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.
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:
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.
As San Francisco opens a safe injection site, it's time to accept harm reduction as a crucial part of addiction treatment.
'This Is Us' deals with many types of addiction: pain pill addiction, alcohol addiction, and food addiction. But how accurate is the show?
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.
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.
From my very first codeine tablet, I was hooked. That warm fuzzy feeling permeated my body and my migraine—caused by severe dehydration and four bottles of wine the night before—almost vanished into thin air. I was transported to this almost memory-foam-type-fluffy-cloud.
At Workit Clinic - Michigan, medical professionals provide medication-assisted treatment like buprenorphine/naloxone (commonly recognized by brand name Suboxone) for addiction to opiates like heroin or pain pills. Meet Kristin, our Head of Clinical Operations.
New Year's Eve is the ultimate excuse to party hard. Call it amateur hour, but New Year’s makes drug users everywhere, reformed and not, pause and remember crazy years past. So what can you do on New Year’s, if you aren’t planning to get high?
By now, most of us have stumbled across endless terrifying headlines of opiate addiction, and morbidly graphic images of the toll of the opioid crisis: destroyed lives, overdose, and death. This is where the media goes with coverage of the crisis. When the conversation does deviate from the soaring number of tragic stories and statistics, it tends to veer towards punitive solutions, like changing legislation and catching drug dealers.
When you think of buprenorphine (Suboxone) treatment for opioid addiction, what comes to mind? If you think of it as a detox aid, intended to help decrease the discomforts associated with withdrawal from heroin and other opioids of abuse, don't feel bad. This is a common misconception—one that many people spread.
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