Addiction Recovery with Medications-First Person Experiences
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Interviews with people who have recovered from opioid use disorders using medications like methadone, suboxone, and sublocade. They share what it's like to get started, how it feels to find stability, and the difficulties they experienced along the way. dailymat.substack.com
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Emma Yasinski
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Starting Suboxone in Prison
Tone Prada, in his early 40s, was recently released from prison after a 25-year sentence. While there, he’d developed an opioid habit. He was shocked when the prison started offering Suboxone, but he decided to take the leap, and he’s glad he did. “My life is just so much better,” he told me. He sta
Addiction, Treatment, and Survival: Chris's Recovery Journey Through Methadone, Kratom, Suboxone, & Sublocade
Chris (name changed for privacy) first sought treatment for his drug use around age 21 from a local methadone clinic, over ten years ago. This is a long interview, in which Chris describes his experience with methadone, the first medication to help stabilize his life, Kratom, which helped stave off
From Problematic Kratom Use to Suboxone Stability, Followed by a Taper
Kratom is sold as a dietary supplement at stores throughout the U.S. It’s naturally-derived and contains trace amounts of 7-OH, a chemical that works on opioid receptors in your brain. It also contains mitragynine, which becomes 7-OH in your body. (I’m work on an upcoming post that’ll describe the d