tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7984891592080228006.post611095580280045807..comments2010-11-29T15:05:25.593-08:00Comments on From Ira's View: Suboxone: Good? Or Bad?IraLevyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13502557486417346581noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7984891592080228006.post-66049769815573718302010-11-29T15:05:25.593-08:002010-11-29T15:05:25.593-08:00I belive it is good for a detox, but as far as mai...I belive it is good for a detox, but as far as maintence it is just like a methadone maintence..Except you dont have to go to a program to get at first you just get a prescription from a dr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7984891592080228006.post-56388884995787436472009-12-11T03:47:32.904-08:002009-12-11T03:47:32.904-08:00I have had many talks with represintitives from Su...I have had many talks with represintitives from Suboxone. Their position is that this is a drug that should be used for a acute period of time and that the doctor that puts someone on it for the long haul is not using the drug correctly and may have to answer for it. The only way a doctor can put someone on a long term perscription of this drug is when they proscribe it for pain, not addiction. Like all drug treatment issues for addictions, the problums can be minimised by using a doctor who understands addictive illness and not a doctor who says they understand it - and thats almost all of them. Look for a doctor who is an ASAM member, and not even all of them know how this should be used.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08354299683589348206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7984891592080228006.post-30194232879231533202009-12-02T11:47:19.434-08:002009-12-02T11:47:19.434-08:00Agreed Bill. I appreciate all of these different v...Agreed Bill. I appreciate all of these different views and thoughts. Thanks a lot. See you.<br />IraIraLevyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13502557486417346581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7984891592080228006.post-10064047737962510082009-12-02T11:43:38.622-08:002009-12-02T11:43:38.622-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.IraLevyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13502557486417346581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7984891592080228006.post-36762878911517027842009-12-01T08:05:19.180-08:002009-12-01T08:05:19.180-08:00I have plenty of opinions on outside issues, becau...I have plenty of opinions on outside issues, because I have a life (and brain) outside of NA.<br /><br />Addiction is addiction. Recovery is recovery. As simplistic as that sounds, there are a lot of people who just. don't. get. it.<br /><br />As long as I am addicted to a drug, I am not in recovery. I am not free to live my life unencumbered. The neural pathways remain open. I am subject to relaps instantly the first time I can't get the Suboxone, Methadone, Heroin or whatever that I'm on for maintenance. My addiction is still active, I'm just not getting high.<br /><br />Not only that, I'm still thinking like an addict...shaping my life around a drug. I am not getting the support I would be getting, the assistance in clearing up my thinking, the fellowship and example that show me how to live a healthy life again.<br /><br />I may be functioning in the Earth People's world, but there is no way I'm living in it.<br /><br />Maintenance treatment is a scam. All of it. It's just running in place, waiting to slip. Thanks for bringing this up, Ira. It needs to be said over, and over, and over...<br /><br />See you Saturday,<br />Billdigitalzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10670556566634503223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7984891592080228006.post-50848404818529955702009-12-01T07:57:11.084-08:002009-12-01T07:57:11.084-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.digitalzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10670556566634503223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7984891592080228006.post-14963455298607420212009-12-01T07:03:41.491-08:002009-12-01T07:03:41.491-08:00I know people who have done very well on suboxone....I know people who have done very well on suboxone. We have no opinions on outside issues and this has saved families and lives.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18057691837281274770noreply@blogger.com