“I want to start out by saying how much I appreciate this podcast. It has been an extremely helpful resource during early my recovery from alcohol and I recommend it and Lionrock meetings to my patients all the time. However, I think the interviewee in this episode may have unintentionally said some misleading things. As a therapist at a medication assisted treatment center for individuals with opioid use disorders, I felt I should say that it is not inherently dangerous to withdraw from methadone. There is so much stigma against medication assisted treatment, so I felt obligated to say something because of the lives I see it save and change in a daily basis. I strongly encourage anyone who has not been able to achieve sobriety from opiates on their own to consider this as an option. Methadone is very safe and effective for many people.”
malkruse via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/07/21