There’s new form of Buprenorphine coming out that should be approved soon by the FDA. Buprenorphine is a drug used for the treatment of opiate addiction. Suboxone is the best known market name for Buprenorphine, and Suboxone has been used since around 2002. There’s been a controversy…
Improvement is also known as risk reduction. In addiction treatment, the question between abstinence and improvement doesn’t have to be resolved by absolutely choosing one or the other. Historically, those who advance risk reduction have clashed with those who advance abstinence. A lot depends on definitions…
Opiate addiction has been in the news lately, although it’s a very old problem. Throughout the years since healthcare professionals turned their attention to opiate addiction and treatment, there has been limited success treating opiate addicts. Part of the problem has been a lack of…
Treatment of heroin addiction is only the first step. All addicts who want to recover should first learn about heroin addiction and recovery management. Most treatment for heroin addiction includes medication to get past the withdrawals. Buprenorphine and Methadone are the two primary drugs used for…
This will wrap up this series of posts. Addiction treatment has changed in many ways, but in most ways certain recovery principles haven’t changed. Evolving addiction treatment has had mostly to do with medication-assisted treatment. Suboxone and Naltrexone are just a couple of medications that have changed addiction…
For those who think heroin is a problem only for places like Harlem and South Central LA, heroin use is increasing across the nation, even in Savannah, Ga. You can Google “Savannah and heroin use” to see the stories about the growing number of heroin arrests…
Science continues to discover drugs that help treat addiction, such as Vivitrol and Suboxone. Scientists are getting closer to discovering a drug that could blunt the effects of cocaine. While these drugs are useful in the treatment of addiction, it’s a mistake to think that…
Concern for the expanding heroin epidemic grows as more people become addicted and seek treatment. As of now only 11% percent of those in need of treatment seek treatment, yet there are still waiting lists at federally-funded rehab facilities. According to the article linked above,…
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…
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