Where is the best place to go for the best alcohol rehab Pompano has to offer, or the top Pompano opioid treatment program? If you are searching for a drug rehab, Pompano has many, but only one concierge addiction doctor provides the best possible addiction treatment in Pompano Beach, Fl.
Is telemedicine addiction treatment possible with a doctor who listens to you at length with caring, empathy, and compassion. For the ultimate Pompano addiction rehabilitation center, Dr. Leeds provides in-person visits, and Telehealth, telemedicine services. You can see the doctor in a quiet office location, or in the comfort of your own home, via video telemedicine.
Pompano Beach now has access to the finest, premium VIP concierge addiction treatment program in South Florida. For alcohol dependence, benzodiazepine dependence, opioid dependence, or for any addiction challenge, Dr. Leeds is here to help.
We provide programs that integrate the Ashton Method for benzo tapering, the Sinclair Method, for alcohol dependence tapering, and Suboxone therapy for opioid dependence. Our addiction treatment programs are custom-made for your unique situation and personal needs.
Pompano is the place to be if you are looking for the finest in quality private medical care, coaching, and counseling for addiction recovery. We want to help you achieve the best in peak performance and brain health for the best possible success in life. Please contact us for more information.
I have special childhood memories of Pompano Beach. I would go there with friends to the beach, on the weekends. We always found a spot near the pier.
The beach crowd was pleasant, and the water was refreshing. I also remember a large, shirtless, sunburned man who ran an outdoor burger stand by the pier. His burgers were delicious, and worth making the trip just to have one.
Some people call it Pompano, but the proper name for this city is Pompano Beach, though it was once known simply as Pompano. This city on the ocean sits on the Atlantic, with sandy beaches, and breezy breezes, blowing through the palm fronds. Warm, clear waters, sand dunes, and even play grounds can be found in the Pompano Beach area.
Further inland, the city is a pleasant location that blends in with the sprawling region of civilization on the Southeast coast of Florida, known technically as the Greater Miami Area. On the darker side of Pompano Beach, the area is known for its many questionable sober living homes and storefront rehabs.
While Pompano Beach is a nice place to visit for the beautiful beaches, it may not be the best destination for rehab or for a sober living home. Beware, and do not let advertisements of “luxurious accommodations” fool you into making a trip to Pompano, just for rehab.
You may find yourself in a shady, poor excuse for rehab or sober living, where the goal of the owners is billing health insurance plans and getting various kickbacks by encouraging clients to relapse and cycle back through the system of detox, rehab, PHP, IOP, and sober living.
Dr. Leeds , follows a comprehensive and holistic treatment approach that focuses on you, the patient. Our long-term scientifically based, medically proven treatments are designed to help you, or a loved one, to beat addiction.
We are a well-established, successful medical practice serving patients in and around Miami and Miami-Dade County, as well as Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Boca Raton, Palm Beach Gardens, and all of Palm Beach County. We also serve areas surrounding Stuart and Port Saint Lucie. If you’re located locally, we’re ideally placed to give you easy access to treatment when you need an urgent appointment.
Here are some of the services provided by Mark Leeds, D.O. in his Fort Lauderdale, Broward County office.
So, if sober homes and detoxes in Pompano, Florida are not the answer, what is the best way to get help with a drinking problem? How does a person stop binge drinking, or at least slow down?
Fortunately, there are some great rehab alternatives for getting help with excessive alcohol consumption, whether you are drinking too much in Pompano Beach bars, or elsewhere.
One of the best ways to quit drinking safely, for people who are gray area drinkers, or alcoholics, is to use The Sinclair Method (TSM). The Sinclair Method is one of the best kept secrets amongst the alcohol rehab crowd in Pompano.
What is TSM? It is simply a protocol that uses pharmacological extinction to help people slow down on their drinking. The patient takes a naltrexone pill one hour before having a drink.
The pill helps to extinguish the cravings and compulsions for alcohol. Over time, when the patient reaches the extinction phase, they no longer have any interest in drinking alcohol.
Benzodiazepines are prescription medications used to treat anxiety and insomnia, among other uses. Some examples include Xanax, or alprazolam, Valium, or diazepam, Klonopin, or clonazepam, Ativan, or lorazepam, and many others.
Are these drugs addictive? That is hard to say. Benzos definitely cause physical dependence, which some people call prescribed physical dependence, or iatrogenic physical dependence, because it is due to a doctor prescribing the medication.
Yet, few people use benzodiazepines addictively. While there are definitely cases of people abusing benzos, it is relatively rare. The federal government considers the class of benzodiazepines to have a low abuse potential.
In Pompano, Florida, and beyond, people are learning about the Ashton Manual and the Ashton Method, created by Dr. Heather Ashton, a British doctor who specialized in helping patients to gradually taper off of benzodiazepines.
While the Ashton Method is a great guideline and starting point, there are many different ways to implement the tapering process. It must be individualized for each patient.
Substance abuse due to a substance use disorder is a medical condition that can be treated by an experienced doctor.
There are medical treatments that can be effective in reducing stimulant cravings, including crystal meth, cocaine, crack, and others.
Opioid and opiate addiction are treatable conditions. Medication-assisted treatments have excellent outcomes.
Benzodiazepine dependence can be treated with medical attention. For more information on benzo dependence treatment in Miami, please contact our office.
It is possible to get the best addiction treatment without going away to rehab or to one of the local Pompano Beach rehab facilities. The answer is to contact a concierge addiction treatment service and schedule an appointment.
Concierge addiction treatment provided by a concierge addiction treatment doctor allows you to continue with your lifestyle, and also get the latest medical treatment. The focus is on science-based treatment, and not on spiritual solutions. While prayer and meditation are great, and meditation is a very effective way to develop mindful awareness, it is important to still incorporate proven medical treatments.
Many rehabs are far behind on medical treatment of addiction, being stuck in the past with the deep integration of the 12-step Alcoholics Anonymous philosophy. Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous are spiritual fellowships that can be excellent social support programs. Unfortunately, these programs often interfere with medical treatment of addiction, especially when they are used as the foundation of a rehabilitation or detoxification program.
Especially for issues of opioid addiction, alcohol addiction, or benzodiazepine dependence, I recommend going to a concierge addiction treatment service or seeing a concierge addiction treatment doctor.
Subutex is an older version of Suboxone. Yet, it still has a place in treating opioid dependence. Subutex is often used at Day treatment programs, similar to methadone clinics, where a Subutex pill is administered to clients each day.
Another use for Subutex is for pregnant patients. Suboxone is not known to be definitely safe in pregnancy, so Subutex is used as an alternative.
Additionally, patients who are allergic to buprenorphine/naloxone, or have had significant adverse reactions to bupe/nal, may be prescribed Subutex as an alternative. Subutex only contains buprenorphine, not naloxone.
If you are looking for Subutex Addiction Clinics in Pompano Beach, Florida, consider contacting us on this website to discuss the possibility of Subutex treatment, if it is indicated.
Suboxone usually does not cause any lasting side effects for most patients. However, some patients do experience side effects that require taking action. In many cases, reducing the dosage can help to relieve the side effects.
Some examples of side effects include headache, constipation, difficulty urinating, excessive sweating, and some others. If you have been prescribed Suboxone and you are concerned about side effects, you should contact your doctor as soon as possible.
While many of the side effects associated with buprenorphine/naloxone are not serious, they can be a serious nuisance. Either way, it is important to report any side effects or adverse reactions to your doctor.
Pompano does have in-house drug and alcohol rehab centers, as described earlier on this page. Unfortunately, the quiet town of Pompano has had to tolerate an influx of poor quality in-house drug and alcohol rehab programs, run more for profit than for therapeutic success in treating addiction.
What is the alternative to these store front rehabs that over promise and under deliver? One possibility is to travel, far away to a high quality rehab program.
The ideal situation would be to find a rehab program that also provides a full range of medically assisted treatment protocols, along with high level psychotherapy. Therapy should be administered by a doctor of psychology or a psychiatrist, not a certified drug counselor, whose sole qualifications is a personal history of addiction.
For medical therapy, patients who are addicted to opioids should be offered treatment with buprenorphine or naltrexone. Naltrexone is available in monthly injections or long-term, six month implants. Buprenorphine is also available in monthly shots, such as the Sublocade shot or Brixadi shot.
For patients addicted to alcohol, they should be offered treatment with medications such as naltrexone, and other alcohol treatment medications, as recommended by the Canadian Alcohol Use Disorder Society, or the C3 Foundation. There is a rehab in North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, that offers treatment with The Sinclair Method.
After in-house rehab, patients should be encouraged, and arrangements made, for ongoing medical treatment and therapy. Long-term treatment works best, and should be supported by the in-house rehabilitation program.
Another possibility is outpatient, concierge medical treatment, where a concierge physician works in conjunction with a psychologist or therapist. Please call Dr. Leeds for more information on concierge addiction treatment options.
Low Dose Naltrexone is an incredible therapy option for patients who have chronic discomfort due to autoimmune conditions or other chronic medical conditions. LDN makes use of the medication naltrexone at very low doses.
The mechanism for low dose naltrexone is different from how full dose naltrexone works. LDN helps to protect the central nervous system from the effects of chronic inflammation.
While not directly related to addiction treatment, it is worth mentioning LDN for patients in Pompano who are interested, because it does make use of a commonly used addiction treatment drug, naltrexone.
Methadone is a potent opioid agonist drug. People who take methadone do get high from the drug. So, why is it used for drug treatment in Pompano Beach.
The only place to get methadone to treat opioid addiction is at a methadone maintenance clinic. Pompano does have a methadone clinic, but for many people, methadone should be the last option, after other treatments have been tried.
Buprenorphine is the preferred treatment drug over methadone. Even for patients taking long-acting fentanyl can start dupe with the help of protocols such as the Bernese Method, which is a bupe microdosing strategy.
Because of the methadone side effects, risks of respiratory depression, and the inconvenience of going to daily appointments, Suboxone therapy is the preferred choice, wherever possible.
Opioid and opiate withdrawal is a significant problem for people in Pompano, Florida who quit opioids or opiates cold turkey. While not physically dangerous in most cases, opioid withdrawal is extremely uncomfortable and unpleasant.
Chills, cramps, aches, anxiety, depression, and opioid cravings are all part of the opioid withdrawal syndrome. Fortunately there are medications that can make opioid and opiate withdrawal more tolerable.
The best solution for dealing with opioid withdrawal or opiate withdrawal is to see a doctor with experience in working with opioid dependent patients, who knows the best treatment combinations to make withdrawal easier to tolerate.
For years, oxycodone slipped under the radar, being prescribed by doctors for acute and chronic pain. Doctors were educated by their medical societies and authorities that they must treat pain and that opioids, such as oxycodone, were the safe choice.
As we now know, Purdue Pharma provided much of the influence, through intensive lobbying, to create an environment where doctors and the public were led to believe that oxycodone was an optimal choice for providing pain relief. While it may still be ideal for some patients with severe chronic pain, it is now considered too risky to prescribe long-term to most patients.
Fortunately, oxycodone withdrawal and detox are relatively easy to handle by concierge medical doctors, because oxycodone is a short acting drug. The ideal treatment plan is to transition the patient to Suboxone or ZubSolv, or a similar treatment medication containing buprenorphine, so that the patient does not continue to experience oxycodone withdrawal or cravings.
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Drug rehabilitation and treatment centers in Pompano that provide adequate addiction therapy with proven medical treatment protocols are not easy to find. There is a great opportunity for the establishment of a new kind of drug rehabilitation and treatment center in Pompano Beach, Florida, that implements science-based medical treatments and psychotherapy in a way that will give patients the absolute highest chance of long-term success.
For the time being, I recommend looking into private addiction treatment programs, which are often run as outpatient centers, and can more flexibly address individual patient challenges. A concierge Suboxone doctor, or concierge addiction doctor in Pompano would be an ideal option, for the time being.
Mindful meditation is an important component of addiction recovery. While deep therapy, and appropriate medical therapies are also critical, patients who can learn to quiet their mind will find that they are better able to stay on the path of recovery.
Pompano Beach has beautiful beachside areas where a person can sit on a mat, on the sand, and contemplate the sounds of the ocean, the scent and feel of the soft breeze, and the sparkle of sunlight on gently rushing surf on the wet sands. If you are reading this in a quiet place, and you have a minute, close your eyes and imagine what it would be like to sit on Pompano Beach, bathed in warm sunlight.
While meditating on the beach, or even visualizing the beach is relaxing, there is no need to involve the seaside at all when meditating. In fact, all you need is a few uninterruptible minutes and the willingness to put aside the activities of your busy day to quiet your mind and focus on the present moment.
Mindful meditation is relaxing and peaceful. Give yourself a chance to recharge and refresh your mind.
If you are interested in learning about the many available therapies for addiction treatment and you would like to work with a doctor who thinks outside the box, please contact Dr. Leeds.
ZubSolv is a product created by the pharmaceutical company, Orexo. It is a tablet that contains the two active ingredients, buprenorphine and naloxone. ZubSolv and Suboxone contain the same ingredients and are used for the same purpose. ZubSolv, However, has the advantage of tasting better than Suboxone, under the tongue.
The Sinclair Method (TSM) is used to safely help people to reduce their alcohol consumption. While most detox and rehab facilities prefer to have patients quit alcohol cold turkey, TSM allows the patient to taper off of alcohol gradually. Quitting alcohol cold turkey is traumatic to the central nervous system.
Xanax is a benzodiazepine drug that is prescribed by doctors for the treatment of anxiety. Xanax is a highly potent benzodiazepines medication with a starting dose of 0.25 mg. While there are serious concerns about the abuse potential of Xanax, or alprazolam, doctors continue to prescribe the drug frequently.
Meth, or methamphetamine, is an addictive stimulant drug. Meth labs are dangerous places that pose a risk of death and injury to law enforcement officials who investigate them. In spite of the dangers of meth and meth labs, methamphetamine is a CII scheduled drug, considered to have legitimate medical use.
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