I spent the weekend in NYC, realizing how much I like the place. Most of us in the Midwest read a lot of negatives about NYC, primarily related to crime and urban decay. But there is still much to love. On Friday I walked to the High Line with my Read more…
I found this old post from ten years ago that I never got around to publishing it. A person doesn’t like taking Suboxone and blames the drug for the lack of change in his life. It plays into the discussion about methadone because it shows the attitudes that can develop Read more…
Got rid of ‘zone’. Too confusing with the new URL. Please be aware, because up until now typing in suboxonetalkzone.com would get you here. In short, a ‘suboxone hater’ labelled me as a ‘spam site’ with Google in 2015, and my searches went way down. I am going to disconnect Read more…
I’ve mentioned that I’m getting better, and it is amazing how the body heals. We take it for granted that if you sew two edges of skin together or splint a broken bone, the surfaces will usually connect and create an even stronger scar or bone than before. THAT is Read more…
I haven’t written here for a long time. I’m reminded of an old joke my dad would tell (over and over!) about the mom who took her kid to the doctor over and over because he wouldn’t talk. Finally, on his 15th birthday, he yelled out “I hate angelfood cake!” Read more…
Constipation is one of the few potential side effects caused by buprenorphine medications, including Suboxone Film and Zubsolv. Fortunately, ‘binding up’ can be managed by making minor changes to your lifestyle. Constipation from buprenorphine is caused by activation of mu opioid receptors in the small and large intestine, reducing the Read more…
Regular readers know that I’m a psychiatrist and addiction doc – not a computer guy. When I started writing about Suboxone and buprenorphine twelve years ago, there were few other people writing about the medication. Of course heroin addiction was just taking off, and fentanyl was confined to operating rooms. Read more…
Looks like another doc is going down in Virginia. Dr. Smithers is looking at 20 yrs and possibly life in prison after being convicted of ‘illegally prescribing pain medication’. This isn’t the first doctor going to prison in Virginia, nor will it be the last. Dr. Scranage was sent off Read more…
My computer expert ‘JJ’ added something interesting at the forum; now you can comment directly on anything from the blog in a ‘give and take’ fashion. It is at the bottom of the page at suboxforum.com. I also want to thank those who signed up; over 30 new people in Read more…
I have had a number of requests to lose the ‘shooting’ picture, so I tried out some new designs today and liked this one. I wanted something simple and ‘to the point’. Please post feedback in the comments section; as I have mentioned, I don’t have much of an eye Read more…
A quick plug for publicity… if you enjoy the blog, please spread the word about it in any way that you can– if you like a post, please take a minute and hit the icon for StumbleUpon, Digg, or whatever your favorite social networking site. Likewise, please spread the word Read more…
I am hitting the road today, homeward bound! No offense to Paris, but it will be so nice to get back… I have a new appreciation for anyone who doesn’t speak the language of the area, and for those who suffer subtle snobbery in any environment. For example standing in Read more…