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How to Get Off Methadone with the Coleman Institute

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Oct 19

October 5, 2019

How to Get Off Methadone with the Coleman Institute

I had the pleasure of seeing my patient Isabel (not her real name, but I love this name) in the office for her regular monthly Vivitrol injection.

Vivitrol is a long-acting, injectable form of naltrexone. Naltrexone is an opiate blocker, also called an opiate antagonist. When naltrexone is present in the system, there is “no room at the inn” for opioids.

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Opioids, Tobacco, and Relapse

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Sep 19

September 30, 2019

Opioids, Tobacco, and Relapse

When patients come to the Coleman Institute for Addiction Medicine to detox off various addictive substances such as heroin, fentanyl, Percocet®, Dilaudid®, Roxicet®, or any other derivatives of morphine, they aren’t feeling their best.

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“I’m A Slave to my Fentanyl Patch”

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Sep 19

September 27, 2019

“I’m A Slave to my Fentanyl Patch”

These are the words I heard from a middle-aged patient who came into the office a few weeks ago. He said to me: "I hate it. Every 3 days I have to re-apply my Fentanyl patch and I can’t stand the fact that I am a slave to it. All of my doctors tell me that I should just stay on this medicine, but I just don't want to live this way anymore. I feel like I am living my life in some kind of a shadow."

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Over Sixty, Finally Sober: An Interview With An Alcohol Detox Patient

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Sep 19

September 24, 2019

Over Sixty, Finally Sober: An Interview With An Alcohol Detox Patient

With the goal of interviewing people who have inspired me during my tenure at the Coleman Institute, this month’s interview is with Walter. I have organized my interviews around author Annie Grace’s trifecta of ACT: Awareness, Clarity, and Turnaround. In her 2018 book The Alcohol Experiment, she encourages people to use these steps to explore their own relationship with alcohol. (more…)
The Single Most Terrifying Thing About Admitting You Are Addicted To Opioids

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Sep 19

September 16, 2019

The Single Most Terrifying Thing About Admitting You Are Addicted To Opioids

As the Coleman Institute has evolved into treating addiction with a wider spectrum of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) options, I see more people who haven't exactly hit rock bottom, but they don't want to find that place.

Currently, we offer treatment using many different options for those with opioid use addiction and every patient's situation is unique. Whether you are struggling addiction problems - the wanting, the craving, the never-quite-getting enough, the lying, the spending, sickness of withdrawal - or fear of the sickness of withdrawal - treatment is available for you.

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