Corazon - - Arizona

1-855-289-7023

Corazon
Corazon
is located at 900 East Florence Boulevard Casa Grande, AZ. 85122 and can be contacted by calling 520-836-4278. Corazon offers treatment services for Illicit Drug Addiction, Alcoholism and Prescription Drug Abuse

Treatment Services Offered: Alcohol Addiction Treatment, Outpatient Alcohol Treatment, Dual Diagnosis, Court Appointed Client Services, Spanish Speaking
Payment Options: Payment Assistance Through Medicaid, Self Pay

National surveys in 2008 reported that 28% of youth aged 12 to 20 years drink alcohol and 19% reported binge drinking.
According to a study by the Task Force of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, both immediate and longer term problems and resulting consequences, such as hangovers, blacking out, academic failure, injuries, and fatalities, are associated with heavy alcohol use.
In a study of teens, binge drinkers showed abnormal functioning in the hippocampus, a key area for memory formation. These teens did more poorly on learning verbal material than their non-drinking counterparts.
Naltrexone is a medicine that reduces the possibility of relapse in alcohol dependent patients who are in abstinence-based treatment; recently a sustained release form of the drug is being tested in clinical trials. One single dose lasts about a month; some experts believe that this form of Naltrexone will increase compliance in patients who might forget to take a tablet every day.

For more information, visit www.drug-rehabs.org.