Cure Opiate Addiction At-Home
UPDATE 2023: Recently, we learned about an amino acid derivative that's produced naturally in the body that can help significantly as part of an opioid withdrawal treatment protocol. This substance, known as agmatine sulfate can be added to the treatment protocol described below to lessen opiate withdrawal symptoms. Click here to read more about agmatine for opioid withdrawals. There are a number of supplements that can be used to cure opiate addiction at home. As someone who has helped people overcome addictions to meth, Facebook, chocolate, and more using the substances listed below, I can say that the results of taking these things are often surprising.Of all the opiate addiction treatments I’ve listed below, the one the most important is Honokiol (also known as Magnolia Bark) and Mucuna pruriens (also known as L-Dopa). But amino acid therapies can work wonders for you too. When your body has been addicted to something, you have to feed it the building blocks (amino acids) it needs to start making the neurotransmitters that have been hijacked. Magnolia Bark can work with ailing opiate receptors and as a plant-based medicine, it has its own consciousness, which means that it can help you help yourself. Mucuna is also a plant-based medicine and it can put the steering wheel back in your hands by giving your body the nutritional precursors it needs to manufacture dopamine, which means that you can stop chasing that “fix”.
While Mucuna pruriens can help you control your addictive behaviors and impulses, 5HTP can help with pain during withdrawals and it can replace the serotonin that you’re probably lacking as a result of your opiate addiction. Taking melatonin each night can help you sleep during withdrawals.
Below we discuss a variety of different tools that you can use to stop taking opiates at home without going to a treatment facility. And don’t forget that there are sacred indigenous treatments like Ayahuasca and Iboga (or Ibogaine if you do it in a treatment facility), that you can take 1 time, under the watchful eye of a knowledgeable professional to overcome opiate addiction. Both Ayahuasca and Iboga should NOT be used at the same time as some of the other treatments listed below. Always let Ayahuasceros and Iboga / Ibogaine administrators know if you’re taking the herbs listed below so you can allow the necessary time between use to safely do these various treatments.
Opiate Withdrawal Alternative Medication Options
Honokiol / Magnolia Bark is an essential herbal treatment for opiate addiction. This plant activates the same opiate receptors that are activated by addictive substances, but it is not, itself, an opiate. Nor is it addictive.5-HTP (or 5-hydroxytryptophan) is a serotonin precursor that’s typically derived from a plant known as Griffonia simplicifolia. Opiates increase serotonin levels in the brain, which means that, during withdrawals, serotonin levels can be exceptionally low. A 5HTP supplement that increases levels of serotonin in the brain can literally get rid of opiate cravings for some individuals.
Some doctors have been able to successfully wean opiate addicts off the drug by treating their muscle spasms with 5-HTP. But because 5HTP deals with serotonin, you can’t mix it with other drugs like methamphetamines (or any other type of amphetamine) or antidepressants including MAOI’s or SSRI’s. 5HTP can have analgesic effects during opiate withdrawals. Take 100 mg every 4 hours.
When you’re ready to take a lower dose of M. pruriens after 6 months to a year of sobriety, slowly cycle off the bean by taking L-Tyrosine OR L-Phenylalanine supplements, which will be converted into L-Dopa eventually by your body. The process of converting L-Tyrosine or L-Phenylalanine into L-Dopa and then into dopamine takes longer than converting the L-Dopa in Mucuna directly into dopamine, so be aware that there will be a bit of a lag. Take L-Tyrosine or L-Phenylalanine for as long as needed. (L-Tyrosine is contraindicated for people who have melanoma or other types of skin cancers).
Green Tea can help potentiate and smooth the effects of Mucuna while also giving you a pick-me-up during opiate withdrawals.

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