The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) long ago identified methadone as the gold standard for opioid use disorder in Georgia. But, don’t be misled by those words: While the people who address addiction issues from Atlanta to Savannah and throughout the state have long recognized the benefits of methadone treatment, Suboxone has also been recognized as an ...
Suboxone Dosage: Standards, Adjustments, and Side Effects
The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) has much to say about the dosage of methadone for clients in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs, but it offers little instruction about Suboxone dosage. That’s because methadone is actually administered on site at the MAT facility, while Suboxone prescriptions are provided to the clients to be filled at their local ...
Suboxone Treatment in Georgia: Get the Counseling!
Getting Suboxone treatment in Georgia to battle your opiate addiction makes more sense the more you learn about it. Suboxone is approved by the FDA for use in treating addiction to prescription pain pills, heroin, and other opiates. It’s also possible to live life with a little more breathing space, because once you’ve been successfully inducted into Suboxone treatment you will find that you no ...
Support Grows for Suboxone Programs
When someone like Dr. Marvin D. Seppala speaks up about addiction treatment, people listen. Living in a world in which the possibilities of success with Suboxone programs are questioned, it’s refreshing and promising to hear that Dr. Seppala, who once promoted only abstinence-based therapies, now gives his full support to the benefits of Suboxone or buprenorphine. Dr. Seppala earned his medical ...
Questions About Treatment With Suboxone
The substance abuse professionals who supervise Suboxone therapy understand that the family members and significant others of persons with opiate addiction have many questions about treatment with Suboxone. Families wonder if Suboxone therapy is well regulated, and whether buprenorphine, the generic medication in Suboxone and Subutex, represents a good treatment option for their loved one. The ...
Working Your Recovery from Opioid Addiction
Does recovery sound like a dirty word to you? People hear the word and they think about movies like 28 Days, Clean and Sober, or even 1962’s Days of Wine and Roses. They say they haven’t seen those movies because they aren’t interested in them, but the truth is, they are either uncomfortable or afraid of addressing the topic of recovery. Recovery from opioid addiction means changing everything ...
