Robbie Calvert, DO
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📖 Gift Article
A deep dive into the history and current state of opioid addiction in the U.S., this article highlights the effectiveness of buprenorphine (Suboxone) therapy in treating opioid use disorder—a chronic but treatable medical condition.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/m...
An Effective Treatment for Opioid Addiction Exists. Why Isn’t It Used More? (Gift Article)
A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted?
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
📖 Gift Article
A deep dive into the history and current state of opioid addiction in the U.S., this article highlights the effectiveness of buprenorphine (Suboxone) therapy in treating opioid use disorder—a chronic but treatable medical condition.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/m...
Dehumanizing people suffering from homelessness and substance use is an attempt to deflect that substance use disorder is a treatable medical condition and homelessness is a result of institutional neglect and lack of safety net resources.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Elon Musk calls homelessness a ‘lie’ and ‘propaganda’ — and Trump is listening
Trump and his billionaire allies are out of touch with a crisis facing more than 600,000 Americans, advocates tell Alex Woodward
www.the-independent.com
December 12, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Dehumanizing people suffering from homelessness and substance use is an attempt to deflect that substance use disorder is a treatable medical condition and homelessness is a result of institutional neglect and lack of safety net resources.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Zion Nation Park, Many Pools trail, March 2023
November 30, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Zion Nation Park, Many Pools trail, March 2023
One telltale sign of addiction is a loss of control over substance use.
November 30, 2024 at 2:17 PM
One telltale sign of addiction is a loss of control over substance use.
Methadone and buprenorphine are some of the most effective medications in their ability prevent fatal overdoses in individuals with opioid use disorder and yet are some of the most regulated medication in the country? Recent changes in federal regulations have helped but more work needs to be done.
November 23, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Methadone and buprenorphine are some of the most effective medications in their ability prevent fatal overdoses in individuals with opioid use disorder and yet are some of the most regulated medication in the country? Recent changes in federal regulations have helped but more work needs to be done.