by Patrick Doyle | Mar 21, 2018 |
She’s a 91-year-old practicing physician, granddaughter of a slave, and one of the first doctors to treat women with opioid addiction. #InternationalWomensDay How amazing and inspirational; for women, for all of us. Meet 91-Year-Old Dr. Melissa Freeman...
by Patrick Doyle | Mar 17, 2018 |
I’ve been wondering about why we avoid medication in the treatment Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) that has been proven to lower mortality rate by 50-70%, in favor of abstinence-based rehab which has… well, not as much nor as positive documented efficacy. In fact...
by Patrick Doyle | Mar 9, 2018 |
I have a lot of admiration for the intellect, passion, and compassion of Columbia University Professor Carl Hart, who is very open about his own use of drugs (including heroin). Until now, my understanding was that Dr. Hart had developed addiction early in life which...
by Patrick Doyle | Jan 12, 2018 |
by Maia Szalavitz Before Joe Thompson switched treatments for his opioid addiction, he was a devoted stay-at-home father, caring for his infant son after his wife returned to work. His recovery was aided by the anticraving medication buprenorphine. But after over two...
