Change Your Opiate Addiction Lifestyle
Do you have an Opiate Addiction? Answer the questions on the checklist below. If you answer “YES” to 3 or more questions, it might be time to look at our Thrive medication options.
Self-Check: Opiate Use
- Can't control or cut down opiate use?
- Have a strong desire or urge for opiate anytime of the day?
- Spending a large amount of money on opiates?
- Continued to use even though it was causing trouble with your family or friends?
- Use despite legal or social problems?
- Stop or cut down important activities?
- Use while doing something dangerous, like driving?
- Use despite physical or mental problems?
- Become tolerant — need more opiates or need to use it more often?
- Have withdrawal — physical symptoms when you try to stop using?
This checklist is not a diagnosis, but a prompt to start a conversation with a licensed provider.
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
Only three drugs are approved for MAT according to SAMHSA: Buprenorphine, Naltrexone, and Methadone. We do not carry methadone (a Schedule II medication).
It’s recognized that upwards of 90% will fail to get off opiates without MAT. This is not a moral failing or weakness. Traditional programs (AA/NA) or faith-based programs alone often aren’t enough. Alternatives like Kratom or “medical” marijuana do not treat the condition and can create new problems. Too many are dying every day; only ~10% who die are using heroin — the rest can be found in a medicine cabinet.
Options & Realities
Methadone requires daily clinic visits. Some choose once-monthly Vivitrol (long-acting naltrexone). Many use sublingual buprenorphine-based products (Subutex, Suboxone, Zubsolv, Bunavail).
Per SAMHSA, anyone on MAT is considered in sobriety. If a group does not recognize that, we encourage joining one that supports recovery—no one wins when lives are at stake.
Why Patients Choose Thrive
We’ve heard the pain points: cost, availability, taste/nausea, dissolve time, inability to taper, and stigma at pickup. Our solution is a cost-effective, therapeutic equivalent that tastes good, dissolves in 3–4 minutes, works better for many, and supports discrete tapering with precise dosing—no cutting tablets into a dozen pieces.
We’re a Schedule II narcotic-free pharmacy that respects you and actively cheers your sobriety. Call us and ask about our $3 or less option.