MAT
Articles tagged MAT cover when this care approach may fit, what to expect, tradeoffs, safety questions, and how it can connect with therapy, medication, or lifestyle work.
MAT (Medication Assisted Treatment)
If you have opioid use disorder, medication is the actual treatment.
Jun 2, 2026
Buprenorphine for depression and chronic pain
Buprenorphine is best known as an addiction medication, particularly for opioid use disorder, but a growing body of research and a quieter clinical…
Apr 14, 2026
Vivitrol (extended-release naltrexone)
Vivitrol is naltrexone in a syringe, given once a month in your butt. That's the whole pitch.
Mar 28, 2026
Naltrexone for alcohol
Naltrexone is the medication that gets prescribed more than any other for alcohol use disorder in clinics that actually know what they're doing, and it's…
Mar 26, 2026
Suboxone (buprenorphine/naloxone)
Suboxone is the closest thing we have to a miracle drug in psychiatry, and most of the people who need it spent years being talked out of taking it by…
Mar 12, 2026
Lofexidine (Lucemyra)
Lofexidine can lower some opioid withdrawal symptoms without being another opioid, but it does not treat the whole disorder.
Jan 20, 2026
Methadone
Methadone is one of the most effective medications in addiction medicine and one of the most misunderstood in public life.
Jan 17, 2026
Acamprosate (Campral)
Acamprosate (Campral) helps you stay sober after detox, not get you there. Non-addictive, renally cleared, six pills a day. Who it fits and who it doesn't.
Dec 18, 2025
The meds that actually move opioid use
Where I refer for detox and methadone I do not run detox here. Do not run a methadone clinic either. Different programs, different regs, different rhythm.
Nov 17, 2025
Sobriety Isn’t the Hard Part (It’s Everything After)
People think getting sober is the hard part. Yeah, detox sucks, early sobriety is uncomfortable, breaking the actual habit is genuinely difficult...
Aug 25, 2025
Addiction, Explained
Addiction is what happens when the brain's reward wiring gets dragged hard in one direction.
May 31, 2025
Alcohol Use Disorder diagnostic criteria
Most guys who have alcohol use disorder don’t think they have it, because they think alcoholism means falling-down-drunk and missing work, and they’re not doing that. They’re functional,…
May 19, 2025