When I started treating people with medications to help with addiction, I encountered resistance. Not from patients but from doctors and counselors.
They complained we were just “substituting one addiction for another”
I used to calmly explain the physiology of addiction. The mechanism of action of the medication. The need for pharmacological bridging. The psychological benefit of stiff arming the offending drugs.
Now I just simply respond…
You’re damn right!
And it works.
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