What should you do if you are referred to a program that offers a three-day Suboxone detox? Many hospitals and clinics around the country accept patients who are referred to them for detox from certain drugs or alcohol and they provide a limited three-day detox from Suboxone. Some doctors frown on the three-day detox, but the decision whether to go into such a program may not be so cut and ...
Naloxone in the Neighborhood: Thanks Walgreens!
It’s always gratifying when a chain of stores sticks its neck out to offer a genuine community service to its customers. This time it’s Walgreens, the happy and healthy neighborhood pharmacy stores. Its managers are supporting naloxone programs for drug addiction rehabilitation in California, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Maryland, and 34 other states, plus the District of Columbia. Walgreens will join ...
Passage of CARA: A New Hope for Opiate Recovery
We keep hearing about the opiate epidemic throughout this country, and we wonder how it’s possible to battle such a behemoth monster. Substance abuse treatment professionals who work in opiate recovery centers are excited to report that in February 2016 the Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to approve the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA). The next step for this ...
Out-of-Control: Opiate Abuse in Alabama
According to Mary Sell Montgomery writing for Addiction Pro online journal, opiate abuse in Alabama has skyrocketed over the past several years. Just a few years ago, according to drug enforcement officials throughout several Alabama counties, they never came across heroin. Then the rate of death by opiates leapt to more than 100 in Jefferson County alone in 2013, and it doubled in 2014 and then ...
Buprenorphine Implant Available Soon?
We all know the federal government moves slowly, so with this good news we are urging only cautious optimism. However, substance abuse treatment professionals across the nation are perking up joyous ears, eager to learn more about a recommendation by an FDA Advisory Panel to approve the use of Probuphine, a buprenorphine implant, to treat opiate addiction. Liz Szabo of USA Today was the first ...
A Report on Opiate Addiction in Texas
Prescription drug abuse and opiate addiction in Texas are the focus of a report prepared by the Trust For America’s Health (TFAH). TFAH describes itself as a non-profit, non-partisan organization “dedicated to saving lives by protecting the health of every community.” Opiate addiction has spread like wildfire throughout the country. TFAH promotes prevention of addiction through ...
