by Addison Clark | Jan 22, 2022
When I started working at the Coleman Institute for Addiction Medicine many years ago, I was blown away by the parents who were shell-shocked to learn that their children—their high achieving, athletic, award-winning, popular, beloved children—were addicted to heroin....
by Addison Clark | Jan 20, 2022
I wrote about Ken in an earlier blog titled “Restoring Energy After Opioid Withdrawal.” At that time, Ken was 5 weeks out from completing an Accelerated Opiate Detox off high doses of opioids, including hydromorphone and fentanyl. His energy was beginning...
by Addison Clark | Jan 18, 2022
Typical scenario at the Coleman Institute: A patient and their support person arrive at the office to begin an accelerated opioid detox from heroin, fentanyl, Dilaudid®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, etc. Many patients also seek our help to come off long-acting MAT...
by Addison Clark | Jan 18, 2022
Here at the Coleman Institute, we know that drug addiction is a disease. It’s not your fault, but it’s devastating and it affects an awful lot of people. Since 2002, we’ve helped over 8,500 people successfully detox off of drugs or opioids and we’re...
by Addison Clark | Jan 16, 2022
Recently, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services decided to publish “Practice and Guidelines for the Administration of Buprenorphine for Treating Opioid Use Disorder” to expand access to medication-assisted treatments (MAT) by exempting...