by Joan R. Shepherd, NP | Jul 19, 2018
Part of the reason the Coleman Institute is so successful in helping patients from around the world detox off various substances (alcohol; opioids, including heroin, buprenorphine, and methadone; and benzos, including Ativan®, Xanax®, and Valium® from one...
by Joan R. Shepherd, NP | Jan 19, 2018
John is a 60-year-old man who was the victim of a motor vehicle accident in 1996 that left him with multiple injuries, including skull, vertebral and other bone fractures. He was hospitalized for several weeks and basically had his entire face rebuilt and rods placed...
by Peter Coleman, MD | Mar 22, 2017
Unfortunately, it happens all the time. Patients are prescribed narcotic painkillers for legitimate reasons and then, become addicted to them. Most of the time, the doctors who are prescribing the medicines are good physicians who mean well. They are just trying to...
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...
by Joan R. Shepherd, FNP | Oct 11, 2016
What would you have to give up if you stopped blaming yourself? I heard this question asked during a podcast by Tara Brach, who teaches topics on meditation. She was making the point that so often the voice that appears and reappears in our head has the tone of...
