by Heritage Hills | Jan 30, 2019 | Addiction Medicine
So the latest and craziest chatter right now is safe sites for heroin injection. (THANKS Marty for bringing up this topic) So as usual there are lots of pros and cons with everything and heroin injection sites are no different. On the pro side it offers a safe and...
by Heritage Hills | Jan 15, 2019 | Addiction Medicine
The New England Journal Medicine concluded that we have doubled our suicide AND overdose fatalities since 2000. Not just overdoses. I know we are all talking about patients accidentally overdosing and that’s a huge prob and that’s whats in the news. Im...
by Heritage Hills | Dec 18, 2018 | Addiction Medicine
Hey guys so we are heading into the holiday times. Not the easiest time for anyone with addictions. not only is it stressful dealing with family members, in-laws, ex-spouses, and the ever mounting pressures of work deadlines but there seems to be more and more...
by Heritage Hills | Nov 27, 2018 | Addiction Medicine
Remember how the epipen increased their price to such a crazy hi level that no one could afford it? Well one of the companies that creates naloxone called EVZIO is now doing the same thing. They just jacked the price up to 4000 bucks for one unit. Do not get me wrong...
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...
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