Oxycontin addiction is a growing problem that rehabilitation and treatment centers are being forced to address. Sober Living by the Sea is a network of drug treatment centers in Newport Beach California that has been treating chemical dependency for almost 25 years.  In recent years, the epidemic of OxyContin addiction and the subsequent heroin overdoses has led to a new program specifically targeting OxyContin use by young adults.
 
“Accidental drug overdose deaths are on the rise – mainly because of the epidemic of prescription drugs being abused exponentially more often,” says drug addiction blogger Mike H from Sober Living by the Sea, “the deaths that we are reading about in the news are sometimes from a prescription drug (like OxyContin, Percocet, or Vicodin), but more commonly from a combination of two or more drugs or mixing a drug like OxyContin and alcohol.”
 
Even the rise in heroin overdose fatalities can be tied to drugs OxyContin.  It is very common for young adults to become physically and mentally dependent on OxyContin which is much more expensive and difficult to obtain than heroin.  Once they can no longer afford OxyContin or locate a supplier, the cravings and withdrawal symptoms can be severe enough to get them to try heroin. 
 
The OxyContin addiction treatment program at Sober Living by the Sea has been created to meet the special needs of people who are hooked on “OCs” or other opiates.  There is a special safe and comfortable drug detoxification program that will last a few days.  Drugs like Suboxone or Vivitrol may be used to minimize cravings in early sobriety.