What is drug substitution treatment?

Published January 5, 2011

Question by kitty purry: What is drug substitution treatment?
I heard about drug substitution treatment with regards to prisons and opioid abuse. Does anyone know anything about this? What happens in this kind of treatment? What do they use to substitute?

Best answer:

Answer by NISHANT PAREKH 1981
During drug substitution treatment Opioids are replaced by less addictive drugs.

Opioid abuse occurs when the compulsive use of opioids harms a person’s health or social functioning. It also occurs when a person is addicted to or dependent on opioids. Opioids are a class of drugs made from opium, as well as synthetic or semi-synthetic drugs that resemble these opium-based drugs. Examples include heroin, morphine, :: codeine , hydrocodone, :: oxycodone , and :: fentanyl . These drugs are also often referred to as narcotics.

This condition can be treated.

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