How Does Buprenorphine (Suboxone®) Work? Before we discuss how buprenorphine (Suboxone®) works, you may be reading this thinking about all the many ways things have not worked out well lately for you or your loved one that is struggling with opioid addiction. You may be thinking that time is both precious and fleeting in life. […]
Suboxone® Withdrawal: How Do I Cope? Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is the use of medications, along with counseling and behavioral therapies, to provide a “whole-patient” approach to addiction treatment. MAT is being used much more often to treat opioid use disorder, and it is creating much more successful recoveries. One of the most commonly used MAT […]
How Long Does Suboxone® Block Opiates You just started taking medication for opioid use disorder (OUD). Naturally, you may have a couple of questions about it and how it works. You don’t want to relapse and want to greatly reduce the risk of that, so you want to know how long the effects of the […]
It’s Not Working: Is My Buprenorphine (Suboxone®) Dose Too Low? Every patient is different. This is something we continue to say because it rings true in every case. While some patients might do well with one form of treatment, other patients might be better suited for other forms of treatment. This goes for medicine, too. […]
Opioid use disorder has affected the world at large, but it always feels different when it’s right in your own backyard. Rural communities have been dealing with opioid use and misuse for quite some time, and it’s usually assumed many in those communities have passed on. Rural communities consistently don’t have the access other communities […]
Can You Overdose on Buprenorphine (Suboxone®)? You just used a lot of heroin. It was more than you had ever used before, but something about the high was different. It felt amazing, more than usual, but you then woke up in a hospital bed. Now you’re looking for treatment, and you hear about this medicine […]
Realizing you have an opioid problem and you need life-saving treatment is a huge step. Even just realizing you want to stop the daily grind of putting all your energy toward opioids is a huge step. Regardless of your past, there is an option for help in East Tennessee once you’ve come to accept the […]
