiturates, meaning you need more and more of them to feel and function normally. This makes them unsafe, increasing the likelihood of coma or death. For this reason, benzodiazepines were developed to replace barbs, though they still share many of the undesirable side effects. Some examples are Valium®, Xanax®, Halcion®, Ativan®, Klonopin® and Restoril®. Rohypnol® is a benzo that is not manufactured or legally marketed in the United States, but it is used illegally. Ambien® and Sonata® are two sedative-hypnotic medications recently approved for the short-term treatment of insomnia that share many of the properties of benzos. Other CNS depressants include meprobamate, methaqualone (Quaalude®); and the illicit drug GHB.

How Teens Abuse Depressants?
Teens abuse depressants by taken them orally, or by crushing the pills into powder and then snorting it or injecting it.Teens abuse depressants to experience euphoria. Depressants are also used with other drugs to add to the other drugs’ high or to deal with their side effects. Abusers take higher doses than people taking the drugs under a doctor’s supervision for therapeutic purposes. Depressants are also misused to facilitate sexual assault.

Street Names: Barbs, Benzos, Downers, Georgia Home Boy, GHB, Grievous Bodily Harm, Liquid X, Nerve Pills, Phennies, R2, Reds, Roofies, Rophies, Tranks, Yellows

Teen Prescription Drug Addiction Treatment
Treatments for Opioid Addiction?
Teens who abuse or are addicted to prescription opioid medications can be treated. Initially, they may need to undergo medically supervised detoxification to help reduce withdrawal symptoms; however, that is just the first step. Options for effectively treating addiction to prescription opioids are drawn from research on treating heroin addiction. Behavioral treatments, usually combined with medications, have been proven extremely effective.

For all treatment needs and levels of care, Inspirations' employs a team of qualified and caring teen addiction treatment professionals, offering a Treatment Program for Adolescents/Teens, who are demonstrating destructive, rebellious, and defiant behaviors resulting in personal and family dysfunction. Our goal in teen addiction treatment is to treat the disease, build the teen's self confidence and reunite the family. Our teen prescription drug addiction treatment programs are designed around a positive environment to boost the teens self-esteem and produce long term results. Our teen addiction treatment combines a motivational program with the "accountability" concept, emphasizing, respect for family, respect for others, and a teamwork approach towards daily goals and accomplishments. During your teens enrollment to our Teen Prescription Addiction Treatment Center we will tailor a personal educational plan for your teenager. Inspirations for Youth and Families offer an "On-Site" Preparatory format school program in order for our teens to maintain High School Credits.

We understand, we care, we treat.

Inspirations Teen Rehab, teen prescription drug addiction treatment center is not a place for serious or violent juvenile offenders, but we do understand that occasionally, teens find themselves facing legal consequences for "poor choices" such as charges for trespassing, shoplifting, underage drinking, DUI, possession of illegal substances, and other minor offenses. Inspirations understands the unfortunate circumstances that arise as a result of a teen's poor choice to act in an irresponsible manner. Not only is a legal consequence the result of a teen's poor choice regarding behavior, it may also be and indication of a greater issue such as substance abuse or addiction, a mental health issue such as depression or other diagnosis. If your family is having a difficult time dealing with a teen addicted to prescription drugs, call us at our toll free teen treatment center helpline: 1-888-757-6237

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