SAMHSA’s Advisory issued in early March 2016 provided substance abuse treatment professionals with a few new recommendations regarding buprenorphine treatment for opiate dependence. Your choice of either Zubsolv or Suboxone may be the biggest result of the Advisory. The Sublingual and Transmucosal Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder: Review and Update, brings exciting new information to ...
Managing Your Life During Buprenorphine Treatment
If you’ve been exploring this website, you already know what your first days of buprenorphine treatment will be like. You know if you have a job or go to school, it will be necessary to take the day off. The medication-assisted treatment (MAT) program that you choose will want to keep an eye on you for a while after your initial dose. Your next visit may be within two or three days, and then ...
Veterans on Opiates
Friends and family of military people really don’t understand that veterans on opiates is a widespread problem for those who serve our country. Men and women who return home from military deployment have difficulty re-adjusting to life stateside, and if they were taking pain pills when they were deployed their VA doctor at home is unlikely to change their medication regimen. Veterans on Opiates: ...
Drug Rehabilitation Programs: What To Expect
What can you expect in a drug rehabilitation program? Treatment is for discovery, they say, and the rooms are for recovery. You’ll spend time in a variety of rooms during your journey toward recovery. If you’re opting for buprenorphine treatment for opiate addiction, the rooms become very important. Someone suffering from an addiction to opiates learns much about himself simply from his efforts ...
Financial Aspects of Methadone and Suboxone Treatment
Money is such a strange commodity, even for the average man on the street. For someone who wants to commit to methadone or Suboxone treatment for opiate addiction, the concept of money and everything it implies take on new meaning. Consider first the issue of paying for your recovery. Methadone and buprenorphine programs most likely are not completely covered by your insurance. Some insurance ...
Your Job and Your Family During Buprenorphine Treatment
You may have already read on this website what to expect when you decide to begin buprenorphine treatment. If you’re working, you know you have to request the day off. It’s also necessary to be experiencing withdrawal symptoms when you present for treatment, which may be uncomfortable but is necessary. The clinic will need to monitor you for approximately two hours after your first dose, and ...
