Low Energy After Opioid Withdrawal
A patient called the other evening. He finished his rapid opioid detox about a week ago. He has a very physical job and is the father of a 4-month-old baby, Noah. Noah is the reason he finally decided he had to stop his drug use once and for all. He has been using...
5 Ways to Boost Energy After Opioid Withdrawal
Patients who have stopped using opiates and gone through the withdrawal process often wonder why their energy is so low and ask about ways they might boost it. After extended use of opioid pain medications such as Oxycontin, Percocet®, Opana®, Dilaudid®, Vicodin®,...
Heroin and Other Opioids 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. Opioids relieve the pain of terminal cancer, general surgery and broken bones. But, it is more and more clear to me, that opiates are...
Beyond the Opioid Detox: 6 Ways to Reboot Your Body’s Energy
Part of the reason the Coleman Institute is so successful in helping patients from around the world detox off various substances (alcohol; opioids, including heroin, buprenorphine, and methadone; and benzos, including Ativan®, Xanax®, and Valium® from one...
