Over the past couple decades, as opiate addiction treatment has evolved, many addiction treatment providers have remained reluctant to give up on abstinence-based programs for recovery. A persistent stigma against Medication-assisted treatment prevented the integration of buprenorphine, naloxone, and methadone into mainstream addiction therapies. It’s time to reduce that stigma by getting these ...
Suboxone and the TREAT Act: What’s Taking So Long?
We’ve all heard about the TREAT Act and its effect on the availability of buprenorphine formulations like Suboxone. The TREAT Act, also known as Senate Bill 2645 or The Recovery Enhancement for Addiction Treatment Act, if passed, means that Suboxone, Subutex, and other forms of buprenorphine will be available for more people and waiting lists reduced. So what’s the holdup? The bill’s original ...
Shining a Light on Opioid Addiction
When will we get opioid addiction under control? How can you have any hope for recovery? All we’ve heard for years now is that the number of people addicted to pain pills and heroin has grown to epidemic proportion. Reports continue to show how many more people are dying from opioid addiction today compared to ten or twenty years ago. What words can possibly make a new impact in the fight ...
Heroin Statistics in 2015: An Update
Where do we stand in the war against opiate drug addiction? People are getting tired of burying their loved ones who have died from opiate prescription or heroin overdoses. They are speaking out about the cause of death, listing heroin overdose in the obituaries. It offers no consolation that the person who meant so much to them became just one among the many heroin statistics. They want people ...
Pregnant Women With An Opiate Addiction: A Promising Victory
A New Jersey State Supreme Court decision means a sigh of relief for pregnant women with an opiate addiction, no matter where they live. It sets precedent that other courts will likely follow; protecting women who take steps to overcome opiate addiction while pregnant. The case originated with a woman who sought methadone treatment after she discovered she was pregnant. After her baby was born ...
