MAT is a highly effective treatment for severe opioid addiction. Using a combination of medication, counseling and therapy, MAT has been shown to reduce opioid overdose deaths by half.
Medication-assisted treatment reduces cravings while improving a client’s overall quality of life. MAT is recognized as a viable treatment option for opioid addiction and can help those individuals to maintain long-term recovery and to achieve goals they might not otherwise attain.
The benefits of medication-assisted treatment can far outweigh the risks:
- Eliminates the extreme highs and lows associated with substance misuse
- Minimizes substance-induced euphoria
- Curtails psychological cravings
- Balances brain chemistry to enhance functional performance
- Decreases illicit drug use
- Reduces legal consequences associated with drug use
- Lessens potential relapse when accompanied by counseling and therapy
- Makes it safer and easier to quit by reducing cravings and symptoms
- Increases treatment center retention rates
- Lessens death by overdose
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