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If you experience intense chronic pain, you might have heard of the Butrans patch as a treatment option. Butrans is the brand name for a buprenorphine patch. Buprenorphine is a partial opioid agonist that can be used to manage opioid use disorder (OUD) and chronic pain. As Mayo Clinic explains, buprenorphine patches act on the […]

It’s important that you know what to do when a hurricane is on its way. The goal is to stay as prepared as possible to keep yourself and your family safe. Hurricane preparedness means having your supplies and potential evacuation plan handy. You don’t want to panic at the last minute. Every person has their

Quitting smoking or vaping is a journey that requires support, motivation, and practical tools. The Start to Quit program provides encouragement, educational insights, and actionable steps to help our members reduce or quit tobacco use. This post summarizes each lesson from the campaign, highlighting key takeaways and providing links to helpful resources that were shared

If you’ve had recurring severe pain and nothing has helped to soothe it, your doctor may prescribe you Percocet in an effort to help. Percocet is the brand name for an opioid drug that combines acetaminophen and oxycodone.  Percocet can make you feel relaxed and euphoric while decreasing the pain signals in your brain. If

Everyone’s bodies are different, and coming to peace with your body can be an important part of your health and well-being. But because we live in a world where people can be judgmental about body size, weight changes may bring up difficult emotions. The truth is, there are so many different reasons why weight may

If you’ve experienced addiction in your life, or you have a loved one who you’ve seen go through addiction, then you can understand the mental and emotional impact that it can have on you. Being in recovery for an addiction to a substance, such as opioid use disorder, is a journey that takes time with

Suboxone is one of the gold standard medications used to treat opioid use disorder (OUD). We use it with our members at Groups for a few different reasons that we’ll explain here. Anytime you take a new medication, especially at vulnerable moments like the beginning of recovery, it’s important to understand what kinds of effects

Drug testing is a common aspect of treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), but it can be stressful. At Groups, we ask our members to do weekly urine screens. These are confidential between each person and their care team. Unlike other treatment centers, we don’t kick people out or judge them for positive results. Recovery

Suboxone is a medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) that helps people recover from opioid addiction). Like with any medicine, getting the dosage right for Suboxone is important. For Suboxone in particular, it can plateau or lose some of its effects at higher doses. It can also have more side effects at higher doses. On

Suboxone is currently one of the gold standard treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD) because it’s safer than other options and it makes it harder to get “high” on opioids. Studies have shown that people are more likely to succeed in recovery from opioid use disorder (OUD) when they take MOUD. It decreases the risk