| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | international
USA. People taking medication to treat opioid addiction face stigma that they're not 'fully recovered'
USA. People taking medication to treat opioid addiction face stigma that they're not 'fully recovered'
(...) The problem: Some people still can’t accept the idea of using drugs to get off drugs, even though recovery medicines used as directed do not help patients get high. Rather, they ease symptoms such as cravings.
Fed up with the stigma against MAT, Megan McAllister, a certified recovery specialist at Prevention Point, recently started a 12-step meeting for people on methadone, buprenorphine or naltrexone, the three primary drugs prescribed for opioid recovery. (The Philadelphia Inquirer, USA, 10.05.2018)