What Is Dopamine & How Does It Keep Me Using Opioids?
What is dopamine? Dopamine is known as a pleasure molecule that is released in the nucleus accumbens area of the brain when we do pleasurable things — like eat food, have sex, or even take prescription opioids (drugs). When dopamine releases in the brain, we...
How Can I Get Off These Bloody Pain Medications?
A recent publication by Health and Human Services (HSS) reports that opioid prescriptions in the US peaked at 255 million in 2012 and decreased to 191 million in 2017. Prescribers—and the rest of the world—have become well aware of the unanticipated consequences of...
Getting Energy Back After Ending Methadone Use
Ramon decided to stop taking methadone during the COVID-19 pandemic. Was it essential or was it elective? Perhaps in Ramon’s case, it was a bit of both. Going to a methadone clinic was never what he pictured for himself. Ramon’s story includes neck and back surgery,...
One Pill Can Kill
Here’s a recap of Dr. Peter Coleman’s video, “One Pill Can Kill”. The Dangerous Reality The DEA has recently come out with a campaign to get the word out, called One Pill Can Kill, and it’s dramatic and it’s true, and we’ve been hearing about it. The...
