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Heroin addiction imprisons its victims in a world that seems inescapable, even after successful heroin detox treatment. Opiate cravings lead them to believe they can have “just a little” heroin since the body is cleansed. For many, outpatient heroin treatment helps them to avoid relapse by dealing with life issues. And for those who have work and family obligations, there is the option of online drug treatment via telemedicine.

Medical detoxification cleanses the body of alcohol and drugs, and is only the beginning of successful treatment. So the physical battle with heroin addiction may be over, but heroin cravings and psycho-social factors remain. The addicted brain sends a multitude of signals to the body, telling it that it either needs heroin to survive or that it won’t hurt to use a small amount. The signal offers a sense of relief from all the obsessive thoughts in the addict’s mind. Relapse is often the result.

Heroin treatment helps to ease the mental obsession for the drug, and get past the cravings. Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) may also help with opiate cravings. Residential treatment is very effective, and outpatient treatment works in many cases as well. Some individuals, though, may have time or travel hindrances that make it difficult to attend outpatient sessions regularly. For them, telemedicine is a welcomed solution.

As an example, a young male husband and parent is on his final two days of opiate detox. He desperately wants to change his life and enter treatment. He feels a need to get a job and support the family he had neglected, and declines residential treatment. While he is willing to enter outpatient treatment, he can’t afford the travel costs and worries that it will interfere with a new job. Without another option, he is likely to attempt recovery without treatment and is sure to relapse.

Tarzana Treatment Centers in Los Angeles offers telemedicine as another heroin treatment option. Our friend could attend regular individual and group sessions by video conference using a webcam and computer with internet access. Our TherapyLiveVisit application, powered by MDLiveCare, provides patients with a secure connection to our addiction treatment providers at affordable rates. We are also able to offer phone consultations for those without video conferencing equipment.

Telemedicine at Tarzana Treatment Centers is not limited to addiction treatment. We also provide online mental health treatment and online medical care. Our goal is to see that those who need treatment can get it.

Tarzana Treatment Centers in Los Angeles provides a full array of health care services including adult and youth alcohol and drug treatment. We specialize in treatment for mental health and substance use disorders, and have two primary medical care clinics in the San Fernando Valley and Antelope Valley. If you or a loved one needs help with alcohol dependence, drug addiction, or co-occurring mental health disorders, please call us now at 888-777-8565 or contact us here.

Southern California Locations for Alcohol and Drug Treatment
Tarzana Treatment Centers has locations all over Southern California in Los Angeles County. Other than our central location in Tarzana, we have facilities in Lancaster in the Antelope Valley, Long Beach, and in Northridge and Reseda in the San Fernando Valley.