by Joan R. Shepherd, NP | Mar 26, 2018
I started a new patient, Jimmy, for his Accelerated Opioid Detox today. He thought he was coming off heroin, but his urine also revealed fentanyl…almost a daily occurrence now at the Coleman Institute. He was here with his father, Bob, who didn’t really...
by Joan Shepherd, FNP | Sep 28, 2017
Claire (not her real name) juggles a lot in her life. She is a full time college student. She works part-time. She is getting married over Thanksgiving. She has an opioid addiction. Her first attempt to complete college failed when she started using pills at age 20....
by Joan Shepherd, FNP | Jul 11, 2017
At The Coleman Institute, we continue to assist people with a medical withdrawal from short acting opiates, but we have a growing number of patients who are seeking our services to help get off of buprenorphine products like Suboxone or Subutex®. In an earnest...
by Joan Shepherd, FNP | Jul 6, 2017
Why do people love coming to The Coleman Institute? Partly it’s because our method of Rapid Non-Addictive, Medically Assisted Withdrawal from opioids just plain makes the experience tolerable. Our patients are generally highly motivated; they are exhausted from...
by Joan R. Shepherd, FNP | Oct 5, 2016
As family practitioners, my colleagues and I are receiving more and more information from the DEA and other government agencies about prescribing opioid pain medications to patients. It’s tricky because many people have relied on these types of medications for...
