Some patients who take Suboxone® as part of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) also take Xanax. They may have prescriptions for both drugs from separate doctors. Certain patients in MAT who take Xanax use it with the intention of increasing the high they feel from opioids. Anyone who takes these two drugs together has numerous risks to face. In this blog post, we’ll discuss why you should change ...
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 ...
Buprenorphine Therapy: See If It’s Right For You
The generic medication buprenorphine is better known by its brand names, Suboxone and Subutex. It constitutes a therapy option for managing addiction to opiates in an outpatient setting. Some methadone programs offer buprenorphine therapy and some do not but are planning to do so. Call your local program to see what they offer. Buprenorphine has been approved by the FDA for use in addiction ...
Heroin Addiction: Become Educated
In the early months of 2014, the U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder identified heroin addiction as an “urgent public health crisis,” advising heroin addicts and their families to carry injectable naloxone as an antidote to heroin overdose. However, Dallas-Fort Worth heroin addicts don’t have that option, as Texas is one of 43 states that still prohibit naloxone syringes in the medical kits of first ...
