by Joan R. Shepherd, NP | May 7, 2018
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 Joan R. Shepherd, NP | Apr 3, 2018
It was a pretty typical day at the Coleman Institute. Patients were being seen in various stages of recovery: a patient at the beginning of a detox off Opana®, another a few days into a detox off Xanax®, a person scheduled to get Vivitrol but who had relapsed...
by Joan Shepherd, FNP | Dec 4, 2017
Several months ago a 26 year old man from Northern Virginia came to the office for an Accelerated Opioid Detox. He had been using heroin for about two years after being on oxycodone for surgeries he’d had shortly after high school. Jim had graduated from a good...
by Joan Shepherd, FNP | Dec 4, 2017
Last week was busy and wonderful at The Coleman Institute’s main office in Richmond, Virginia! We helped a married couple with two children detox off a variety of opioids, most recently heroin, which they had been using for several years. Amazingly, they had...
by Joan R. Shepherd, FNP | Oct 14, 2016
A patient called the other evening. He finished his rapid opiate detox about a week ago. He has a very physical job and is father of a 4-month-old baby, Noah. Noah is the reason he finally decided he had to stop his drug use once and for all. He has been using high...
