Planning for Surgery When You Have a Substance Use Disorder
Addiction, Featured, Opiates, RecoverySurgery is a common point where a stable recovery gets destabilized. How to plan pain control, protect medication for opioid use disorder, and build a discharge plan before you need one.
Opioid Overdose at Home: How to Recognize It, Respond, and Get Naloxone Before You Need It
Addiction, Family, Featured, Fentanyl, Opiates, OverdoseHow to recognize an opioid overdose, what to do in the first minutes, how to get naloxone before an emergency, and why the hours after a reversal are a critical treatment opportunity for families.
Continuing Medication for Opioid Use Disorder After Release From Jail or Prison
Addiction, Featured, Legal, Opiates, RecoveryThe weeks after release from jail or prison carry elevated overdose risk because opioid tolerance drops during incarceration. Here is how continuity of medication for opioid use disorder is arranged, what commonly breaks it, and what to line up before the release date.
Naloxone at Home: What Families of Someone With Opioid Use Disorder Should Know
Addiction, Family, Featured, Opiates, OverdoseWhy families keep naloxone on hand while arranging treatment, what it does and does not do, how to recognize an opioid emergency, and why it is a bridge rather than a treatment plan.
Managing Chronic Pain When You Have a History of Opioid Use Disorder
Addiction, Chronic Pain, Featured, OpiatesChronic pain and a history of opioid use disorder can be treated together. How to build a care team, what non-opioid pain care involves, and what to ask a program.
Methadone vs Suboxone for Fentanyl Use Disorder in Adults
Featured, Fentanyl, Opiates, SuboxoneComparing methadone vs Suboxone for fentanyl use disorder: induction risk, dosing, program access, and how to choose with a clinician.
How Long to Stay on Suboxone After Opioid Detox
Featured, Opiates, SuboxoneHow long should you stay on Suboxone after opioid detox? Learn the clinical stability markers prescribers assess before considering a taper.
Why is Fentanyl Deadlier than Heroin?
Addiction, Drugs, Featured, Fentanyl, Heroin, News, Opiates, TreatmentWith all the recent opioid deaths, you may wonder why is fentanyl deadlier than heroin?
Out of the opioid family of drugs, fentanyl is the most potent of them all. In fact, when compared with heroin, fentanyl is about 50 times stronger. Ingesting…
Navigating Pain Relief With and Without Opioids
Addiction, Featured, Guest Blog, OpiatesPain is a cruel master. When it strikes, there is nothing beyond it. No life, no relationships, no you. There are only the pain and the need to get it to stop, no matter what.
According to recent estimates from the CDC, 1 in 5 Americans is…
What Did Demi Lovato Overdose On
Addiction, Celebrities, Drug Treatment, Drugs, Featured, Fentanyl, News, Opiates, Overdose, Recovery, Rehab, Substance Abuse, TreatmentDemi Lovato's Struggle with Addiction
When a beloved entertainer like Demi Lovato, who had been recently celebrating her recovery, suddenly falls down it reminds anyone who is battling the monster just how vulnerable they, too, are to relapse.…