The Pros and Cons of Outpatient Prescription Drug Rehab

The Pros and Cons of Outpatient Prescription Drug Rehab
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When choosing between inpatient prescription drug rehab and outpatient prescription drug rehab, there are pros and cons to consider on both sides. Each one offers a number of benefits to those struggling with OxyContin addiction, Percocet addiction, Vicodin addiction, hydrocodone addiction and addiction to other painkillers and stimulants. Take into consideration your personal needs and circumstance in order to best identify the better source of treatment for you.

Michael’s House offers prescription drug addiction treatment and sober living in southern California. Contact us today if you would like to talk about your prescription drug rehab needs.

Outpatient Prescription Drug Rehab: Pros

Outpatient prescription drug rehab has a lot of positive attributes. It is often less costly than residential prescription drug rehab. The cost of outpatient prescription drug rehab is more often covered, at least in part, by health insurance providers. If you have elderly family members or children at home who depend on you, an outpatient prescription drug rehab may allow you to continue to care for them. In the same way, if you have managed to hold down a job through your addiction, then you might be able to continue to do so as you undergo drug addiction treatment.

Additionally, you also have the benefit of applying the coping skills you are learning in treatment in the “real world” as you continue to attend support groups and see a counselor on a daily basis. Rather than immersing you in a completely clean and sober environment without temptations for a month and then thrusting you out into the real world to try it all out for real on your own, an outpatient prescription drug rehab allows you a heavy dose of support as you practice what you are learning.

Outpatient Prescription Drug Rehab: Cons

For many, the daily stresses of life play a big part in their prescription drug addiction habits. When you choose an outpatient prescription drug rehab, you have no escape from those pressures. Every day you continue to see and do all the things that may have put you in a mindset to use prescription drugs abusively.

The amount of support in terms of psychological treatment, therapy and other holistic addiction treatment amenities may not amount to enough in an outpatient prescription drug rehab program. With a finite amount of time each day, many programs can only hit the highlights, expecting you to supplement your treatment on your own.

Also, when you return home each night, you don’t have the chance to remove yourself from temptation the way you can at an inpatient prescription drug rehab. Every night that you go home, you have the option to drink or take pills. For many, this temptation is too much and too often this can result in failing to successfully complete treatment.

Prescription Drug Rehab at Michael’s House

If you would like to talk to someone about whether outpatient or inpatient prescription drug rehab is right for you, call us at Michael’s House today.