I wish there were more psychiatrist like you very well educated I wish you were over here on the East Coast or would start a place on the East Coast that you overlook that would be a blessing. I really enjoy all your videos. I really wish I could meet a psychiatrist on the East Coast that has your, education, understanding and patience with people we need more doctors like you
Thank you. Just for clarification, my fields are emergency medicine and addiction medicine. These are my practices but yes I deal with large Amts of mental health. I wish was smart enough to grow and have a practice on East coast🙏
@@lilnutty6821 no…because after being on Suboxone for a little while I switched to the monthly injection Sublocade and have supply of Suboxone I’m prescribed to take if I have any unwanted side effects which I rarely do. I’ll quit both one day but for now it keeps me feeling normal for first time in my life.
maybe was the wrong weed...because me too if i smoke kind of haze i get worse...if i smoke my indica strains i feel absolutely normal.and i taked methadone for 21 years...and doing heroin and all the other shit you take when you are a junkie..i shooted methadone...i didnt drink it i was about to loose my arm
I just happened to see that Vice video today myself…and as a counselor at a methadone clinic I was upset with the things I heard. What bothered me were the things these people said about MAT centers. All we do is “increase increase increase” people’s doses. That’s the absolute opposite of what we do! In order to get an increase in ones methadone dose a patient has to A) request it B) must see a counselor first to discuss why they want to increase C) we counselors will then decide whether to forward their request to the centers medical staff! To hear these kids make these statements about MAT clinics drives me crazy. Our small clinic has 8 counselors, a supervisor, a director, 2 nurses and a doctor and are regulated by so many State and local agencies we have an extremely high standard to meet. The only ones asking to “increase increase increase” are the patients who continue to use opiates while attending the clinic and eventually we catch them with our weekly random urine drops!
Maybe at your clinic but i have been to multiple and that’s exactly what they do. The last clinic had me up to 350 mg which i have never heard of in my life and their reasoning was that the fentanyl was so much stronger(it is) that i had to go up that high. I ended up walking away from 350 mg and was absolutely fine with my regular use and felt nothing at all. They most certainly do just bring you up up up and you get extremely minimal actual counseling or care at all. Idk where you work but that is the norm. You explain it like it is so organized but it isn’t, yes there are a ton of state standards but usually these places are so overrun with clients and counselors have such a big caseload that people don’t get the care they need/deserve. That is my experience at multiple clinics located in large cities in Connecticut.
As a professional you should look into Ibogaine for rapid detox and see what you think. Its unfortunate the FDA has it outlawed. People have to go to Mexico to get treatment. But I've read and seen Anecdotal reports from people who've gotten treatment and it has worked amazing for people who decide to go through the process. As long as they don't have heart issues since it can be heard on the heart.
@korn-tv2032 I live near Chicago and I've seen more clinics that work how hes described above than I have the ones that irresponsibly dispense extremely high doses. Im very lucky to have had a great counselor who helped me get up to a dose that was comfortable before encouraging me to fully switch over to taking methadone. Its not easy to switch over to methadone and my counselor was patient, understanding, and encouraging throughout the process. It wasn't her job to be my AA or NA sponsor or my therapist, it was to make MAT work for me and her other clients. I am forever greatful for the support they provided me during a very hard time in my life.
@@bradwiza198 not only that but this clinic didn’t care if you were on benzos or what you pissed dirty for. In my experience which is years of going and to multiple clinics, their goal is absolutely to make money and not to help the addict or care about their situation in any way. They don’t want you to stop using they just want you to get your drugs from them. That’s our government and healthcare system for you, manage symptoms not treat the actual problem or try to cure the addiction/illness.
For some, yes. For others, no. We all process things differently. For me, it didn't help with the withdrawal, but after the hard stuff, it was invaluable with anxiety and RLS.
Personally I couldn't have got through methadone withdrawal without weed . I don't smoke pot anymore and have remained opiate free for 15 years. Pot definitely helps
Addiction is addiction is addiction. Drinking or drugs it's all the same. Alcohol and drugs are a symptom of addiction. After the physical is taken care of with abstinence then the mental obsession must be handled, which is hard (if not impossible) when you are still using mind/mood altering chemicals.
Cannabis brings on withdrawals if your reducing on opiates. Thats that ive experienced i think people changing to Cannabis would go back to heroin straight away because no paranioa with opiates. I don't think it will work and it is deceptive to say Cannabis is helping people quit opiates. If your no a higher dose of opiates Cannabis increases the opiates effectiveness. So giving people Cannabis in withdrawals i dont think thats a great idea. If this is what it's about.
Everyone is different. One thing I've noticed is that weed doesn't work for alleviating H withdrawal. In fact, it may makes things more severe. However, after the heavy withdrawal is over, and you only feel anxiety and depression, weed can be helpful. Of course, not all weeds are equal. Some relax you; others will bring on the paranoia and make anxiety worse. Still, with the right weed, I was able to help myself the first few weeks. This decreased my RLS by like 80%, which was huge for me. It also helped me relax and avoid the chemicals doctors like to pound us with. After almost a month, I stopped the weed. I'm coming up on a year soon. God bless, my friend.
I love you talk about the mental health part of addiction! I learned at rehab, a 12 steps clinic, that addiction is 80% behavior and 20% drugs. I'm now 2.5 years clean and sober, in Recovery, and it's because I worked on my behavior. Oh and I feel even better than before my active addiction! Oh and we also learned that cross addiction is a very real thing, so replacing it with Weed is in my opinion very dangerous!
As someone who has lost a father to an od, has a brother in active addiction, and someone who has dealt with addiction myself I 100% know that sometimes pot is the only answer. In order to get off of opioids your central nervous needs to relax. If you're unable to do that organically you need to force your central nervous system into rest and digest. Pot is the easiest and safest way to do this without side effects.
Bad take. Everyone's different. Unless you mean for opiate withdrawal, yeah weeds not much help early on. There are a lot of shills and conmen pushing the idea that weed is somehow a cure for addiction. Thats ridiculous. But its also not so dangerous we should shame people if it helps them.
Thank You Dr.B! I get so tired of seeing some people in comments, telling other people that are starting their withdrawal, 2-3days in, to just smoke pot, it will help withdraws. Thats absolutely NOT the case withe everyone, yes maybe in the case that you are an average user of weed them it might help your withdrawal, but to just tell someone who doesnt smoke pot on the regular to use it for withdraws can make the symptoms 10x worse!
Dr. B., you're often dealing with people with an internal narrative that isn't capable of nuanced thought. Most need to be educated about pharmacology and even scientific thought as a rational basis for approaching the real world. However, I'm glad to see you respond to many of those people with knee-jerk reactions railing against 'Big-Pharma' while ignoring the considerable machinery in place that they conveniently overlook to suit their worldview.
@@DrBAddictionRecovery I'm a Ph.D. Biochemical Engineer- with plenty of training/work/pubs in Neuropharmacology as well. I get sick of what you're addressing here, it's maddening that experts are now seen as these 'schills'. It's corrosive and people become more and more misinformed. It's a plague in our society right now. Thanks for asking!!!!
@@DrBAddictionRecovery If this is what the so-called experts are saying? That we're too misinformed or uneducated to utilize the "considerable machinery" in place? To conveniently overlook,? isn't that on purpose? /Kinda understand the Schills comment. We don't know better. The system can't do better. Now what.?
@@clg68 Sorry doc, just quipping at some of the main comment. The other doc, seemed to have a mightier than you mentality. If you read his comment then mine, you'll get it. Thanks again for all you do for the addiction community, we need people like you. I've been on MAT, program 25yrs, and it's getting crazier than ever before. Keep it up.
Hi, I've looked all over for the name and reasoning for what happened to me. But nothing I find is what I'm looking for. A few months after finally going sober from meth I had an episode where I stopped breathing and lost consciousness, due to not being able to breath. But when I came to I was still in my sitting position, not even my head went down during the black out. Like I was paralyzed. What happened to me? I knew something like that was gonna happen a week before, I told myself and others I was gonna die soon. And then that happened. But I'd like another explanation for it. Can you help?
As a opioid recovering addict that has 10 years doing this stuff and has got clean off and on for years I can say without a doubt not just by this video but by many of your videos that you know addiction very precisely and need more people like you
Please do a video on Ibogaine. As I've read and seen people talk about remarkable results with a rapid detox using Ibogaine to get off opiods . Unfortunately have to go to Mexico to be treated. It's a shame the FDA doesn't allow it. I know a company tried to make a version without psychedelic properties and it was shown not to work compared to the natural derived version. I'm willing to bet it could help save Alot of lives in conjunction with rehab. That way people don't have to have a dependence on Suboxone. BTW Vice doesn't put any new videos on their channel they just make videos for other media companies. They just put up their old vids..
How does so.eone detox off of fetty without hospitalization? She has clonidine, seroquel, nuerontin n suboxone...can it b done without dying? Know it will b torture for her but as long as they don't die, she thinks she can do it... THOUGHTS? THANK YOU
Neurontin / Gabapentin is very very hard to come off after 20 years I’m on 800 qid. Huge apparently. I am also in 40mg icy bd Diaz twice daily How to get off it? Please 🙏🏽 Aust
Great of you to explain this THC for Opiate Withdrawal Method. Thank you for doing so. I haven’t seen the documentary but I’d either turn it off or laugh. When the body is addicted to any substance only that substance provides relief. Maybe pot is a comfort drug or drinking is a comfort drug or clonopin (if you don’t crash your BP) but nothing is going to make opiate withdrawal stop except going thru withdrawal or more opiates.
Trying to taper off of Subutex been told to try pot for the terrible withdrawals. Nothing works. I’m afraid of being on subutex the rest of my life. Is there any other type of help???
Have you heard about the sublocade shot? Its a once a month shot so you dont have to take it every day sublingualy. The bupe gets out of your system so slow that patients dont feel withdrawal at all. Every body who was on the shot praises it.
@@filgood76 Yes I have heard about the Sublocade shot. But I also take 1mg of Klonapin for sleep. I’m a quadriplegic so I don’t think any doctor would give me the Sublocade shot. I just can’t get a break on trying to get off Subutex. Tapering is very difficult for me.
Weed does help for the withdrawls after the worst symptoms subside , that’s if you taper, if you can’t take your withdrawls then taper first. Stay hydrated and force yourself to exercise and eat as well as hydrate and go outside for sunlight, exercising while it sounds stupid bc you’re so fatigued will actually fix your fatigue it sounds like it’s never work but there’s science behind it, part of why we get paws is because our brains forgot how to make endorphins, natural endorphins while pale in comparison to artificial ones, will still alleviate most withdrawl symptoms at least temporarily this is especially true for paws and it will speed up the process to getting your brain fog cleared and pleasure back
Also don’t get the shot you’re just prolonging it, you still get withdrawls people just glorify it because they’re subtle in comparison to jumping off of a high dose of suboxone which is what most people do, but what people don’t get is if you taper properly it’s the same just in 1/10 of the time. IF YOU REALLY WANT THIS ALL THE INFORMATION IS ONLINE STUDY/PLAN AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS FOR YOU YOU GOT THIS
I have never been addicted to opiates and never tried heroin to my knowledge. So I do not know what that physical and mental withdrawal is like. Interesting video. Thanks for this information.
@@ericcurry-pitcher5493 yeah no probs, i get a prescription for Morphine every week from my GP. I`m from the UK but live in Germany and it`s pretty easy to get into the program.
i`m not clean but i can go to work and live a normal life, i`ve learned to live with it, because every time i relapsed it was worse than the time before.
@@bobbymcgoo yeah maybe a couple of people, I've met so many addicts over the years and none of them got clean because of cannabis. If it does help someone I'm happy for them.
If you could use pot to get and stay off opiates there wouldn’t be any opiate addiction! The last thing I would want if in opiate w/d is to smoke weed! 😳
Yes, pot definitely helps, you want a body high. This is so obvious, it's common sense. Some people it doesn't help of course. Most people are gonna find pot beneficial.
Can anyone with experience tell me if they had restless legs (restless body, in reality) once they weened off everything? They are my final boss when it comes to withdrawal. Everything else i think i could conquer, bur not being able to sleep for days because of restlessness is the real killer
Im almost 3 weeks off fentanyl an i dtill hate life. Im so depressed an have no energy i have a hvac business an im struggling not to use. This shit is worse than heroin ever thought about. An i done that for 15 years unless i was in treatment or in prison. Sux but im still going.
Vices coverage of this ‘Cannabis for Acute Opiate withdrawal treatment’ and I was sickened. They offered this treatment up as sound opiate withdrawal practice!. My concern is this treatment will NOT make Acute Withdrawal easier. In fact this could cause psychosis in patients who use Opiates to cope with severe illnesses, like Schizophrenia (opiates have efficacy in treating schizophrenia believe it or not) paranoia & psychosis could really be problematic.
@@DrBAddictionRecovery Another issue, a physiological one that can be serious is drop in blood pressure. Acute opiate withdrawal impacts blood pressure especially in the first 10 days of withdrawal. Cannabis can compound this and could cause someone with vascular or heart issues-endocarditis, to pass out and potentially be injured in a fall.
Isn’t a big part of the reason there’s no data supporting marijuana in opiate dependence bc it’s schedule 1 drug deemed by the U.S. government to have no medical value? Meaning it’s much harder raise funds for controlled trials on marijuana.
cbd for pain for who doesnt have drug abuse past..you need thc and indica dominat strains...try those...not every weed is the same is full of differents and me too if i smoke the wrong genetic i get worst...but im not gonna die......expecially with cbd is not even psycoactive....is like melanine...comon
The way people in the Field are coming off opiods is thru STIMULANTS , All Withdrawals are Non existent and your Body's been so depressed from opiod slowing your system down it reverses everything and actually is better for Pain. DrB can u explain why stimulants stop All Withdrawals I've actually tried it and I had No Withdrawals and interested in the more technical information. I was on 240mg oxycontin a day 4 valium and sleeping tablet. Love the Channel Wish you Were my Dr.🌄
Hell nawl shiit makes my heart beat faster than it already is and paranoid...only thing it may help wit is to maybe get sumtn in ur stomach to give you sum sort of appetite even if it is a miniscule amount it's still food ....
OMG I saw this video and thought of you Dr B. I assumed that your opinion would be interesting for sure on this topic. And yes, Vice can be very poorly informed in their research and opinions on drugs.
Cannabis may work for some as a replacement once you have already come off of opioids but it sure as hell doesn’t do anything for withdrawal and that is the hardest part about getting off of opioids. We do need more opioid replacement drugs to be approved to help stabilize people who don’t respond well to methadone or suboxone. Canada prescribes long acting morphine and has had a lot of success with it but the drug laws are so ass backwards here in the us that we are still focused on punishing drug users so we have a long way to go.
I’m sceptical too. But lack of evidence of efficacy is not evidence of lack of efficacy. The chemical basis of w/d is a large part elevated cAMP levels in the brain Thc dose dependently reduces cAMP . It also could address the elevated pain during w/d . Lastly it raises levels of endorphins slightly ( beta endorphin and dynorphin ) that could make things slightly easier. The theory if it is sound scientifically it’s just not proven . The only conclusion is more research needed. What you could have though is relapse and now they are dependent on 2 medications. Or do they transition to thc and at a later date stop taking that ( would be significantly easier that tapering off the traditionally used medications for detox potentialy )
Currently working with my drs and using cannabis to help me with my taper off of suboxone I use rso oil and tincture sublingual just like my suboxone it has been life changing for me just enough to take the edge off when coming down on my dose cannabis is NOT for everyone and definitely can be unhealthy if not careful could turn into another addiction
It really does, but I think people go into it unrealistically thinking it will take away the worst of acute withdrawl it’s more of a tool to help as your symptoms subside imo weed never worked the first 24-48 hours as well as it did after that. That being said if you have an affinity to weed and don’t want to swap an addiction, Exercise, Sunlight, Hot Showers, Water, Protein AND Magnesium+ high dose vit C WILL HELP
hi dr B i used marihuana sorta as as an intermediate to stop using amphetamines ghb crack cocaine and it did work for that but my brain did got more susceptible to psychosis. about the methadone when i started methadone i thought it was a miracle i was stoned everyday for free. but now i havve to pick it up every single day by my local pharmacy( i live in holland tis more liberal here) and have to have higher doses over time and still the methadone works shorter and shorter and every day i wake up with mild withdawals so there is something to say for weed but when i watched the vice episode i was afraid for the client to get psychotic or have anxiety attacks but maybe they used an indica strain but still it seems quite dangerous. the problem is doctors wont up your dose very easily when ur in 100 mg range cuz of qtc prolongation. thank you for your amazing channel dr b
Weed will not stop withdrawal. However, it helped me after the hard withdrawal, especially with anxiety and RLS. After a ten day detox using the induction method, I had no physical withdrawal, but the anxiety was bad. Weed helped immensely.
@@XRROW_ Dr B has a good description of the method in one very good video. His channel "Addition Recovery" has a ton of good stuff on the issues. The induction method is a way of detoxing that was my way of breaking the curse. I did it in my home, away from the stressing hospital stays. It works by slowly introducing Suboxone into the body, starting with as little as .25 Mg. Over the course of a week, I increased the dosage. I went to 3mg × 2 and immediately worked backwards, stopping the street stuff on that day. By day twelve or so, I was off Suboxone. Of course, that's when the real work begins. Getting off is the ez part. Key tip: quitting should not be an option in recovery. Every time you fall, just get back up with more motivation, as recovery is a lifelong commitment, for there is NO CURE for addiction. God bless you, my friend.
@@XRROW_ in a nutshell, it's the slow introduction and gradual increase in dosage of Suboxone. A large dose will cause immediate withdrawal. But, with a slow buildup, a person can stop the street stuff after a few days without feeling the sickness. It worked well for me. Good luck.
This is a good comment, don’t go into it expecting it to fix the worst of it but it will help you after the worst subsides. SAME WITH EXERCISE BECAUSE YOU’LL BE FORCING YOUR BRAIN TO START GIVING YA SUM ENDORPHINS WHICH WILL IN RETURN GIVE YOU ENERGY REGARDLESS OF HOW FATIGUED YOU ARE GOING INTO IT
I believe it doesnt work dor everyone no, but with former pot smokers before the addiction? Yes 100%. It helps me if im om a recovery treatment like Suboxone or methadone. Cold 🦃? Weed will BRING on withdrawals and make it worst thays true. So it depends on the person and situation. What i fear im from Canada amd since legalization? Alot of the chemicals in Smoking cigarettes are all of a suddem on my weed package too? Very strange for sure.... Just my two cents worth. I love your videos doc❤
Doc, this video is nearly 20 minutes long. Without going into lengthy detail, can you please answer the question with a yes or no? Can Pot Help Opioid Users Get Clean? Thank you for sharing.
Across the board. No. But a more educational response, 20 minutes too long for such an important question?! Life is nuanced as is all of reality. Short answers is how we get into trouble. Good luck🙏
Traditional rehab drives so many folks away, and you end up paying a second mortgage over it. If it works for you, fantastic, but it really isn't efficient when it comes time to pay. The problem with marijuana for treatment is how completely differently it reacts from person to person. On top of that, if each marijuana dosage is the same, the outcomes are different for each dose. It isn't understood to be a stable medication as of yet.
On the "Vice" piece...Beau/Bo has been on methadone for a decade & took his last dose just before going to the "farm." The problem with this is that a longterm methadone user has a metabolic resevoir of the substance. Ergo physical withdrawal will not even begin to the 8th day (on average) of sbstinence. The sum result is that Beau/Bo is not even in danger of physical withdrawal for another week. It seems that Vice did not even research. It just put out pro-cannabis propaganda. Nothing wrong with THC but it is not able to prevent physical manifestations of withdrawal.
I used kratom to get off dirty 30s a few years ago. Now I take kratom in the morning and when after I get home from work. It took a while to find the right balance, but its made my life more livable.
See a situation like this is where the good ole doc just needs to mind his business. So what if there's no evidence it works. So what even if it doesn't work for most people. But it does work for some. With that being said anyone should have the right to go try that route should they wish to. Especially now that Marijuana is recreational. So good doc, mind your damn business on this one 👌👊
Very confused. Did I say they couldn’t? But as much as they have a right, I have a right to educate, on truthful science. Yes “good ole” science and reality. Seems like you may have a reaction to my right to express, to science, and meaningful content. That said, I welcome and thank you for your input. God bless free speech, all of it. 🙏 👌👊🏿
@@DrBAddictionRecoveryYou call it misinformation and you personally try to degrade their choices. Sorry doc this time you're wrong. But I applaud your choice of free speech. I'll pray for you. 🤷♂️ "The video can provide a dangerous message" How? How is someone trying to get better going to hurt them? You should be proud they are trying. Let me ask you this good doc, would you ever prescribe anyone Marijuana? For anything. Seems like you don't agree with someone else's stance on Marijuana and that's your issue here. PS - This is all coming from a former 10 year opiate addict who used Marijuana to quit, all by HIMSELF. Respectfully speaking doc, maybe you aren't educated enough on Marijuana due to your age and long stance of likely being against it. All while prescribing people drugs that can actually kill them. Who's the bad guy here good doc? I would love to discuss this more with you in a private setting.
Works for some people and doesn't for others. Should be an option for the people it works for. Kratom works for some people as well. There can't be just one way. Everyone is different, reacting to different medications. Big tool boxs of options.
It works for people who use it as the tool it is- to help maintain dopamine levels after the worst of the physical withdrawls subside, if you smoke weed during the worst of it it will only extenuate it and make you focus on that pain it’s more for the second week then it is for the first 3 days
Methadone doesn't define what addiction is - that's not the point - these folks are going thru hell trying to get off the methadone - and that's the whole point of the episode. Its not weather being on methadone is considered addiction, or is equally dangerous as running around in the street doing other drugs. Dr. B - you're missing the whole point completely. These folks got fed up being stuck on methadone and just felt like it was time to get off - but the WD of methadone is 10x worse than the worst illicit opioid on the street. And it lasts 4x as long . You literally go into hallucinations during Methadone WD from SEVERE physical and mental pain.
Also just want to point out that capitalism isn’t what all of us want. Most people just want to be happy and healthy and enjoy life. It is the profit motive of corporations that is driving capitalism and most of us have no control over that. Unless you live in a swing state your vote doesn’t count on a national level so our impact on the system is very minimal at best and non existent in some circumstances.
Weed has ALWAYS helpes me. But ALONG with something else 1) methadone 2) cold turkey 3) currently on Suboxone 12mg a day. But i always found weed was a huge help in bettering myself. Weed ismt for everyone sure!but it CAN help!
Thank you Dr. B for your videos and genuine HOPE for opioid addicts like myself. I never ever would have taken that first pain pill if I had known of the horrible road it would eventually lead me down - something I would not wish on even my worst enemy. Dr.B- I have a question for you. (If anyone can give me advice) I would appreciate it more than you know. I’ll be short- I’ve been on Suboxone for 5 years. Finally done with the pill popping. The Suboxone is very expensive for me. I heard of a medicine called Naltrexone. My insurance will cover Naltrexone. Q. Can I make the change? Switch? Do I need to get the Suboxone out of my system first? By stop taking it for a day or so before I start the Naltrexone? The answer to this question could really save me a lot of money. I thank you again, and pray that someone answers this question.
I have yet to hear this physician say a single thing that I disagree with! He is almost spot on when he says that MAT/OST is the true gold standard. It is limited in its success for a number of reasons. The most glaring reason is that methadone is chemically unable to produce euphoria. On the other end of the dial is buprenorphine.. It has a realtively low metabolic ceiling of between 20 & 24mg. The true winning formula is Heroin Assisted Therapy. Places like Vienna & Switzerland come close with allowing more substances, morphine for example. Canada hits it on the head. As for "Vice," I lost all respect when they did an expose in Israel about so called "Settlers." It is not worth a whole lot when it comes to journalism.
Dr.B! ❤ Glad to see you popping these videos out!❤
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I wish there were more psychiatrist like you very well educated I wish you were over here on the East Coast or would start a place on the East Coast that you overlook that would be a blessing. I really enjoy all your videos. I really wish I could meet a psychiatrist on the East Coast that has your, education, understanding and patience with people we need more doctors like you
Thank you. Just for clarification, my fields are emergency medicine and addiction medicine. These are my practices but yes I deal with large Amts of mental health. I wish was smart enough to grow and have a practice on East coast🙏
Pot never worked for my H withdrawals. My final salvation was Suboxone for years slowly weaning off.
Same and Sublocade
Did you get restless legs at all once you were completely off suboxone?
@@lilnutty6821 no…because after being on Suboxone for a little while I switched to the monthly injection Sublocade and have supply of Suboxone I’m prescribed to take if I have any unwanted side effects which I rarely do. I’ll quit both one day but for now it keeps me feeling normal for first time in my life.
Same
maybe was the wrong weed...because me too if i smoke kind of haze i get worse...if i smoke my indica strains i feel absolutely normal.and i taked methadone for 21 years...and doing heroin and all the other shit you take when you are a junkie..i shooted methadone...i didnt drink it i was about to loose my arm
I just happened to see that Vice video today myself…and as a counselor at a methadone clinic I was upset with the things I heard. What bothered me were the things these people said about MAT centers. All we do is “increase increase increase” people’s doses. That’s the absolute opposite of what we do! In order to get an increase in ones methadone dose a patient has to A) request it B) must see a counselor first to discuss why they want to increase C) we counselors will then decide whether to forward their request to the centers medical staff! To hear these kids make these statements about MAT clinics drives me crazy. Our small clinic has 8 counselors, a supervisor, a director, 2 nurses and a doctor and are regulated by so many State and local agencies we have an extremely high standard to meet. The only ones asking to “increase increase increase” are the patients who continue to use opiates while attending the clinic and eventually we catch them with our weekly random urine drops!
Maybe at your clinic but i have been to multiple and that’s exactly what they do. The last clinic had me up to 350 mg which i have never heard of in my life and their reasoning was that the fentanyl was so much stronger(it is) that i had to go up that high. I ended up walking away from 350 mg and was absolutely fine with my regular use and felt nothing at all. They most certainly do just bring you up up up and you get extremely minimal actual counseling or care at all. Idk where you work but that is the norm. You explain it like it is so organized but it isn’t, yes there are a ton of state standards but usually these places are so overrun with clients and counselors have such a big caseload that people don’t get the care they need/deserve. That is my experience at multiple clinics located in large cities in Connecticut.
As a professional you should look into Ibogaine for rapid detox and see what you think. Its unfortunate the FDA has it outlawed. People have to go to Mexico to get treatment. But I've read and seen Anecdotal reports from people who've gotten treatment and it has worked amazing for people who decide to go through the process. As long as they don't have heart issues since it can be heard on the heart.
@korn-tv2032 I live near Chicago and I've seen more clinics that work how hes described above than I have the ones that irresponsibly dispense extremely high doses. Im very lucky to have had a great counselor who helped me get up to a dose that was comfortable before encouraging me to fully switch over to taking methadone. Its not easy to switch over to methadone and my counselor was patient, understanding, and encouraging throughout the process. It wasn't her job to be my AA or NA sponsor or my therapist, it was to make MAT work for me and her other clients. I am forever greatful for the support they provided me during a very hard time in my life.
Without failing a drug test every methadone clinic I’ve ever been to or heard of will absolutely let you get zonked out on 300mg a day if you want to.
@@bradwiza198 not only that but this clinic didn’t care if you were on benzos or what you pissed dirty for. In my experience which is years of going and to multiple clinics, their goal is absolutely to make money and not to help the addict or care about their situation in any way. They don’t want you to stop using they just want you to get your drugs from them. That’s our government and healthcare system for you, manage symptoms not treat the actual problem or try to cure the addiction/illness.
I've heard people say smoking weed intensifies withdrawal, especially the psychological aspect.
For some, yes. For others, no. We all process things differently. For me, it didn't help with the withdrawal, but after the hard stuff, it was invaluable with anxiety and RLS.
Full blown precipitated withdrawals if you're already sick
I don't know about opiates, but it sure helped with my benzodiapine withdrawal.
Ya gravel will too bud, just don’t get caught up in them after
Personally I couldn't have got through methadone withdrawal without weed . I don't smoke pot anymore and have remained opiate free for 15 years. Pot definitely helps
Addiction is addiction is addiction. Drinking or drugs it's all the same. Alcohol and drugs are a symptom of addiction. After the physical is taken care of with abstinence then the mental obsession must be handled, which is hard (if not impossible) when you are still using mind/mood altering chemicals.
Cannabis brings on withdrawals if your reducing on opiates. Thats that ive experienced i think people changing to Cannabis would go back to heroin straight away because no paranioa with opiates. I don't think it will work and it is deceptive to say Cannabis is helping people quit opiates. If your no a higher dose of opiates Cannabis increases the opiates effectiveness. So giving people Cannabis in withdrawals i dont think thats a great idea. If this is what it's about.
Everyone is different. One thing I've noticed is that weed doesn't work for alleviating H withdrawal. In fact, it may makes things more severe. However, after the heavy withdrawal is over, and you only feel anxiety and depression, weed can be helpful. Of course, not all weeds are equal. Some relax you; others will bring on the paranoia and make anxiety worse. Still, with the right weed, I was able to help myself the first few weeks. This decreased my RLS by like 80%, which was huge for me. It also helped me relax and avoid the chemicals doctors like to pound us with. After almost a month, I stopped the weed. I'm coming up on a year soon. God bless, my friend.
Thank you Doctor. It's about changing the neuro pathways.
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I love you talk about the mental health part of addiction! I learned at rehab, a 12 steps clinic, that addiction is 80% behavior and 20% drugs. I'm now 2.5 years clean and sober, in Recovery, and it's because I worked on my behavior. Oh and I feel even better than before my active addiction!
Oh and we also learned that cross addiction is a very real thing, so replacing it with Weed is in my opinion very dangerous!
As someone who has lost a father to an od, has a brother in active addiction, and someone who has dealt with addiction myself I 100% know that sometimes pot is the only answer. In order to get off of opioids your central nervous needs to relax. If you're unable to do that organically you need to force your central nervous system into rest and digest. Pot is the easiest and safest way to do this without side effects.
Weed makes it worse. Stick with suboxone.
Bad take. Everyone's different. Unless you mean for opiate withdrawal, yeah weeds not much help early on.
There are a lot of shills and conmen pushing the idea that weed is somehow a cure for addiction. Thats ridiculous. But its also not so dangerous we should shame people if it helps them.
Yea thats what i found aswell
Hey Doc, your videos are really helpful. Thank you!
Thank you
Thank You Dr.B! I get so tired of seeing some people in comments, telling other people that are starting their withdrawal, 2-3days in, to just smoke pot, it will help withdraws. Thats absolutely NOT the case withe everyone, yes maybe in the case that you are an average user of weed them it might help your withdrawal, but to just tell someone who doesnt smoke pot on the regular to use it for withdraws can make the symptoms 10x worse!
Dr. B., you're often dealing with people with an internal narrative that isn't capable of nuanced thought. Most need to be educated about pharmacology and even scientific thought as a rational basis for approaching the real world. However, I'm glad to see you respond to many of those people with knee-jerk reactions railing against 'Big-Pharma' while ignoring the considerable machinery in place that they conveniently overlook to suit their worldview.
Dude, your vernacular and depth of understanding?!!!! Who are you
@@DrBAddictionRecovery I'm a Ph.D. Biochemical Engineer- with plenty of training/work/pubs in Neuropharmacology as well. I get sick of what you're addressing here, it's maddening that experts are now seen as these 'schills'. It's corrosive and people become more and more misinformed. It's a plague in our society right now. Thanks for asking!!!!
@@DrBAddictionRecovery If this is what the so-called experts are saying? That we're too misinformed or uneducated to utilize the "considerable machinery" in place?
To conveniently overlook,? isn't that on purpose? /Kinda understand the Schills comment. We don't know better. The system can't do better. Now what.?
@@ericcurry-pitcher5493 I'm afraid I do not understand your point here. It's probably me.
@@clg68 Sorry doc, just quipping at some of the main comment. The other doc, seemed to have a mightier than you mentality. If you read his comment then mine, you'll get it. Thanks again for all you do for the addiction community, we need people like you. I've been on MAT, program 25yrs, and it's getting crazier than ever before. Keep it up.
Hi, I've looked all over for the name and reasoning for what happened to me. But nothing I find is what I'm looking for. A few months after finally going sober from meth I had an episode where I stopped breathing and lost consciousness, due to not being able to breath. But when I came to I was still in my sitting position, not even my head went down during the black out. Like I was paralyzed. What happened to me? I knew something like that was gonna happen a week before, I told myself and others I was gonna die soon. And then that happened. But I'd like another explanation for it. Can you help?
As a opioid recovering addict that has 10 years doing this stuff and has got clean off and on for years I can say without a doubt not just by this video but by many of your videos that you know addiction very precisely and need more people like you
🙏🙏. I appreciate that
Please do a video on Ibogaine. As I've read and seen people talk about remarkable results with a rapid detox using Ibogaine to get off opiods . Unfortunately have to go to Mexico to be treated. It's a shame the FDA doesn't allow it. I know a company tried to make a version without psychedelic properties and it was shown not to work compared to the natural derived version. I'm willing to bet it could help save Alot of lives in conjunction with rehab. That way people don't have to have a dependence on Suboxone.
BTW Vice doesn't put any new videos on their channel they just make videos for other media companies. They just put up their old vids..
Marijuana 99% of the time enhanced my anxiety and physical uncomfortable withdrawal from opiates and bethodiazapine withdrawal
How does so.eone detox off of fetty without hospitalization? She has clonidine, seroquel, nuerontin n suboxone...can it b done without dying? Know it will b torture for her but as long as they don't die, she thinks she can do it...
THOUGHTS? THANK YOU
Neurontin / Gabapentin is very very hard to come off after 20 years I’m on 800 qid. Huge apparently. I am also in 40mg icy bd Diaz twice daily How to get off it? Please 🙏🏽 Aust
Great of you to explain this THC for Opiate Withdrawal Method. Thank you for doing so. I haven’t seen the documentary but I’d either turn it off or laugh. When the body is addicted to any substance only that substance provides relief. Maybe pot is a comfort drug or drinking is a comfort drug or clonopin (if you don’t crash your BP) but nothing is going to make opiate withdrawal stop except going thru withdrawal or more opiates.
Great video Dr B
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Best video ever Dr B !,
Trying to taper off of Subutex been told to try pot for the terrible withdrawals. Nothing works. I’m afraid of being on subutex the rest of my life. Is there any other type of help???
Have you heard about the sublocade shot? Its a once a month shot so you dont have to take it every day sublingualy. The bupe gets out of your system so slow that patients dont feel withdrawal at all. Every body who was on the shot praises it.
@@filgood76 Yes I have heard about the Sublocade shot. But I also take 1mg of Klonapin for sleep. I’m a quadriplegic so I don’t think any doctor would give me the Sublocade shot. I just can’t get a break on trying to get off Subutex. Tapering is very difficult for me.
Weed does help for the withdrawls after the worst symptoms subside , that’s if you taper, if you can’t take your withdrawls then taper first. Stay hydrated and force yourself to exercise and eat as well as hydrate and go outside for sunlight, exercising while it sounds stupid bc you’re so fatigued will actually fix your fatigue it sounds like it’s never work but there’s science behind it, part of why we get paws is because our brains forgot how to make endorphins, natural endorphins while pale in comparison to artificial ones, will still alleviate most withdrawl symptoms at least temporarily this is especially true for paws and it will speed up the process to getting your brain fog cleared and pleasure back
HOT SHOWERS MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY WILL ALSO HELP WITH RLS AND CHILLS I PROMISE
Also don’t get the shot you’re just prolonging it, you still get withdrawls people just glorify it because they’re subtle in comparison to jumping off of a high dose of suboxone which is what most people do, but what people don’t get is if you taper properly it’s the same just in 1/10 of the time. IF YOU REALLY WANT THIS ALL THE INFORMATION IS ONLINE STUDY/PLAN AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS FOR YOU YOU GOT THIS
I have never been addicted to opiates and never tried heroin to my knowledge. So I do not know what that physical and mental withdrawal is like. Interesting video. Thanks for this information.
I`ve been an Opioid Addict for over 30 years now,
In General pot won`t help users get clean.
your own State of mind will get and keep you clean.
Have you used a MAT, program to sustain yourself? Sorry if the question is too invasive. I have for 25 yrs, and am genuinely curious 🤔. Thanks
@@ericcurry-pitcher5493 yeah no probs,
i get a prescription for Morphine every week from my GP.
I`m from the UK but live in Germany and it`s pretty easy to get into the program.
i`m not clean but i can go to work and live a normal life,
i`ve learned to live with it, because every time i relapsed it was worse than the time before.
@@bobbymcgoo yeah maybe a couple of people,
I've met so many addicts over the years and none of them got clean because of cannabis.
If it does help someone I'm happy for them.
Amen 🙏 13 years sober for me just in March on the 29 th
Maybe it does work for some people I know for myself it wouldn't as weed gives me really bad anxiety I get extremely bad heart palpitations
THANK YOU!! Marijuana never helped my Opiate withdrawl!!
If you could use pot to get and stay off opiates there wouldn’t be any opiate addiction! The last thing I would want if in opiate w/d is to smoke weed! 😳
Yes, pot definitely helps, you want a body high. This is so obvious, it's common sense. Some people it doesn't help of course. Most people are gonna find pot beneficial.
Can anyone with experience tell me if they had restless legs (restless body, in reality) once they weened off everything? They are my final boss when it comes to withdrawal. Everything else i think i could conquer, bur not being able to sleep for days because of restlessness is the real killer
I see it all the time
@@DrBAddictionRecovery thanks for the reply, Dr B. Don you mean you see a lot of people that don't have rls once they are off everything?
The restlessness goes away but then you have the depression from chemical imbalance
@@leahfallesen6365 thanks mate. Yeah I know that depression is gonna hit hard.
My pot use didn't help me much for detox .gave me even more anxiety
Im almost 3 weeks off fentanyl an i dtill hate life. Im so depressed an have no energy i have a hvac business an im struggling not to use. This shit is worse than heroin ever thought about. An i done that for 15 years unless i was in treatment or in prison. Sux but im still going.
Vices coverage of this ‘Cannabis for Acute Opiate withdrawal treatment’ and I was sickened. They offered this treatment up as sound opiate withdrawal practice!. My concern is this treatment will NOT make Acute Withdrawal easier. In fact this could cause psychosis in patients who use Opiates to cope with severe illnesses, like Schizophrenia (opiates have efficacy in treating schizophrenia believe it or not) paranoia & psychosis could really be problematic.
You nailed it. And that is something I actually forgot to mention thank you for writing it down here.
@@DrBAddictionRecovery Another issue, a physiological one that can be serious is drop in blood pressure. Acute opiate withdrawal impacts blood pressure especially in the first 10 days of withdrawal. Cannabis can compound this and could cause someone with vascular or heart issues-endocarditis, to pass out and potentially be injured in a fall.
Isn’t a big part of the reason there’s no data supporting marijuana in opiate dependence bc it’s schedule 1 drug deemed by the U.S. government to have no medical value? Meaning it’s much harder raise funds for controlled trials on marijuana.
Howdy Doc B 😮,long time ⌛️ no see I'm a poet and I don't know it 😅,stay cool Dr B 😎 🇬🇧🤠💯🙏🇺🇸
Pot nearly killed me when my doctor suggested CBD for pain without any guidance at all. I collapsed seven times.
cbd for pain for who doesnt have drug abuse past..you need thc and indica dominat strains...try those...not every weed is the same is full of differents and me too if i smoke the wrong genetic i get worst...but im not gonna die......expecially with cbd is not even psycoactive....is like melanine...comon
I wish my psychiatrist was like you….
The way people in the Field are coming off opiods is thru STIMULANTS , All Withdrawals are Non existent and your Body's been so depressed from opiod slowing your system down it reverses everything and actually is better for Pain. DrB can u explain why stimulants stop All Withdrawals I've actually tried it and I had No Withdrawals and interested in the more technical information. I was on 240mg oxycontin a day 4 valium and sleeping tablet.
Love the Channel Wish you Were my Dr.🌄
I am in Canada and I had cannabis prescribed years before it became legal for everyone. It does help for adhd and pain .
Hell nawl shiit makes my heart beat faster than it already is and paranoid...only thing it may help wit is to maybe get sumtn in ur stomach to give you sum sort of appetite even if it is a miniscule amount it's still food ....
OMG I saw this video and thought of you Dr B. I assumed that your opinion would be interesting for sure on this topic. And yes, Vice can be very poorly informed in their research and opinions on drugs.
Cannabis may work for some as a replacement once you have already come off of opioids but it sure as hell doesn’t do anything for withdrawal and that is the hardest part about getting off of opioids. We do need more opioid replacement drugs to be approved to help stabilize people who don’t respond well to methadone or suboxone. Canada prescribes long acting morphine and has had a lot of success with it but the drug laws are so ass backwards here in the us that we are still focused on punishing drug users so we have a long way to go.
I’m sceptical too. But lack of evidence of efficacy is not evidence of lack of efficacy. The chemical basis of w/d is a large part elevated cAMP levels in the brain Thc dose dependently reduces cAMP . It also could address the elevated pain during w/d . Lastly it raises levels of endorphins slightly ( beta endorphin and dynorphin ) that could make things slightly easier. The theory if it is sound scientifically it’s just not proven . The only conclusion is more research needed. What you could have though is relapse and now they are dependent on 2 medications. Or do they transition to thc and at a later date stop taking that ( would be significantly easier that tapering off the traditionally used medications for detox potentialy )
Currently working with my drs and using cannabis to help me with my taper off of suboxone I use rso oil and tincture sublingual just like my suboxone it has been life changing for me just enough to take the edge off when coming down on my dose cannabis is NOT for everyone and definitely can be unhealthy if not careful could turn into another addiction
Weed is better to keep tolerance levels down than for weaning off, but could work for some.
I know one thing... when I was coming off of methadone, marijuana definitely took the edge off.
It really does, but I think people go into it unrealistically thinking it will take away the worst of acute withdrawl it’s more of a tool to help as your symptoms subside imo weed never worked the first 24-48 hours as well as it did after that. That being said if you have an affinity to weed and don’t want to swap an addiction, Exercise, Sunlight, Hot Showers, Water, Protein AND Magnesium+ high dose vit C WILL HELP
Of course dr b not gonna suggest weed to help his job is to keep people on subs .
Wrong. He’s not a cash only Sub doctor. Far from it. But the doctors you’re referring to DO exist.
I just need help and I don’t have insurance or money.
Thc isnt the way for getting off opiates no way it could have terrible effects on your mental health while your detoxing especially high dose thc.
I would rather be on weed than off of it while going through opiate withdrawal. It definitely eases some of the agony.
i hear that all the time when i`m in detox, that methadone gets into your bones,
it`s hilarious
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If i smoked weed it would undermine my sobriety id just drop the weed and go back to something I enjoy
hi dr B i used marihuana sorta as as an intermediate to stop using amphetamines ghb crack cocaine and it did work for that but my brain did got more susceptible to psychosis. about the methadone when i started methadone i thought it was a miracle i was stoned everyday for free. but now i havve to pick it up every single day by my local pharmacy( i live in holland tis more liberal here) and have to have higher doses over time and still the methadone works shorter and shorter and every day i wake up with mild withdawals so there is something to say for weed but when i watched the vice episode i was afraid for the client to get psychotic or have anxiety attacks but maybe they used an indica strain but still it seems quite dangerous. the problem is doctors wont up your dose very easily when ur in 100 mg range cuz of qtc prolongation. thank you for your amazing channel dr b
Great feedback and best of luck.
Everybody I knew who started using marijuana got into other drugs and became heavy drug users.
It's a correlation and not a causal, because there are Opiate addicts that have never smoked Pot.
Weed will not stop withdrawal. However, it helped me after the hard withdrawal, especially with anxiety and RLS. After a ten day detox using the induction method, I had no physical withdrawal, but the anxiety was bad. Weed helped immensely.
Could you please elaborate on what the induction method is?
@@XRROW_ Dr B has a good description of the method in one very good video. His channel "Addition Recovery" has a ton of good stuff on the issues. The induction method is a way of detoxing that was my way of breaking the curse. I did it in my home, away from the stressing hospital stays. It works by slowly introducing Suboxone into the body, starting with as little as .25 Mg. Over the course of a week, I increased the dosage. I went to 3mg × 2 and immediately worked backwards, stopping the street stuff on that day. By day twelve or so, I was off Suboxone. Of course, that's when the real work begins. Getting off is the ez part. Key tip: quitting should not be an option in recovery. Every time you fall, just get back up with more motivation, as recovery is a lifelong commitment, for there is NO CURE for addiction. God bless you, my friend.
@@XRROW_ go to "Addiction Recovery" here on RUclips. Look for the induction method on that channel. Good luck. It worked well for me.
@@XRROW_ in a nutshell, it's the slow introduction and gradual increase in dosage of Suboxone. A large dose will cause immediate withdrawal. But, with a slow buildup, a person can stop the street stuff after a few days without feeling the sickness. It worked well for me. Good luck.
This is a good comment, don’t go into it expecting it to fix the worst of it but it will help you after the worst subsides. SAME WITH EXERCISE BECAUSE YOU’LL BE FORCING YOUR BRAIN TO START GIVING YA SUM ENDORPHINS WHICH WILL IN RETURN GIVE YOU ENERGY REGARDLESS OF HOW FATIGUED YOU ARE GOING INTO IT
I always found pot made my withdrawals worse if anything!
I believe it doesnt work dor everyone no, but with former pot smokers before the addiction? Yes 100%. It helps me if im om a recovery treatment like Suboxone or methadone. Cold 🦃? Weed will BRING on withdrawals and make it worst thays true. So it depends on the person and situation. What i fear im from Canada amd since legalization? Alot of the chemicals in Smoking cigarettes are all of a suddem on my weed package too? Very strange for sure.... Just my two cents worth. I love your videos doc❤
Pot is too weak for Opiate/Opioid withdrawl period.
Pot cant help you get clean but it'll help you stay there.
Doc, this video is nearly 20 minutes long. Without going into lengthy detail, can you please answer the question with a yes or no? Can Pot Help Opioid Users Get Clean? Thank you for sharing.
Across the board. No. But a more educational response, 20 minutes too long for such an important question?! Life is nuanced as is all of reality. Short answers is how we get into trouble. Good luck🙏
Methadone saved my life, 6 yrs sober..
Strong
Traditional rehab drives so many folks away, and you end up paying a second mortgage over it. If it works for you, fantastic, but it really isn't efficient when it comes time to pay.
The problem with marijuana for treatment is how completely differently it reacts from person to person. On top of that, if each marijuana dosage is the same, the outcomes are different for each dose. It isn't understood to be a stable medication as of yet.
It never gave me any relief I'll tell you that. But they were using potent extracts in the Vice video.
Opiods,are very strong, pot could help a little,and just think ,opiods come from the earth to,from the poppy plant, but totally different
On the "Vice" piece...Beau/Bo has been on methadone for a decade & took his last dose just before going to the "farm." The problem with this is that a longterm methadone user has a metabolic resevoir of the substance. Ergo physical withdrawal will not even begin to the 8th day (on average) of sbstinence. The sum result is that Beau/Bo is not even in danger of physical withdrawal for another week. It seems that Vice did not even research. It just put out pro-cannabis propaganda. Nothing wrong with THC but it is not able to prevent physical manifestations of withdrawal.
Darn, I should have pointed that out. Thank you, I should know better
I used kratom to get off dirty 30s a few years ago. Now I take kratom in the morning and when after I get home from work. It took a while to find the right balance, but its made my life more livable.
See a situation like this is where the good ole doc just needs to mind his business. So what if there's no evidence it works. So what even if it doesn't work for most people. But it does work for some. With that being said anyone should have the right to go try that route should they wish to. Especially now that Marijuana is recreational. So good doc, mind your damn business on this one 👌👊
Very confused. Did I say they couldn’t? But as much as they have a right, I have a right to educate, on truthful science. Yes “good ole” science and reality.
Seems like you may have a reaction to my right to express, to science, and meaningful content. That said, I welcome and thank you for your input. God bless free speech, all of it.
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@@DrBAddictionRecoveryYou call it misinformation and you personally try to degrade their choices. Sorry doc this time you're wrong. But I applaud your choice of free speech. I'll pray for you. 🤷♂️
"The video can provide a dangerous message"
How? How is someone trying to get better going to hurt them? You should be proud they are trying.
Let me ask you this good doc, would you ever prescribe anyone Marijuana? For anything. Seems like you don't agree with someone else's stance on Marijuana and that's your issue here.
PS - This is all coming from a former 10 year opiate addict who used Marijuana to quit, all by HIMSELF.
Respectfully speaking doc, maybe you aren't educated enough on Marijuana due to your age and long stance of likely being against it. All while prescribing people drugs that can actually kill them. Who's the bad guy here good doc?
I would love to discuss this more with you in a private setting.
@DrBAddictionRecovery Why you delete my reply doc? Free speech what? Way to lose all credibility for yourself.
Works for some people and doesn't for others. Should be an option for the people it works for. Kratom works for some people as well. There can't be just one way. Everyone is different, reacting to different medications. Big tool boxs of options.
It works for people who use it as the tool it is- to help maintain dopamine levels after the worst of the physical withdrawls subside, if you smoke weed during the worst of it it will only extenuate it and make you focus on that pain it’s more for the second week then it is for the first 3 days
though if you can exercise instead and that’s enough for you you’d be better off in the long term
Short answer is absolutely not!!!!!!
Methadone doesn't define what addiction is - that's not the point - these folks are going thru hell trying to get off the methadone - and that's the whole point of the episode. Its not weather being on methadone is considered addiction, or is equally dangerous as running around in the street doing other drugs.
Dr. B - you're missing the whole point completely. These folks got fed up being stuck on methadone and just felt like it was time to get off - but the WD of methadone is 10x worse than the worst illicit opioid on the street. And it lasts 4x as long . You literally go into hallucinations during Methadone WD from SEVERE physical and mental pain.
Hmm...do you?
but its natural man , its from the earth.
Have you ever been in Oxy w/d?
Also just want to point out that capitalism isn’t what all of us want. Most people just want to be happy and healthy and enjoy life. It is the profit motive of corporations that is driving capitalism and most of us have no control over that. Unless you live in a swing state your vote doesn’t count on a national level so our impact on the system is very minimal at best and non existent in some circumstances.
A lot of truth there. Ty for your comment.
Man i knew that was bs lmao
The video isn't new, it's as old and outdated as your "professional opinion" on cannabis.
Weed has ALWAYS helpes me. But ALONG with something else 1) methadone 2) cold turkey 3) currently on Suboxone 12mg a day. But i always found weed was a huge help in bettering myself. Weed ismt for everyone sure!but it CAN help!
Thank you Dr. B for your videos and genuine HOPE for opioid addicts like myself. I never ever would have taken that first pain pill if I had known of the horrible road it would eventually lead me down - something I would not wish on even my worst enemy.
Dr.B- I have a question for you. (If anyone can give me advice) I would appreciate it more than you know. I’ll be short- I’ve been on Suboxone for 5 years. Finally done with the pill popping. The Suboxone is very expensive for me. I heard of a medicine called Naltrexone. My insurance will cover Naltrexone. Q. Can I make the change? Switch? Do I need to get the Suboxone out of my system first? By stop taking it for a day or so before I start the Naltrexone? The answer to this question could really save me a lot of money. I thank you again, and pray that someone answers this question.
I have yet to hear this physician say a single thing that I disagree with! He is almost spot on when he says that MAT/OST is the true gold standard. It is limited in its success for a number of reasons. The most glaring reason is that methadone is chemically unable to produce euphoria. On the other end of the dial is buprenorphine.. It has a realtively low metabolic ceiling of between 20 & 24mg. The true winning formula is Heroin Assisted Therapy. Places like Vienna & Switzerland come close with allowing more substances, morphine for example. Canada hits it on the head.
As for "Vice," I lost all respect when they did an expose in Israel about so called "Settlers." It is not worth a whole lot when it comes to journalism.
🙏. You also nailed it on the heroin bit. I should do a piece🙏😁