Pittsburg, California Drug Rehab Programs

Managing chronic pain is a challenge for physicians and patients alike. In 2012, California Watch reported that a doctor in the East Bay region of Northern California, where Pittsburg is located, was prescribing dangerous doses of opioid pain medication to relieve his patients' symptoms. According to the doctor, he was practicing compassionate care, but the California medical board intervened after several of his patients overdosed. If you fear that you may have crossed the line between pain management and addiction, Pittsburg treatment centers can help you regain control over your life.

*Non-Pharmaceutical Pain Control Strategies

Opioid medications like OxyContin, Fentanyl or Percocet are often part of a comprehensive strategy for managing chronic pain. But according to the Merck Manual, pain can also be minimized without medication with techniques such as:

• Physical or occupational therapy
• Massage
• Hydrotherapy
• Spinal cord stimulation
• Behavioral modification therapy
• Relaxation training
• Hypnosis
• Biofeedback

If your efforts to manage your pain have interfered with your work, social activities or personal relationships, it may be time to schedule an evaluation with an addiction specialist in the East Bay. Recovery programs address prescription drug addiction as well as illicit drug abuse and alcoholism. Talk with our staff about how you can connect with a rehabilitation program in or near Pittsburg, CA that will help you recover from the physical and emotional pain of addiction.