Chemical Dependency

You suffer an injury in a car accident, or you have a simple slip and fall, or you lift a box awkwardly at work, or you strain a muscle while playing golf, tennis or working out at the gym. Or perhaps, you're recovering from surgery, cancer treatment or severe arthritis.

In any case, your physician is likely to prescribe a pain relief drug treatment regimen to help you manage the discomfort. Unfortunately, the very drug that was supposed to help you is now hurting you, as you slip into the web of drug addiction. The pain of injury or the fear of medical treatment has been compounded by the painful discomfort of withdrawal. Rather than easing your pain, you are experiencing intensified levels of pain. Patients suffering at levels of pain of two or three often jump to levels of eight or nine after one year of painkiller usage.

This scenario is increasingly common. Today, approximately 75% of our patients suffer from drug addiction stemming from painkiller usage, whereas in years past dependencies to heroin were the most common. We respect the fact that all patients who are physically dependent on prescription pain killers as well as other opiates such as heroin became dependent through no fault of their own. Drug addiction is a chemical imbalance that requires expert medical treatment in a safe, humane and effective environment.

The underlying problem is not only the drug, but also the pain management specialists who often indiscriminately prescribe painkillers without considering the risk of drug addiction. Focusing primarily on eliminating the symptom (pain), some physicians overlook the potential consequences (addiction).

In the past, the only alternative for opiate addiction was to undergo conventional detox procedures, requiring patients to suffer through a debilitating and painful withdrawal during drug rehab treatment. Not surprisingly, success rates for this approach are discouraging. Statistics show that one year following detox, the vast majority of patients have relapsed into drug addiction. Another traditional alternative is opiate-replacement treatment. This approach, however, simply substitutes a legal drug addiction for an illegal one, as in the case of Methadone and new opiate-replacement drugs reaching today's market.

The statistics illuminate the microscopic success rate of traditional drug rehab methods. However, the Waismann Method offers painkiller addicts a highly successful rapid detox procedure for drug addiction treatment. Not only does this procedure reverse opiates-based drug addiction, it also eliminates the cravings that often accompany traditional detox. The Waismann Method has been clinically proven to be effective for a wide range of opiates including OxyContin, Vicodin, Norco, methadone, heroin, Stadol, LAAM, Lortab, Percocet, Dilaudid, Darvocet, Percodan, Lorcet, MS Contin and others.