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Question: My sibling is staying with me to recover from heroine and meth. He is substituting suboxin and xanex bars to help his recovery. He says he's done it before, but I want to ask him to see a doctor within my city. Can you recommend a doctor that could help him detox correctly (therapist, psychologist, or medical doctor). Eventually, I'd love to help him get into a rehab program. He has no where else to go and my parents do not know of the situation.

John Lee Says...:

Hi Amy C,


I'd recommend contacting local addiction treatment programs or detox clinics to ask for whether they have someone on staff who specializes in this type of treatment, or if not, if they can recommend a local provider who does. Obviously a specialist in addiction medicine is going to be your ideal candidate for this type of care. One great tool for finding what's available in your area is SAMHSA's treatment locator tool http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/ You can punch in your zip code and then add in search criteria to find providers within a given radius from your home.



 

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Question: what is a "Finnegan?" and what is its pharmaceutical name and purpose? I overheard s conversation I shouldn't have about someone I care about. They are combining and abusing them. I also found a round white pill with the imprint MT1 on one side and a dividing score on the other. Wondering if this is a form of one of them?

John Lee Says...:

Finnegan is probably phenergan, also known as promethazine. This is an antihistamine and anti-nausea drug that is sometimes taken by recreational drug users to potentiate the effects of opiates - if you take phenergan and an opiate together you get a stronger high than you would if just took the same does of an opiate alone. I am not sure about the MT1 pill.


Phenergan mixed with opiates may strengthen the high, but it also increases the risks of overdose, (respiratory depression which can be fatal). Maybe you should at least have a conversation with this person to make sure they understand the risks inherent in mixing these two 'downers' together.

]]> Jess Boyd Promethazine Tue, 17 Sep 2013 08:03:37 -0400 Salvation Army Rehab Info urn:syndication:02cdb623be6b0345704230164790eb24 https://www.choosehelp.com/experts/living-with-an-addict/living-with-an-addict-john-lee/salvation-army-rehab-info

Question: How does the salvation army rehab work

John Lee Says...:


Salvation Army ARC programs are long term live-in programs
that are faith based. They are either free or very low-cost to join. To help
fund the program you will be expected to work while in residence in their
thrift stores or in other ways. Here’s a link to their own info page http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf/0/8326D9D2FE6B4C05802573250030A6E1?Opendocument 

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