Healing the Brain After Opioid Detox and Withdrawal
Raphael (I don’t use patients real names, so I thought this would be a fun one) came to the office recently to have his monthly Vivitrol injection. Vivitrol is the trade name for a long acting formulation of naltrexone, which is a pure opiate antagonist or...
Heroin and Other Opiates are Very Powerful Emotional Pain Killers
We’ve known for a long time that opiates are fantastic pain killers for physical pain. We use them in medicine all the time. Opiates relieve the pain of terminal cancer, general surgery and broken bones. But, it is more and more clear to me, that opiates are...
The Millennial Addict: A Double Serving of Selfish
At the Coleman Institute for Addiction Medicine, we work with people of all ages to safely get off addictive substances like alcohol, Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Roxicodone®, Dilaudid®, fentanyl, heroin, or methadone. Our patients tend to be highly motivated and ready to...
If I’m Taking Suboxone®, Can I Really be in Recovery?
The answer to this question depends on whom you ask. There are those who define recovery as the complete abstinence from any mind-altering drugs. And Suboxone®, a medication that combines the opioid buprenorphine with the blocker naloxone, does activate opioid...
