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Is It Safe To Detox Off Opioids While Coronavirus Is Spreading?

Is It Safe To Detox Off Opioids While Coronavirus Is Spreading?

by The Coleman Institute | Jun 5, 2020

While these are uncertain times, the Coleman Institute remains committed to helping patients while we all navigate the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation. At this time, the Coleman Institute for Addiction Medicine is continuing to treat patients who need a detox off...
Help Me, Please! My Doctor Won’t Stop Prescribing Pain Medication

Help Me, Please! My Doctor Won’t Stop Prescribing Pain Medication

by The Coleman Institute | Jul 26, 2019

This was the call I received from a woman who was desperate to get off her opioid pain medication. To protect her privacy, her name has been changed for the purpose of this post. Janine is a 52-year-old woman who had her first surgery in her late twenties for a...

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2021
  • 5 Scary Things People With Substance Use Disorder Believe
  • The Easiest and Fastest Way to Detox Off Opioids
  • 3 Addiction Treatments to Turn Your Life Around
  • Switching from Suboxone® to Naltrexone
  • That Street Pill Might Be Fentanyl
  • Getting Off Opiates Quickly During a Pandemic
2020
  • What To Do If You Relapse Back Onto Fentanyl
  • Restoring Hope: The Gift of Detox
  • My Pain Doctor Cut Me Off, What Do I Do?
  • Triggers as Reminders
  • How Can Naltrexone Make Life Better in a Pandemic?
  • My Doctor Refuses To Prescribe My Pain Medication!
  • How Do I Know It's Safe to Stop Drinking Alcohol?
  • There Are Alternatives to Using Suboxone to Stop Pain Medications and Withdrawal
  • The Safest & Best Way to Detox Off Fentanyl
  • Can I Use Kratom To Detox Off Heroin?
  • Addiction, Family, and Recovery
  • Why Do I Need To Change?
  • Opioid Detox Transcends Politics
  • Energy After Quitting Suboxone®
  • The Link Between COVID-19 and Relapse
  • A Sobering Experience
  • Who Am I Without Alcohol?
  • Breaking Up With Your Addiction
  • Exercise and Addiction Recovery
  • Alcohol: One Superman's Kryptonite
  • The Truth About Suboxone®
  • Why Opioids Can Make Pain Worse
  • Still Drinking? Get Support
  • That Pesky Thought - I Must Get High
  • Drugs Have Made My Life Bearable
  • Set Yourself Up for Sobriety Success
  • Spoiler Alert 1 in 4 Make It
  • Beyond the Opioid Detox: 6 Ways to Reboot Your Body’s Energy
  • Restoring Energy After Opioid Withdrawal
  • Heroin and Other Opiates are Very Powerful Emotional Pain Killers
  • Changing Behavior To Stop Opioid Use
  • PART 5: What Feels Better Than Heroin?
  • Low Energy After Opioid Withdrawal: What You Need To Know
  • PART 4: Make Not Drinking Easy
  • PART 3: Cravings and Forming Habits
  • 5 Ways to Boost Energy After Opioid Withdrawal
  • Is It Safe To Detox Off Opioids While Coronavirus Is Spreading?
  • Sobriety Slogans to Help You During COVID-19
  • Finding Courage for Recovery During COVID-19
  • PART 2: Choose Healthy Habits
  • PART 1: Alcoholic or Just A Bad Habit?
  • Do This 1 Thing to Stay Off Opioids Forever
  • Alcohol Use Disorder: Easy to Meet Criteria
  • Getting Energy Back After Ending Methadone Use
  • Get Clean or Screw It?
  • The Connection Between Mental and Physical Pain
  • Reframing Thoughts During Coronavirus
  • How the Hell do I Stay Sober Now?!
  • How Can I Safely Detox Off Opioids During Coronavirus?
  • Cravings and the Coronavirus
  • Naltrexone Therapy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Man Stops Using Fentanyl During 2020 Pandemic To Save His 80 Year Old Mother
  • April is Alcohol Awareness Month
  • Is Alcohol Essential During a Pandemic?
  • 8 Tips for Continuing Your Recovery During the Coronavirus Outbreak
  • What Does It Mean To Hit Rock Bottom?
  • 8 Tips for Sober Travel
  • Millennial Sobriety
  • Who Should You Surround Yourself With in Recovery?
  • Recovery: Rewriting Our Stories
  • 8 Quotes from Famous People Who Stopped Drinking Like a Boss
  • How to Stop Reacting and Start Responding to Create Your Best Life
  • Warning: 5 Things You Must Know Before Starting Naltrexone Therapy
  • What Trumps the Fear of Stopping Methadone
  • The 10 Most Effective Ways To Sabotage Your Recovery
  • New Year’s Resolutions and the Reality of January
  • Why Neglecting Your Own Care May Be The Worst Thing You Can Do For Your Addicted Child
  • Can I Really Be Addicted To Tramadol?
  • Why Playing The Victim Card Will Destroy Your Chances For Recovery
2019
  • How Can I Get Off These Bloody Pain Medications?
  • My Husband Was My Enabler
  • The Most Important Thing To Consider When You Relapse
  • Should I Date in Early Recovery?
  • Mommy’s Little Juice Box
  • 18 Holiday (or anytime) Gifts for Those in Recovery
  • The Opposite of Addiction is Connection
  • Over 60? 3 Great Reasons to Quit Drinking Now
  • Get Sober For Christmas
  • All I Want For Christmas Is Sobriety
  • Self Care for Fast Times
  • Holiday Survival Guide: Staying Sober Over The Holidays
  • Newly Sober During the Holidays
  • 5 Things To Remember If Your Kid Is Using Heroin
  • The Power of Gratitude
  • Memes as a Recovery Tool
  • My Patient’s Most Shameful Secret
  • How Important Are The Medical Staff In An Opioid Detox?
  • What To Know About Boosting Energy After Stopping Opioid Medication
  • How Do I Get Off Methadone?
  • Opioids, Tobacco, and Relapse
  • The Single Most Important Thing to Know When Detoxing off Opioids, Alcohol, or Benzos
  • "I'm A Slave to my Fentanyl Patch"
  • Over Sixty, Finally Sober: An Interview With An Alcohol Detox Patient
  • The Single Most Terrifying Thing About Admitting You Are Addicted To Opioids
  • Hospice Care and an Addiction Treatment Clinic
  • Focused Goals Help To Restore Energy After Opioid Detox
  • Pain Medicine: Is it Skewing Your Priorities?
  • Healing the Brain After Opioid Detox and Withdrawal
  • Is Rapid Opioid Detox Really Too Good To Be True?
  • Parents' Ultimatum: Stop The Heroin Or Go To Jail
  • The Myth of the 'Functioning Alcoholic'
  • I'm Addicted But I'm Not An Addict
  • Help Me, Please! My Doctor Won't Stop Prescribing Pain Medication
  • The Millennial Addict: A Double Serving of Selfish
  • If I’m Taking Suboxone®, Can I Really be in Recovery?
  • I Think my Coworker May Have an Addiction
  • Isn’t Suboxone® Just Trading One Drug for Another?
  • You Can End Your Fentanyl Addiction Over This 4th of July Holiday!
  • You Have The Choice To Continue Using Heroin
  • Great Reasons to Keep Using Opioids
  • Overcoming Addiction: An Interview with Dr. Coleman
  • Evidence-Based, Medication-Assisted Treatment: Suboxone® or Naltrexone?
  • Restoring Energy After Getting Off Opioids
  • Questioning Your Beliefs About Substance Use
  • How to Avoid Opioid Use Relapse
  • The Easiest Way EVER to Get Off Opioids
  • Falling in Love with My Pillow (and Other Benefits of Sobriety)
  • Why Should I Use Naltrexone After I Get Off Suboxone®?
  • A Moral Failing Or A Brain That Needs Healing?
  • Curbing the Cravings: Naltrexone and Addiction
  • What to Expect When Detoxing from Opioids
  • Has Your Drinking Crossed the Line?
  • Addiction Kills Connections
  • Hopeless To Hopeful – Two Guys and a Year Of Sobriety
  • Supporting a Loved One Through Opioid Addiction and Recovery
2018
  • Recovery Month 2018
  • Anesthesia Detox - Yesterday’s Treatment!
  • The Most Important Qualities Your Opioid Detox Facility Should Provide
  • Insurance Companies Are Recognizing Our Value
  • Top Five Reasons Our Patients Choose Opioid Detox At The Coleman Institute
  • How Can I Avoid The Pain of Heroin Withdrawal?
  • Buyer Beware – Fentanyl Can Be In Any Street Drugs
  • Cocaine Laced with Fentanyl
  • 4 Things To Consider Before Stopping Your Benzodiazepine
  • Energy After Heroin Detox - And Then Some
  • What's the Difference Between Using Naltrexone and Buprenorphine?
  • An Overdose Can Be An Opportunity
  • The Painful Isolation of Addiction
  • How Pain Perpetuates Addiction
  • Dual Diagnosis: Addiction and Bipolar Disorder
2017
  • Naltrexone: Medication-Assisted Treatment For Opioid Use Disorder
  • Towing and Recovery
  • The Landmark X:BOT Study Has Now Been Published
  • Holiday Detox
  • Detox With Compassion and Competence: Fentanyl, Heroin and Methadone
  • Staying Sober During The Holidays
  • Thanksgiving Detox - The Coleman Way
  • 28 Reasons To Use Long-Acting Naltrexone
  • How Did We Get Here?
  • Rapid Opiate Detox, Accelerated Opiate Detox and Ultra-Rapid Detox
  • Rapid Opiate Detox: Too Good To Be True?
  • Is Pot Safe?
  • Medically-Assisted Treatment for Buprenorphine Use
  • Patients Love Our Medically-Assisted Treatment
  • How Much Pain Does It Take Before Someone Stops?
  • Non-Addictive Medical Treatment for Opioid Dependence
  • Medically Assisted Treatment for Opana® Withdrawal
  • Roxicodone Detox Treatment
  • No One Made Me Come To Treatment
  • Staying Comfortable During Alcohol Detox
  • The Ecstasy of Detachment
  • Changing the Brain after Opioid Detox
  • The Water Wheel
  • Avoiding Dependency and Addiction if Opiate Painkillers are Prescribed
  • Carrots, Garlic, and Mostly Love
  • Feeding The Tiger
  • The Soul in Hiding
  • Bring It Home - Please Spread The Word
  • A Drug-Free Dad
  • From Anxiety to Peace
2016
  • Season's Greetings
  • Living in Recovery: A Holiday Survival Guide
  • Happiness in Recovery: One Patient's Experience
  • When Surgery and Substance Use Disorder Collide
  • Access To The Soul
  • The Lighthouse
  • Success Story: Airport Encounter
  • Naltrexone Therapy Might Be The Right Choice
  • Escaping Pain With Opiates
  • Help for Chronic Pain Patients
  • Post-Opioid Detox Peace
  • New Suboxone Limits for Physicians
  • Medication-Assisted Treatment - MAT
  • Online Porn May Damage Teenage Brains
  • Expecting Miracles
  • The New Fentanyl Epidemic
  • Probuphine - A New Buprenorphine Implant
  • Dopamine: “The Anticipation Molecule”
  • 6 Ways to Keep your Resolution for Sobriety
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