For years, people familiar with the benefits of buprenorphine have wondered– who is the idiot standing in the way of increasing access to this life-saving treatment? One of the idiots was recently identified, when an open-records request by the Huffington Post uncovered a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell from West Huddleston, then-CEO of the … [Read more…]
Over the past few months, I’ve read a few posts at the forum that are worth sharing. I’ve been torn whether to share them with the general buprenorphine community, or only with doctors who prescribe the medication. I’ve decided that since the ideas came from a layperson community, I’m not opening the floodgates to irresponsible … [Read more…]
Thought I’d share a quickie from a reader, who asked if Suboxone or buprenorphine were affecting his vision. He asked: One thing I’ve noticed when I’m not on any drugs is my pupils are fairly large. For some reason after I stopped the Vicodin, my vision got really blurry. I’ve worn glasses most of my … [Read more…]