Yes that is the “Layman’s terms” that a lot of addiction psychiatrist used to explain why an opiate replacement is necessary. The real reason of course is to put the money in pharma’s and the prescribers’s pocket versus the dealers pocket.
Of course it reduces harm. Absolutely no doubt about that. But it keeps a low bar low for the pers…
Yes that is the “Layman’s terms” that a lot of addiction psychiatrist used to explain why an opiate replacement is necessary. The real reason of course is to put the money in pharma’s and the prescribers’s pocket versus the dealers pocket.
Of course it reduces harm. Absolutely no doubt about that. But it keeps a low bar low for the person who has an ability to recover from addiction.
And your last line is another selling point that the drug companies use. This is not a diss towards you at all. It’s just a line that you hear over and over and frankly both methadone and Suboxone are easily abused but they don’t provide the immediate high that mu opioids do. Both drugs are miss used quite a bit. The reason you don’t see as much Abuse with methadone for drug treatment Is because of the tight leash that providers have on distribution. I have always called Suboxone “millennial methadone” because there are really no restrictions on it despite the fact that you need the waiver. One of the “experts“ that pushes the waiver was a big pusher of opiate drugs back in the late 1990s early 2000s. The guy was an absolute joke and full of himself, arrogant as could be. Denied that addiction could happen when treating pain properly. We all know that’s not true. I can go on and on but for today will stop lol!
Yes that is the “Layman’s terms” that a lot of addiction psychiatrist used to explain why an opiate replacement is necessary. The real reason of course is to put the money in pharma’s and the prescribers’s pocket versus the dealers pocket.
Of course it reduces harm. Absolutely no doubt about that. But it keeps a low bar low for the person who has an ability to recover from addiction.
And your last line is another selling point that the drug companies use. This is not a diss towards you at all. It’s just a line that you hear over and over and frankly both methadone and Suboxone are easily abused but they don’t provide the immediate high that mu opioids do. Both drugs are miss used quite a bit. The reason you don’t see as much Abuse with methadone for drug treatment Is because of the tight leash that providers have on distribution. I have always called Suboxone “millennial methadone” because there are really no restrictions on it despite the fact that you need the waiver. One of the “experts“ that pushes the waiver was a big pusher of opiate drugs back in the late 1990s early 2000s. The guy was an absolute joke and full of himself, arrogant as could be. Denied that addiction could happen when treating pain properly. We all know that’s not true. I can go on and on but for today will stop lol!