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#Buprenorphine drugs, like #Suboxone and #Subutex, have been heavily marketed as the wonder drug for #opiate & #heroin #AddictionTreatment. While buprenorphine is one of 3 drug classes used in the SAMHSA evidence-based best practice, Medication Assisted Treatment, buprenorphine plateaus in effectiveness at an intermediate level of dependency, failing to manage withdrawals and cravings for intermediate to heavy dependencies. Additionally, the vast majority of buprenorphine treatment has been "in the privacy of a doctor's office without the need for daily visits," as it was heavily marketed. This often means a doctor writes a 30 day prescription warning the patient: 1) Don't...

We are facing a tsunami of painkiller addiction that will flood our criminal justice, health care, behavioral health, and social services resources. Illicit online pharmacies have made prescriptions cheap and easy to acquire, fueling a massive wave of addi...ction that we actually have not seen yet. SAMHSA estimates that over 5% of the nations population, 12 years and older, are using painkillers, nowhere more prevalent than the heartland with Oklahoma leading the nation at 6.7%. Opioid addiction used to be thought of as primarily heroin addiction, but that is changing rapidly. The masses currently addicted to prescription painkillers have conveniently...

Not all Opioid Treatment Programs (OTP) are the same. Compare OTPs to the following list before making a selection: ð A SAMHSA accredited and certified, CARF accredited OTP. ð An evidenced-based, best practice Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) OTP, using SAMHSA Treatment Improvement Protocol 43 as its model. ð A MAT that emphasizes treatment of the underlying addiction requiring multiple therapeutic contacts per week, using a bio-psych-social approach toward recovery. ð A MAT that is not a just a "maintenance" program but uses medication as a tool to get the opioid addict past a critical stage in recovery toward better outcomes....

We are facing a tsunami of painkiller addiction that will flood our criminal justice, health care, behavioral health, and social services resources. Illicit online pharmacies have made prescriptions cheap and easy to acquire, fueling a massive wave of addiction that we actually have not seen yet. SAMHSA estimates that over 5% of the nations population, 12 years and older, are using painkillers, nowhere more prevalent than the heartland with Oklahoma leading the nation at 6.7%. Opioid addiction used to be thought of as primarily heroin addiction, but that is changing rapidly. The masses currently addicted to prescription painkillers have conveniently...