Addiction Treatment ‘Science’ and Dead Rats
In my last post I teased that I would write about fake science.  I’ll try to make it interesting. The internet allows everyone to do research about symptoms and treatments for any condition. If not for need for prescriptions, people could act as their own doctors.  But a huge dose of caution is necessary before anyone takes that path. Realize first that doctors don’t treat themselves or even their family members.  The saying that ‘a person representing himself in court has a fool for a lawyer’ applies double in healthcare.  Treating someone close to one’s self introduces a bias that is har...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - May 23, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Jeffrey Junig MD PhD Tags: Education Pharma pharmacology Research treatment alcohol treatment fake science FDA approval nutritional supplements Source Type: blogs

Buprenorphine, Not Subbies
I’ve been writing longer and longer posts on SuboxForum so maybe I need to write more here.  This blog archives twelve years of frustration over the ignorance toward buprenorphine, at least until I ran out of steam a year ago.  I grew used doctors refusing to treat people addicted to heroin and other opioids.  I became used to the growth of abstinence-based treatment programs, even as relapse rates and deaths continued to rise.  It isn’t all bad news; I enjoyed the past couple meetings of AATOD, where people openly spoke about medication-assisted treatments without hushed voices.  I feel like I’m th...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - April 9, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: admin Tags: Addiction Buprenorphine recovery Suboxone treatment addiction treatment stigma subs Source Type: blogs

Buprenorphine, Not Subbies
I’ve been writing longer and longer posts on SuboxForum so maybe I need to write more here.  This blog archives twelve years of frustration over the ignorance toward buprenorphine, at least until I ran out of steam a year ago.  I grew used doctors refusing to treat people addicted to heroin and other opioids.  I became used to the growth of abstinence-based treatment programs, even as relapse rates and deaths continued to rise.  It isn’t all bad news; I enjoyed the past couple meetings of AATOD, where people openly spoke about medication-assisted treatments without hushed voices.  I feel like I’m th...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - April 9, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: admin Tags: Addiction Buprenorphine recovery Suboxone treatment addiction treatment stigma subs Source Type: blogs

Buprenorphine, Not Subbies
I’ve been writing longer and longer posts on SuboxForum so maybe I need to write more here.  This blog archives twelve years of frustration over the ignorance toward buprenorphine, at least until I ran out of steam a year ago.  I grew used doctors refusing to treat people addicted to heroin and other opioids.  I became used to the growth of abstinence-based treatment programs, even as relapse rates and deaths continued to rise.  It isn’t all bad news; I enjoyed the past couple meetings of AATOD, where people openly spoke about medication-assisted treatments without hushed voices.  I feel like I’m th...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - April 9, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: admin Tags: Addiction Buprenorphine recovery Suboxone treatment addiction treatment stigma subs Source Type: blogs

Help for Heroin Addiction
A couple comments for regular readers…  first, watch for an upcoming change to a new name.  For years I’ve debated whether to adopt a name centered on ‘buprenorphine’, rather than the more-recognizable ‘Suboxone’.  I believe that time has come.   Second, I’m going to ‘reset’ with some introductory comments about the proper approach to treating heroin addiction, intended for those who are seeking help – starting with this post. I’m addicted to heroin.  Which treatment should I use? I’ve treated heroin addiction in a range of settings, including ab...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - March 27, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: admin Tags: Addiction Clean Enough treatment addiction treatment Buprenorphine heroin addiction medication assisted treatment Methadone Source Type: blogs

Help for Heroin Addiction
A couple comments for regular readers…  first, watch for an upcoming change to a new name.  For years I’ve debated whether to adopt a name centered on ‘buprenorphine’, rather than the more-recognizable ‘Suboxone’.  I believe that time has come.   Second, I’m going to ‘reset’ with some introductory comments about the proper approach to treating heroin addiction, intended for those who are seeking help – starting with this post. I’m addicted to heroin.  Which treatment should I use? I’ve treated heroin addiction in a range of settings, including ab...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - March 27, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: admin Tags: Addiction Clean Enough treatment addiction treatment Buprenorphine heroin addiction medication assisted treatment Methadone Source Type: blogs

Help for Heroin Addiction
A couple comments for regular readers…  first, watch for an upcoming change to a new name.  For years I’ve debated whether to adopt a name centered on ‘buprenorphine’, rather than the more-recognizable ‘Suboxone’.  I believe that time has come.   Second, I’m going to ‘reset’ with some introductory comments about the proper approach to treating heroin addiction, intended for those who are seeking help – starting with this post. I’m addicted to heroin.  Which treatment should I use? I’ve treated heroin addiction in a range of settings, including a...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - March 27, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Jeffrey Junig MD PhD Tags: Addiction Clean Enough treatment addiction treatment Buprenorphine heroin addiction medication assisted treatment Methadone Source Type: blogs

The Other Opioid Crisis: Hospital Shortages Lead To Patient Pain, Medical Error
I came across this public-accesss story, and wanted to share the perspective: Pauline Bartolone, Kaiser Health News Even as opioids flood American communities and fuel widespread addiction, hospitals are facing a dangerous shortage of the powerful painkillers needed by patients in acute pain, according to doctors, pharmacists and a coalition of health groups. The shortage, though more significant in some places than others, has left many hospitals and surgical centers scrambling to find enough injectable morphine, Dilaudid and fentanyl — drugs given to patients undergoing surgery, fighting cancer or suffering traumatic i...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - March 26, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: admin Tags: Acute Pain Anesthesia Public policy surgery Chronic pain opioid addiction Source Type: blogs

The Other Opioid Crisis: Hospital Shortages Lead To Patient Pain, Medical Error
I came across this public-accesss story, and wanted to share the perspective: Pauline Bartolone, Kaiser Health News Even as opioids flood American communities and fuel widespread addiction, hospitals are facing a dangerous shortage of the powerful painkillers needed by patients in acute pain, according to doctors, pharmacists and a coalition of health groups. The shortage, though more significant in some places than others, has left many hospitals and surgical centers scrambling to find enough injectable morphine, Dilaudid and fentanyl — drugs given to patients undergoing surgery, fighting cancer or suffering traumatic i...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - March 26, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: admin Tags: Acute Pain Anesthesia Public policy surgery Chronic pain opioid addiction Source Type: blogs

The Other Opioid Crisis: Hospital Shortages Lead To Patient Pain, Medical Error
I came across this public-accesss story, and wanted to share the perspective: Pauline Bartolone, Kaiser Health News Even as opioids flood American communities and fuel widespread addiction, hospitals are facing a dangerous shortage of the powerful painkillers needed by patients in acute pain, according to doctors, pharmacists and a coalition of health groups. The shortage, though more significant in some places than others, has left many hospitals and surgical centers scrambling to find enough injectable morphine, Dilaudid and fentanyl — drugs given to patients undergoing surgery, fighting cancer or suffering traumatic i...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - March 26, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Jeffrey Junig MD PhD Tags: Acute Pain Anesthesia Public policy surgery Chronic pain opioid addiction Source Type: blogs

Missing the Point of Buprenorphine Treatment
A forum reader wrote about concerns over a partner on buprenorphine.  Her concerns pointed out a common misperception about the goals of treatment of opioid use disorder using buprenorphine, or using methadone for that matter. Her question, amended for privacy: I married the love of my life.  He is still he love of my life but has been an addict for 15 of them. Our children have been greatly affected by his addiction.  He made promise after promise that he was clean, and I dove back in with complete faith time after time only to get burned. His addiction started with recreational pills increasing over time, but now he i...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - June 17, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: admin Tags: Addiction Buprenorphine Suboxone treatment buprenorphine treatment opioid taper rapid detox Suboxone taper Source Type: blogs

Missing the Point of Buprenorphine Treatment
A forum reader wrote about concerns over a partner on buprenorphine.  Her concerns pointed out a common misperception about the goals of treatment of opioid use disorder using buprenorphine, or using methadone for that matter. Her question, amended for privacy: I married the love of my life.  He is still he love of my life but has been an addict for 15 of them. Our children have been greatly affected by his addiction.  He made promise after promise that he was clean, and I dove back in with complete faith time after time only to get burned. His addiction started with recreational pills increasing over time, but now he i...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - June 17, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: admin Tags: Addiction Buprenorphine Suboxone treatment buprenorphine treatment opioid taper rapid detox Suboxone taper Source Type: blogs

Missing the Point of Buprenorphine Treatment
A forum reader wrote about concerns over a partner on buprenorphine.  Her concerns pointed out a common misperception about the goals of treatment of opioid use disorder using buprenorphine, or using methadone for that matter. Her question, amended for privacy: I married the love of my life.  He is still he love of my life but has been an addict for 15 of them. Our children have been greatly affected by his addiction.  He made promise after promise that he was clean, and I dove back in with complete faith time after time only to get burned. His addiction started with recreational pills increasing over time, but now he i...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - June 17, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: Jeffrey Junig MD PhD Tags: Addiction Buprenorphine Suboxone treatment buprenorphine treatment opioid taper rapid detox Suboxone taper Source Type: blogs

Brandeis and CDC Wrong on Buprenorphine PDMP Data
I’ll share an interesting story about the data used for the prescription drug database in Wisconsin and other states.  I’ve been holding back on writing about this issue in hopes that the reason for the story would be corrected, and I would have no story to tell.  But that hasn’t happened. A new law in Wisconsin requires all prescribers to check the prescription drug database when prescribing any controlled substance.  I’m surprised that no privacy advocates have complained about the database, which tells prescribers about the controlled substances used by their patients over the past 5 years, the pharmacies the...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - April 28, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: admin Tags: Addiction Buprenorphine pharmacology Public policy risks Brandeis University CDC drug database PDMP Source Type: blogs