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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Suggest Treatment For Heroin Addiction

HELLO MY NAME IS DANIELLE. I HAVE STRUGGLED WITH HOROIN ADDICTION FOR ABOUNT 15 YEARS. MIND YOU I AM 32 YEARS OLD NOW. THATS A LOT OF DRUG USE OVER A NUMEROUS AMMOUNT OF YEARS. I VE TRIED EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF. I MEAN ANYWHERE FROM PROGRAMS, TO JAIL, TO DOING THE GOOBERMAN SHOTS WHICH FOLLOWED GETTING A PELLET AFTER THE 3 DAY/3 BUPHANORPHINE SHOT WHOLE PROCUDURE. I NEVER GOT THE PELLLET BUT NEEDLESSS TO SAY I VE TRIED IT ALL. I AM AT MY WITS END. HOW DO I DO THE SUBUTEX PROCEDURE AND BE SUCCESSFULL?
Tue, 6 Sep 2016
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Addiction is a complex mental process. In someone who has been in a long term addiction process, the idea that one can just get a drug and be fixed is more a (wrong) viewpoint connected with the addiction process than an established medical procedure.
Suboxone is a combination of buprenorphine and a blocker of other drugs. It provides a context in which one can safely explore what is keeping someone addicted and work on it.
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Suggest Treatment For Heroin Addiction

Addiction is a complex mental process. In someone who has been in a long term addiction process, the idea that one can just get a drug and be fixed is more a (wrong) viewpoint connected with the addiction process than an established medical procedure. Suboxone is a combination of buprenorphine and a blocker of other drugs. It provides a context in which one can safely explore what is keeping someone addicted and work on it.