Treatment programs offer individual or group therapy sessions that focus on understanding what addiction is, working towards becoming drug-free and preventing relapse in individuals.

New trials have been started by doctors that work by combining medications for opioid use disorders paired with an antidepressant called bupropion. Medical assisted treatment (MAT) combines the use of medications with counseling and behavioral treatment. 

This treatment is only offered when all other treatments have been unsuccessful. Surgeons are able to implant electrodes in the brain and turn on the medical device connected to the wires. The device sends electrical stimulation through certain regions of the brain and this helps drug addiction to become easier to overcome.