Suboxone Doctor in Nashville
5 Things About Suboxone that are Misunderstood
What is Suboxone and how does it work? Suboxone, is a “combination” medication containing two medicines: buprenorphine and naloxone. Suboxone is considered the primary medication in treating opioid addiction. Suboxone has been shown to lower fatal overdoses by approximately 50%. Suboxone also reduces the risk of nonfatal overdoses dramatically, which are both traumatic and medically…
Read MoreIs Taking Suboxone Considered Clean?
If there’s one question we hear constantly at the clinic, it’s this one: Is Taking Suboxone Considered Clean? The answer is unequivocally, YES. When I first started taking Suboxone I was wondering the same thing. I was going to group recovery meetings, I got a sponsor, I was doing the twelve steps, etc. It was…
Read MoreIt’s Not Your Fault – Addiction is a Disease
How often does someone who’s addicted hear silly things like, “Don’t you have any willpower? Just quit, it’s not that hard! Put your mind to it and you can do anything!” Trust me, if an addict could simply quit, they would. But, they can’t. It’s just not that easy. When you get addicted, it’s very…
Read MoreHow to Stay Clean through the 2020 Holiday Season
Great recovery is something you do all year long. However, the holiday season seems to be a difficult time for many who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol. The parties, the celebrations, this was a time when typically I would use more drugs and alcohol then typical. I got clean in December of 2013. Not only…
Read MoreNarcotic Addiction – Where it All Started
Have you ever wondered when and where the appeal and addiction to opioids (opium, heroin, oxycodone, OxyContin, hydrocodone) started? We’re in the middle of an opioid epidemic as of 2020, but the current narcotic addiction problem is actually just history repeating itself. The earliest reference to opium growth and use began in 3400 B.C. when…
Read MoreChanging from Methadone to Suboxone – Is it Safe?
If you’re currently taking methadone for opioid abuse disorder and are considering switching to the much safer Suboxone, there are things you need to know. Where Did Methadone Come From? Methadone was first created in a German lab circa 1937. It has been long rumored that Hitler used Methadone as a pain killer for his…
Read MoreA Suboxone Clinic Could Have Prevented My Brother’s Death
Back in 2005 it was difficult if not impossible to find a Suboxone clinic or doctor who prescribes Suboxone. In 2005 my oldest brother Jeff died in his sleep from opioid overdose. He’d taken too many oxycodone & OxyContin pills before falling asleep forever. He bought pain pills on the street daily and had been…
Read MoreStarting Suboxone from Home with Telemedicine Nashville
There isn’t much good to say about COVID 19, especially knowing how many people are hurting from having their income taken away. Yet, there may be one benefit of COVID 19 that has changed or even possibly saved a few lives – Telemedicine in Nashville. Prior to March 2020 it was confusing at best knowing…
Read MoreClean for Christmas – Almost
In September 2013 I was seeing a pain doctor who I believe was doing his best with me, despite knowing I was heavily addicted to the medications he was prescribing. or rather, the medications his physicians assistant was prescribing me. A cocktail of 120mg of oxycodone, 60mg of OxyContin and an unknown amount of the…
Read MoreAlvogen Generic Suboxone Film Hits the Addiction Market
Dr. Reddy was the first (as far as we know) to bring a generic Suboxone sublingual film to the market. Now, they have some competition. Alvogen, a fairly large pharmaceutical research and manufacturing company is based in Korea and produces over 350 pharma products. According to their website they are primarily focused on creating generic…
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