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Fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid used medically to manage severe pain, is a catalyst for the worst drug epidemic in our nation’s history and is responsible for the deaths of approximately 200 people each day. Estimated to be 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine and about 50 times more potent than heroin, fentanyl is highly addictive and causes dependency with just a few doses. When a person stops using fentanyl they can experience extremely uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms, but these can be mitigated with an effective detox program administered by experienced medical professionals.

A patient shared this story and this question with me a few weeks ago:

"I've been working with a doctor to find a solution for my back pain for the past two years. I tried every treatment in the book from physical therapy, to ibuprofen, to cortisone injections. After months of consulting with my doctor, we arrived at the perfect regimen to reduce pain: one tablet of acetaminophen-oxycodone, a potent opioid, in the morning and one tablet of acetaminophen-oxycodone at night."

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I heard from Ken yesterday. Ken completed an Accelerated Opiate Detox with us about 5 weeks earlier. The burden lifted from his shoulders is immense.

“I want you to understand, I am not an addict,” Rebecca (not her real name), a 32-year-old social worker calling from Philadelphia, spoke emphatically into the phone.

“The pain I have is 100% legitimate and I work with a pain management specialist who is well respected. He warned me that if I spoke to a detox center, they would pigeonhole me as an addict. I simply can’t get off my pain medication by myself; I have tried and tried, and I get too ill…and then I give up.”

She was quiet for a moment and then softly began to cry. “My husband and I want to have a baby and I don’t want to be on this damn medication if I get pregnant.”