Quitting opioids like pain pills or heroin is challenging, but totally worth it. We’re here to walk you through every step of the way, from managing withdrawal to what to expect from Suboxone treatment.
Opioid addiction impacts the body’s nutrition status and changes neurochemistry. Dietary supplements can help bring nutrient levels back to normal.
Is Suboxone Treatment Effective for Heroin Addiction? Medication Assisted Treatment with Suboxone (or methadone) is commonly thought to the gold standard treatment for treating addiction to opioids. Let’s talk about how it can help with heroin addiction.
Buprenorphine, known by its brand name Suboxone, is used to treat opioid addiction. The evidence shows that long-term Suboxone treatment can improve treatment outcomes, and buprenorphine (Suboxone) is now the recommended treatment for opiate addiction.
Workit Health's Co-Founder and Co-CEO Lisa McLaughlin is proud to be speaking at the Precision Medicine World Conference Michigan on June 6-7. Conference organizers caught up with Workit's Co-CEO Lisa McLaughlin, to ask her about innovating solutions for the opioid crisis in Michigan.
The state of Michigan has taken several measures to decrease the prevalence of opioid addiction. These bills are meant to act not only as prevention methods, but also to increase both the patients and the public’s education on the dangers of opioids.
At Workit Health in Ann Arbor, Michigan, we treat opiate addiction with Suboxone and therapy. We caught up with Kristin, Head of Clinical Ops in Ann Arbor, to ask her why she loves working at Workit Health. Check out why she had to say:
In an analysis done by Avalere Health a healthcare consulting firm, Michigan is in the bottom 10 of U.S. states for their ratio of certified doctors compared to opiate deaths. Telehealth buprenorphine treatment helps meet patient needs in this shortage.
Suboxone is one of the few medications approved by the FDA to aide individuals who are trying to reduce or quit their use of opioids. Suboxone and other medications be used in inpatient settings like rehab, or prescribed by doctors who receive a waiver. What’s the difference?
This summer, San Francisco is on track to open two supervised injection sites that will serve around 22,000 people in the Bay Area. These sites were unanimously voted for by the local Health Commission, whose ultimate goal is to equip these facilities with clean needles, medical staff trained in responding to overdose or other medical emergencies, and resources for people who want treatment: all in order to help end the opioid epidemic.
I caught up with Tracey Helton Mitchell, recovering heroin addict and author of The Big Fix: Hope After Heroin, to talk about her work in harm reduction, her book, and how she stays sober today.
Workit Clinic now provides medication-assisted treatment (like Suboxone) & online therapy in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
As San Francisco opens a safe injection site, it's time to accept harm reduction as a crucial part of addiction treatment.
At Workit Clinic, we prescribe buprenorphine/naloxone (commonly known by its most popular brand name, Suboxone) for opiate addiction because quitting cold turkey is tough.
Amanda S. is a Michigan-based Recovery Advocate for medication assisted treatment, substance use disorder, mental health and chronic pain. She is in long term recovery and uses her story to help others.
Instead of endlessly arguing with Narcotics Anonymous about medication-assisted treatment being clean, why don't we focus on building up a community of safe support groups for those on medication-assisted treatment?
Struggling with pain pills or heroin? You aren't alone. Take our quiz to see if you might have a problem with opiates.
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