Frequently asked questions
Question:
My son was treated for drug addiction 6 times, he was given many different types of medicine, he 
installed implants. Nothing helped – he thought about drugs at all times and returned to them. How can Dr. Vorobiev’s method help?
Answer:
Treatment according to Dr. Vorobiev’s method removes pathological impulses towards drugs, heavy thoughts and memories on this subject. Many patients even forget the kind of feelings that drugs produce. When the head is released from dangerous thoughts humans stop waitingfor and wanting chemical euphoria.
Question:
Is it possible to create a dense barrier to block patients from a return to drugs after treatment?
Answer:
We have the strongest method of treatment which creates a repulsion to, a fright and displeasure towards drugs. There are people who after more than 10 years don’t even want to think about their past affliction.
Question:
It’s possible to get good results during the treatment under the control of doctors and psychologists. But how can you preserve that result in the future when man returns home?
Answer:
We don’t forget about our patients. Every patient continues with therapy against a return to drugs at home, has controls with his/her doctors and if needed he/she receives empowering procedures. We recommend many long term programs of rehabilitation at our clinics till the patients condition has been fully stabilized.
Question:
What is Naltrexone implant?
Answer:
This is a special formulation of Naltrexone, which is designed to release slowly over a 6-10 week period. It is placed under the patient's skin and so it is effective and does not allow the patient to forget or skip their medicine. We highly recommend it because it is so effective.
Naltrexone is a pure narcotic antagonist. That is, it attaches to the endorphin or opiate receptors in the brain and completely blocks them. This means that if someone tries to use any kind of opiate while they are on Naltrexone, they feel no effect because all of the receptors are completely blocked.
We believe that Naltrexone therapy should be given for 12 months. This gives the patient a chance to have their brain physically recover from the damage from the narcotics. It also gives the patient an excellent chance to begin on the road to recovery.
Concidering risks, as with any medical procedure, there are some risks and potential problems. There are some potential side effects with the Naltrexone Implant including infection, irritation or inflammation. There is some risk of taking the Naltrexone Therapy without detoxification. If taken too early, Naltrexone will push people into a complete withdrawal state and if the detoxification is not completely over, then there will be some withdrawal symptoms. If done too early, these can be severe. That's why at the Rehab Clinic Dr. Vorobiev the tests have been done in order to check the clarity of the organism.
Studies show that Naltrexone is extremely good at making people abstinent but when the Naltrexone wears off, patients have a very low tolerance. It is extremely easy for them to use too much Heroin or other opiates and have an overdose which can be fatal. Patients need to understand this clearly and be extremely careful if they do relapse back to narcotic use. In our experience, the fatal overdoses that we are aware of have usually not happened on the first time of using and so patients need to be very careful for at least the first month. It is also may be possible to overdose if the patients try to override their Naltrexone therapy.