Suboxone – The Miracle Drug?: Part II Published: Tue, Apr 3, 2012 In the previous article, we discussed the impact Suboxone has had on opiate addiction treatment. Although Suboxone is a synthetic opiate, it does relieve craving for opiates for the addict who is hopefully involved heavily in NA (Narcotics Anonymous), which is where he will be able to gradually get to the point he... Read More

Suboxone – The Miracle Drug? Published: Mon, Mar 26, 2012 Suboxone is well known to the “opiate-abusing people.” It's a miracle drug for some chronic pain patients who are fortunate enough to get it. Acombination drug of Subutex (buprenorphine) and Naloxone (an opiate blocker), Suboxone was developed in 2002 by Rickett Benckiser pharmaceutical as a drug to... Read More

Congress may tighten controls on hydrocodone Published: Mon, Jan 16, 2012 In an effort to address a decade long delay in deciding whether to place tighter controls on pain meds containing hydrocodone (Vicodin, Lortab), a bill introduced in Congress would tighten controls on the drug, bypassing the rule making process at the Food and Drug Administration. This action by Congress is almost... Read More

An epidemic in The Sooner State Published: Tue, Nov 8, 2011 I was saddened but not surprised to see the (recent) front-page article in The Oklahoman on prescription opiates. The article did not mention that Oklahoma was No. 1 in prescription opiate abuse in the nation in 2010. Folks, we have an epidemic here in The Sooner State. Yes, meth is a huge problem that could be... Read More

Why are opiates so addictive? Published: Mon, Oct 3, 2011 To start with, we all need to understand opiates are NOT addictive to ALL patients. Many people every day take the course of a prescribed opiate for pain, finish their prescription and throw the empty bottle or the few that are left away and they are done with the drug. It has performed its intended purpose.... Read More

Battling food addiction Published: Wed, Aug 24, 2011 The term “food addiction” has not been commonly accepted by the general public as a true addiction, like alcoholism or opiate addiction. A recent study of “food addiction” was done in Toronto, Canada, at York University using the Yale Food Addiction. The YFAS was the first attempt to categorize FA (food... Read More

Psychedelic (hallucinogenic) drugs Published: Mon, Jul 25, 2011 The recent death of two young people here in Oklahoma from ingesting a psychedelic drug (hallucinogenic drug) reportedly purchased by another young man from the internet, points out the extreme danger of: • Buying any kind of psychedelic drug or for that matter, any drug off the internet is extremely dangerous... Read More

Benzodiazepines Published: Thu, Jun 30, 2011 Today we are going to discuss a class of drugs which are called Benzodiazepines, sometimes called “benzo” or BZD.” This group of drugs would best be put in a group called tranquilizers. The first BZD, Librium, was discovered accidentally by Leo Sternbach in 1955 and was made available to Hoffman-LaRoche... Read More