Scottsdale Providence Recovery Center
addiction treatment

Opioid Addiction

Opioids can relieve pain, but they also carry a risk of addiction. Understanding their effects and when use becomes a concern can help you make sense of the need for care.

What Is Opioid Addiction?

Opioids include prescription pain medications, such as oxycodone and morphine, as well as drugs like heroin. They act on opioid receptors in the brain and body to reduce pain and can also produce feelings of euphoria.

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a medical condition involving a pattern of opioid use that causes significant distress or problems in daily life. You may find it difficult to control your use or continue taking opioids even when they are affecting your health, relationships, or responsibilities. Recognizing these patterns can help you understand when opioid addiction treatment is needed.

HOW COMMON IS Opioid USE?

3.8%

of American adults abuse opioids each year

71.8%

to 80% of overdose deaths involve opioids

68.0%

of all OD deaths are attributed to synthetic opioids

Is Physical Dependence the Same as Opioid Addiction?

Physical dependence and addiction are not the same. Dependence means your body has adapted to an opioid, and withdrawal symptoms may occur when you reduce or stop taking it. This can happen even when you take medication as prescribed.

Tolerance, or needing more of a medication to get the same effect, can also develop. Neither tolerance nor withdrawal alone means you have an addiction. A clinician looks at the broader pattern of opioid use, including difficulty controlling it and its impact on your life.

At Scottsdale Providence Recovery Center, we understand that concerns about opioid use can come with uncertainty about what to do next. Your care begins with understanding your needs, including how substance use and mental health may be affecting each other. Together, we can help you work toward greater stability with support that considers the whole person.

Incredible level of treatment that focuses on all aspects of the individual. The staff makes it a point to discuss each person's unique situation on a daily basis and tailors a specific program that meets the needs of each patient. Whether you are seeking help for Addiction, Trauma, or Mental Health I would highly recommend SPRC. The housing accommodations are a bonus.