Anti-Addiction Medications

Staying up-to-date on the medications now available to treat addiction can be a challenging task, but understanding the options available can make a clinician's job easier. This pamphlet discusses the pros and cons of anti-addiction medication use, including how each medication works, reasearch findings, side effects, and guidelines for administration and ongoing patient care. It also offers advice on how programs can integrate medication use into their existing treatment protocols and tips on how patients can explain their medication use to Twelve Step or other recovery groups.

Marvin D. Seppala, M.D., is the former chief medical officer at the Hazleden Foundation, the author of Clinician's Guide to the Twelve Step Principles, and the coauthor of Medication Use in Recovery; Making Safe Choices, Pain-Free Living for Drug-Free People; A Guide to Pain Management in Recovery, and When Painkillers Become Dangerous. He is a psychiatrist and specialist in addiction medicine.