Mental Health Network Rehab and Heroin Detox Coverage
Heroin is an opioid drug synthesized from Morphine. Increasingly, prescription drug abuse is becoming a new pathway to heroin abuse. Nearly half of all young people who inject heroin admitted to abusing prescription opioids like OxyContin prior to abusing heroin. Since heroin is typically seen as cheaper and easier to obtain than prescription opioids, it is increasingly the drug of choice for prescription opioid users. Breaking the cycle of prescription painkiller and heroin abuse can be difficult in part because of heroin’s painful withdrawal symptoms. If you or a loved one are struggling with heroin, medically-supervised detox is the first step to recovery. Mental Health Network heroin detox coverage can help make this treatment affordable.
What to Expect From Mental Health Network Heroin Detox Treatment Coverage
When heroin enters the brain, it is converted to morphine. The morphine binds with opioid receptors that affect the brain’s ability to perceive pain. For this reason, many heroin users describe experiencing intense feelings of euphoria combined with relaxation and clouded mental function. However, these receptors are not only located in the brain; there are also receptors throughout the body, including the brain stem. These receptors control vital life processes like breathing, blood pressure and arousal; using heroin can affect these vital processes by suppressing breathing.
Chronic heroin use leads to dependence and a severe craving for the drug, which can lead to continued abuse and relapse even after initially quitting. Since receptors are located throughout the body, heroin withdrawal symptoms can be especially difficult to manage without medical supervision. Withdrawal symptoms include tremors, nausea, vomiting, muscle aches, agitation, anxiety, insomnia, and abdominal cramping. While there is no such thing as a “painless detox”, medically supervised detox can make it safer and easier to manage these withdrawal symptoms, increasing the likelihood for successful detox.
Mental Health Network (MHN) insurance may cover a variety of different treatment programs, including residential treatment, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient therapy, counseling and sober living. This includes Mental Health Network heroin detox coverage to help you or a loved one take the first steps to sobriety. The extent of coverage may vary depending on your co-pay, coinsurance or deductible. Additionally, you or a loved one may first need a medical referral to access benefits.
For more information about how Mental Health Network heroin detox coverage works, contact a qualified benefits specialist today.