Substance Use Disorder is the preferred term for what use to be called Substance Abuse or Addiction.
Please see conventional, complementary, and alternative medical treatments for important background information regarding the different types of medical treatments discussed on this page. Naturopathic, Complementary, and Alternative treatments that may be considered include:
Dr. David Arniston has developed specific protocols for treating a variety of different substance use disorders, and reports considerable success. Neuro Research [Hinz2015] reports that chronic diseases can be benefited by balancing neurotransmitter levels in the body.
Dr. Weyrich has been trained in neurotransmitter balancing protocols, but has not treated Substance Use Disorder, Substance Abuse, Addiction using this technique.
Please see What is Neurotransmitter Balancing? for more information.
Note, some Conventional Allopathic Medical Doctors may consider nutritional supplements a form of substance abuse!
