Why does one profession have higher substance abuse rates than another? If you look at various articles and tables of addiction rates among different professions, there might not seem to…
Suboxone is supposed to be the gold standard of opioid addiction treatment. I don't understand why Suboxone doesn't work. Have you had a bad Suboxone experience? You were expecting the…
Can a person be addicted to Suboxone? What is Suboxone used for in drug treatment? It is used to help people to quit using opioids, such as heroin, fentanyl, or…
Why would I want to avoid the gold standards in treatment for opioid addiction? There is some disagreement in the addiction treatment literature on how effective addiction treatment is without…
What does heroin smell like? Like many chemical compounds, pure heroin is odorless. So, if you were to walk through a research lab, past a workbench with an open container…
How long to detox from heroin cut with exotic designer opioids? Clandestine drug labs and street dealers are mixing in fentanyl, gray death, pink heroin, and other deadly synthetic opioids…
What happens to my body when I am going through withdrawal? Getting through opioid withdrawal without medical treatment is difficult. Many people do not make it through without going back…
Quitting opioids can be twice as challenging as quitting other drugs.When you quit a drug such as a methamphetamine, the psychological withdrawal is not at all easy to overcome. You…
When you begin medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction, you may feel as if a great burden has been lifted off of you. You no longer obsess over drugs all day.…
