Treating Patients with Opioid Addiction Using Suboxone

With an MD from Tulane University School of Medicine and decades of experience in the medical field in Fayetteville, AR, Dr. Robert Tomlinson operates the Suboxone Recovery Center of Arkansas. Through this clinic, Dr. Robert Tomlinson assists individuals with an addiction to opioids.

Treating those with opioid addiction often involves the use of the prescription drug Suboxone, which combines the benefits of buprenorphine to block opioid receptors in the brain with naloxone's ability to reverse opioid effects. Suboxone has replaced the formerly-used methadone because the latter often simply substituted a methadone addiction for an opioid addiction.

Suboxone treatment typically takes place in conjunction with a personalized treatment plan including therapy or counseling. The medication alleviates withdrawal effects, allowing patients to examine cognitive reasons for the addiction without interference from these symptoms.

The first clinical trial for Suboxone, conducted by the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trails Network, showed substantially longer effects for those who received it versus those who simply completed a short-term detoxification process. Both groups in the study also received counseling.

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Robert Tomlinson, MD, has over 30 years of experience as a medical doctor, working in fields such as physiology, orthopedic surgery, and recovery medicine, including his current work at the Suboxone Recovery Center of Arkansas. A resident of Fayetteville, AR, Dr. Robert Tomlinson also serves as the director of plastic and regenerative medicine at It's A Secret Med Spa. Robert Tomlinson, MD, is listed in the SEAK directory of Independent Medical Examiners (IME).

SEAK is an accredited training company specialized in training IME, who are psychologists, chiropractors, physicians, and other healthcare professionals capable of providing independent medical evaluations or examinations. Since 1999, SEAK has had a national directory that provides the public with direct access to IME of many general specialty areas in different states. Among the clients who search for IME in this directory are insurance companies, large employers, and attorneys.

Medical examiners can promote their availability and generate additional revenue by being listed in SEAK’s directory. To be listed, the IME must become a member, and he or she will then be listed on the website. Also, 30,000 copies of the directory are distributed among IME referral sources, and the professional is also listed in the LexisNexis directory.

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