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    Medication assisted treatment (MAT)

    People who have been using opioid drugs and abruptly stop will experience withdrawal symptoms so unpleasant that many start taking the drugs again.

    Medication-Assisted Treatment or MAT, such as buprenorphine, methadone, or suboxone, helps to reduce these uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms using an opioid replacement medication and lowering the risk of relapse during the early stages of recovery. It also addresses cravings for the drug during this period. It will facilitate a slow, controlled taper of the drug so that the person can adjust to living without opioids. MAT can be a very good additional form of therapy, especially for someone who has been using for a long time.

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    Benzos, Recovery, And my Own Experience

    Our Allies member has mixed feelings about the klonopin her son is taking. His psychiatrist however is not concerned as long as it's being taken as pr…
    Dominique January 21, 2020
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    I’m Foster Parenting Her Children

    She is raising her sister-in-law's children, and is at a loss. It seems impossbile to understand how a parent can choose drugs over their own children…
    Dominique June 18, 2019
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    Do I Have to Kick Her Out?

    Her daughter sleeps all day and uses at night. Is home becoming a place which enables her daughter's use? Should she kick her out? What does CRAFT say…
    Dominique September 25, 2018
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    At Allies, We Believe…

    For some individuals, medication can be an important complementary aid in recovery. At Allies in Recovery, we have no wish to stigmatize a treatment p…
    Dominique July 11, 2018
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    Fentanyl is Winning

    Fentanyl hijacks our ability to find pleasure elsewhere in life, and the withdrawals are so agonizing that we'll do absolutely anything to avoid them.…
    Dominique July 11, 2018
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    Our Strategy Is No Longer Working

    They've always opened their home to him when he's trying to get clean but he has now started taking advantage of his parents. He is getting high in th…
    Dominique May 29, 2018
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    At Allies, We Are Absolutely Convinced of This…

    For some addicted individuals, medication can be an important complementary aid in recovery. At Allies in Recovery, we have no wish to stigmatize a tr…
    Dominique March 30, 2018
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    He Has Zero Coping Skills—Must I Do Everything to Get Him Sober?

    A multipronged approach is essential to pull a loved one away from addiction. Yet too often, families are having to take responsibility for advocating…
    Dominique January 30, 2018

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