Right now, the dangers of treating addiction with Methadone or Suboxone are not yet widely accepted. Doctors continue to prescribe methadone to get off of heroin and other narcotics. They then prescribe Suboxone to get off of Methadone! It’s a vicious cycle that often results in painful withdrawal and/or the inability to become drug-free.
Recently, on a site discussing Methadone and Suboxone detox, a woman posted: “If I had known what I know now about Methadone, I would never have started taking it!” She had used Methadone to get off of Oxycontin, Fentanyl and hydrocodone. She went on to say how her doctor said he would prescribe Suboxone to help her with the transition off of the Methadone, but only after she had been off of the Methadone for 48 hours. She was terrified about what the detox experience would be like. She was in despair about using more drugs to get off of drugs and was feeling pretty hopeless about her chances for a better future.
In the next post a woman said that her boyfriend went on Suboxone to get off of hydrocodone and now, “We wish he had never gotten on it, because his withdrawal was worse with the Suboxone than from the hydrocodone. His pain made him relapse.”
At ExecuCareARC in Atlanta, we hear about the dangers of treating addiction with Methadone and Suboxone on a daily basis. We also receive many calls from people in search of a different solution to detox than these dangerous drugs. And we are glad to share the ground-breaking information that is now allowing new approaches to what has been such a terrifying and painful issue for so many.
In the last few years much has been learned about brain chemistry and the effects on the neuro-transmitting system of the brain from chronic substance abuse. As the neurotransmitter receptor sites are damaged and the reward center is “hi-jacked”, the pressure to use becomes impossible to resist. However, there are now new approaches to brain repair that can result in a loss of cravings, restoring of mental clarity and a return of optimism in just a few weeks. This makes the recovery process a lot less scary and much more doable.
At ExecuCare, we administer an outpatient, 10-day IV drip of amino acids, vitamins, minerals and co-factors, including NAD, which results in a loss of cravings and minimal discomfort during the detox period. The drip is effective for detox from alcohol, drugs of all kinds (including heroin, narcotics, benzodiazepines, marijuana) and all sorts of combos. In providing the cells of the body with the nutrition and energy needed for healing the neuro-receptor sites in the brain, people are able to move through the detox with relative ease.
