5 Things To Remember If Your Kid Is Using Heroin

5 Things To Remember If Your Kid Is Using Heroin

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....
5 Goals for Substance Abuse Recovery After Detox

5 Goals for Substance Abuse Recovery After Detox

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...
How Can I Avoid The Pain of Heroin Withdrawal?

How Can I Avoid The Pain of Heroin Withdrawal?

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...
New Suboxone Limits for Physicians

New Suboxone Limits for Physicians

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...