I was watching Morning Joe on MSNBC this morning and saw the interview with Eric Bolling regarding his son’s opiate overdose and death. I’m not fond of Bolling as a political pundit, but I once heard him talking about his son a few years…
I would like to think that whoever becomes our next President will have a good understanding of our nation’s problem with addiction, but I haven’t heard much at all about the subject from the candidates — they appear to have lots of other things on…
You might get confused over terms as you read about opium, opiates and opioids. Heroin, morphine, opium and codeine are opiates produced from the opium poppy plant. The other painkillers you read or hear about or ones prescribed usually by a doctor, such as Percocet, Demerol, Oxycodone, etc., are likely…
Unfortunately, statistics on opiate addiction and abuse are not current, but the American Society of Addiction Medicine, ASAM, has collected information from the most recent studies. What the information shows is disturbing. At NewDay Counseling, we see the reality of opiate addiction on a regular…
As it stands right now there are restrictions on medically-assisted treatment for opiate addiction. Doctors who prescribe Suboxone and similar drugs are limited to a certain number of patients. There is legislation, though, presented by Sen. Edward Markey and Sen. Rand Paul to loosen these restrictions. Because heroin use is…
What I’m seeing with Suboxone and other opiate withdrawal medications is both encouraging and worrisome. Suboxone is certainly a great drug to medically treat opiate addiction, but Suboxone is so effective with withdrawal it gives the false impression that addiction is solved by simply taking the medicine. Recovery from…
“The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.” ― Carrie Jones, Need Addiction is a loss of freedom. Being chained to a drug is more than a metaphor — the chains of addiction are palpable to the person dependent on a…
We’ve written about opiates and how they act in the brain, and we’ve written about mixing opiates with benzodiazepines — this is about opiate addiction treatment, withdrawals and long term recovery. Opiate withdrawal won’t likely kill you, but it might make death seem easier. After…
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