Category: Sober living

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Pharmacologic treatments for opioid dependence: detoxification and maintenance options

In some settings, patients have greater access to unsupervised dosing with buprenorphine than with methadone, such that patients may wish to transition to buprenorphine to receive care in a less restrictive setting. The recent introduction of long-acting depot buprenorphine formulations may also drive patient demand to transfer from methadone to buprenorphine. To review the currently...

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Alcohol use disorder Diagnosis and treatment

That means no more than two drinks a day for men and no more than one drink a day for women. There is evidence that a small amount of alcohol can boost levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), the beneficial cholesterol in your blood, as well as reduce the formation of alcoholism plaque in blood vessels....

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