Suboxone
Fake Oxycodone Pills with Fentanyl 100,000 Deaths
We only wish we could SCREAM THE DANGERS with what’s happening right now with fake oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl. There simply is not enough awareness on this right now and people are dying. These pills are everywhere now and look exactly like prescription oxycodone pain pills. People are buying them on the street thinking…
Read More5 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 MoreWe Have a Thinking Problem, Not a Drug Problem
When I entered treatment on November 1, 2013 I was convinced that just as soon as my drug problem was solved, all of my problems would be solved. Nothing could have been further from the truth. Not to mention, it took me 7 attempts to get clean, all of which failed until I combined three…
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 MoreSuboxone and the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous
While buprenorphine has been nothing short of a miracle on helping people recover from opioid addiction, it’s really just a piece of the puzzle. When I started my addiction treatment using Suboxone, I immediately felt like I had “found the cure”. Suboxone curbed my desire to use and completely eliminated my withdrawals. I had come…
Read MoreHow Long Should I Stay on Suboxone?
Medication Assisted Recovery (ie: MAT) is used for treating those who are chemically-dependent on opioid drugs. (ie: OxyContin, oxycodone, heroin, hydrocodone, Opana, oxymorphone, etc.) Suboxone (buprenorphine & naloxone) is used to help “virtually eliminate withdrawals and cravings”, while also helping prevent relapse. Though some people report feeling minor euphoria when first taking Suboxone, they typically…
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 MoreGeneric Suboxone Tablets Hit All-Time Low Price of $34 for 56 Tabs
It wasn’t that long ago when people seeking a Suboxone doctor in Nashville for opioid addiction treatment were paying over $400 per month for their medications. If you were lucky you might have had health insurance paying for all or part of your Suboxone medication costs. At one time I was paying over $950 per…
Read MoreWal-Mart Sams Club Pharmacies End Suboxone Sales in Nashville
Are we in the midst of an addiction crisis, or not? Could there be a worse time for retail giants Wal-Mart and Sams Club to pull the plug on the sale of Suboxone, Zubsolv, Bunavail and other generic buprenorphine/naloxone medications? We think not. Nashville Recovery staff were notified on Monday, November 18, 2019 that beginning…
Read MoreNashville Recovery has Helped Over 1100 Clients with Addiction
When we first got started in October of 1027 we had no idea we’d be fortunate enough to touch so many people. Thanks to a great, caring staff of professionals, we can now say we have helped over 1100 people with addiction. Wow! It all began way back in 2005. Co-owner Drew Bourke lost his…
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