Treating opiate addiction is difficult. Detox alone is insufficient for most opiate addicts. After getting opiates out of the body, you’re left with the 90% of the problem. After detox, there’s what’s called Post-Acute Withdrawals. This is an excerpt from Addictions and Recovery.org: There…
While heroin is a commonly known drug, you might’ve heard lately about heroin laced with Fentanyl, yet not know much or anything about Fentanyl. Here is a description: Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid, meaning it is made in a laboratory but acts on the same receptors in the…
In Chapter 5 of the book Alcoholics Anonymous there’s a warning about alcoholics seeking an easier, softer way to deal with alcoholism. Often someone suffering from addiction will seek help through a friend, a pastor, their doctor, a family member or maybe an individual therapist. I…
The current misunderstanding around Suboxone as a medication-assisted treatment, MAT, for opiate addiction is confounding. Addiction treatment professionals, whether federally funded treatment providers or private treatment providers, who ban Suboxone from their treatment have much explaining to do. Addiction treatment is complicated in many ways. The job of…
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…
In this post, I’m addressing only prescribed painkillers and addiction. I’ve dealt with other opiates like Heroin in other posts. What are the signs and symptoms physicians and others should look for to detect opiate addiction when a patient is taking painkillers over an extended period of time?…
If a physician has received training in addiction medicine, it’ll be easy for the doctor to speak with a patient concerning opioid addiction. Some medical professionals, though, find it difficult to talk about opiate addiction as medical concern because of the stigma and the perceived insult. Talking about…
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