by Heritage Hills | Nov 21, 2018 | Addiction Medicine
Vicodin and Percocet over to heroin in the first place??? They became tolerant and the heroin is MUCH cheaper. That’s why!. Makes sense right? We all go the path of least resistance. NOW that we have some treatments does it make sense that patients will all of a...
by Heritage Hills | Nov 19, 2018 | Addiction Medicine
By the way quick note: I just had a family practice group in the mountains call me and ask me: “Hey Doctor Edrich, can you help us get a Suboxone clinic going up here? [i was intreagued initially- wow are they showing interest??]. Anyways, their next phrase caught me...
by Heritage Hills | Nov 19, 2018 | Addiction Medicine
So for a long time I really did believe that Suboxone was the only way to go. That was before even I, an addiction specialist, began to learn more about methadone treatment. I began to read, learn and experience while serving as medical director that methadone is a...
by Heritage Hills | Nov 7, 2018 | Addiction Medicine
WOW, just before I thought the pharmaceuticals couldn’t get dumber, they leave me dumbfounded! NOW they approved another short acting (short is the worst when it comes to narcotics) fentanyl for anesthesia. In fact, there is a great article in NCBI that just looked at...
by Heritage Hills | Oct 28, 2018 | Addiction Medicine
This is a question i get almost daily. Guys, so you are patients just like any other patient ok? My promise to you is that we will treat you with the same level of appropriateness and respect as any other human we treat. If you come in with an infection, we will treat...
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