In this paper I will venture to focus on the core causes of opiate addiction in adult men. For the purposes of clairity and and efficiency I will refer to all opium based (natural: “opiate”) and (synthetic: “opioid”) as opiates. I have chosen this subject because addiction is fascinating to me. I’ve learned that there are a multitude of addictions aside from drugs. Merriam-Webster online defines addiction as “ a strong and harmful need to regularly have something or do something.” With that being the case, I knew I had to pare down my subject matter which is what led to my decision to study what I chose. I have a personal and professional stake in this matter because I am in recovery from addiction and I work in the addictions field as a counselor.
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I will then present what I feel is the heart of what I want to study which is the deeper, less obvious sources of opiate addiction in men. I currently work in a Suboxone clinic; although I don’t have statistics available to me there is no doubt in my mind that there is a common progression in the strength of opiates that are used as tolerance increases. There is a good book that would be beneficial to my study in this area. “Among the very first docs in America to figure out the potency of OxyContin as a business model was David Proctor in Portsmouth, Ohio. He believed all his patients. Not only that, he encouraged them to believe in imaginary pain.” (Quinones, 2015, p.155) The book is called Dreamland and it’s all about how “Purdue Pharma marketed OxyContin as less addictive and less like to cause tolerance and withdrawal than other pain medications.” (Quinones, 2015, p.264) Although things are recently changing, overprescribing of opiates is a very obvious reason as to why men get addicted to …show more content…
The majority of patients at the Suboxone clinic would not meet criteria for inpatient treatment. Due to the minimal length and severity of the majority of the male patient’s addiction careers they are receiving an appropriate level of care in an outpatient setting. Methadone on the other hand is known as the treatment of last resort. As a matter of fact, most methadone clinics require at least one previous treatment failure to be eligible for services. A good portion of the patients at these clinics would qualify and most desperately need inpatient treatment of which there is far more demand than
I will then present what I feel is the heart of what I want to study which is the deeper, less obvious sources of opiate addiction in men. I currently work in a Suboxone clinic; although I don’t have statistics available to me there is no doubt in my mind that there is a common progression in the strength of opiates that are used as tolerance increases. There is a good book that would be beneficial to my study in this area. “Among the very first docs in America to figure out the potency of OxyContin as a business model was David Proctor in Portsmouth, Ohio. He believed all his patients. Not only that, he encouraged them to believe in imaginary pain.” (Quinones, 2015, p.155) The book is called Dreamland and it’s all about how “Purdue Pharma marketed OxyContin as less addictive and less like to cause tolerance and withdrawal than other pain medications.” (Quinones, 2015, p.264) Although things are recently changing, overprescribing of opiates is a very obvious reason as to why men get addicted to …show more content…
The majority of patients at the Suboxone clinic would not meet criteria for inpatient treatment. Due to the minimal length and severity of the majority of the male patient’s addiction careers they are receiving an appropriate level of care in an outpatient setting. Methadone on the other hand is known as the treatment of last resort. As a matter of fact, most methadone clinics require at least one previous treatment failure to be eligible for services. A good portion of the patients at these clinics would qualify and most desperately need inpatient treatment of which there is far more demand than