Topic: treatment models
Is MAT Enough?
Of course with additional treatment responsibilities, a counselor couldn’t be expected to manage a caseload of up to 75.
Topics: MAT, opioids, program development, treatment models
Heroin Assisted Treatment
The benefits of the program are framed mostly in terms of harm reduction– what doesn’t happen.
Topics: heroin, MAT, treatment models
The Cannabis Cure?
An answer such as vigorous exercise or meditation or going to a meeting will never be as universally attractive to someone a few weeks sober as “well, here, why don’t you toke this?”
Topics: cannabis, MAT, treatment models
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.
Topics: detoxification, inpatient treatment, opioids, treatment models, types of treatment
Focus on Demand
Many new programs are started in the hopeful expectation that they’ll become self-supporting within a few years.
Topics: needs assessment, treatment models
Pharmaceutical “Cures”
From a patient’s viewpoint, physicians can be somewhat blase’ about risks associated with a medication.
Topics: alcoholism, prescription medications, treatment models
In the News: Kaos Around Kratom
It may be that kratom is a drug that some can use without much difficulty, while for others, it becomes pathological.
Topics: kratom, MAT, opioids, treatment models
Methadone Maintenance and Crime
So even if drug use decreases, and clients continue on methadone, they don’t necessarily make the other much-desired (by society) changes — such as giving up crime.
Topics: addiction medications, harm reduction, MAT, opioids, treatment models
Medication Assisted Treatment
In terms of a comfortable detox, Suboxone was a success. In terms of a return to opiate use, it was a failure.
Topics: addiction medications, harm reduction, MAT, treatment models
The Last Dose
Reliable stats on relapse can be hard to come by, but return-to-heroin rates appear to run above 80% (and in some cases, higher).
Topics: MAT, opioids, treatment models
