Withdrawal Management, in Practice
Now detox has become withdrawal management, and the cookie-cutter approach is no more.
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Mad About Methadone
…there are now some 300,000 Americans on methadone maintenance, and I’m assuming many of them will not want to transition to buprenorphine.
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An Awful Withdrawal
I’d argue that for many years, we paid too much attention to acute withdrawal and too little to the other aspects of opioid recovery, especially relapse prevention.
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Maradona’s Last Chance?
His attending physician seems to have attempted to address alcoholism before, with little or no success. This may represent a last chance.
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Booze-Opioid Connection
After the third incident, the doc gave him an ultimatum – either get help or face a taper off the program.
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Life Without Opioids
We shouldn’t ignore the emotional factors involved in chronic pain– such as anxiety and depression.
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Gabapentin
You might say the drug itself may not be that dangerous, except to our patients.
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Twenty-Eight Days
As any case manager knows, making a referral can be a challenge, since many fall by the wayside during transition to another provider, different therapist, etc.
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The Struggle to Maintain
For many, only age and health issues, or an unanticipated dip in that protective tolerance, were enough to finally motivate them to seek help.
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Hidden Withdrawal
In the early and middle stages of addiction, addicts may experience mild to moderate withdrawal symptoms without recognizing them.
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Crisis Management Cheat Sheet
This ‘cheat sheet’ is a quick reminder about some very basic principles of relating to a person who happens to be in crisis.
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Alcoholism in the Hospital
The medical professions have been dealing with alcoholism and alcoholics for thousands of years, and this experience has led to some pretty hard and fast views on the subject.
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Rehab Soundbyte: Flight Delay
Those first few days in detox can be interesting!
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