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...
One Pill Can Kill

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...
The Truth About Suboxone® & How to Detox

The Truth About Suboxone® & How to Detox

A couple weeks ago I attended the funeral of an amazing woman who died at the age of 67 from Lou Gehrig’s Disease, or ALS. She had decided early on to make her dying process a gift to her loved ones. Printed on her memorial card was the question, “What does love...
Healing the Brain After Opioid Detox and Withdrawal

Healing the Brain After Opioid Detox and Withdrawal

Raphael (I don’t use patients’ real names, so I thought this would be a fun one) came to the office recently to have his monthly Vivitrol injection. Vivitrol is the trade name for a long-acting formulation of naltrexone, which is a pure opiate antagonist...