Medicare Accepted at Triangle Wellness & Recovery We now take Medicare, and look forward to working with new and existing patients with Medicare. Blue Cross Blue Shield Accepta...
I’M NOT A PSYCHIATRIST When I tell therapists or my patients that I am an Addiction Medicine physician, not a psychiatrist, they frequently respond with a quizzical look. Patient...
“They just need to be more committed.” “They don’t have enough willpower.” “They don’t really want to get better.“ I’ve heard all of t...
Many people confuse detox or medically supervised withdrawal (when a patient is admitted to a detox unit) with treatment for alcohol or drug addiction. This can create unrealistic ...
When we talk about recovery, what does that mean, really? Is it the absence of alcohol or drug use? Is it measured by reliably “clean” urine tests? Is recovery a return to a ...
Benzodiazepines such as Xanax, Klonopin, Ativan and prescribed at alarming rate in this country, and these prescriptions are disproportionally written for women, a trend that has...
There is a debate in the addiction world about the whether or not addiction is an actual brain disease, or instead behavior that is learned (and therefor “un-learned”). ...
It is estimated that around 30% of people who are addicted to opioids also struggle with chronic pain. Many of these individuals became addicted when they were prescribed opioids f...
Integrated vs Integrative – What’s the difference and why it matters in treatment for addiction, chronic pain, and mental health. At Triangle Wellness & Recovery PLL...
Next week, millions of people across the country will take part in the annual ritual of eating to exhaustion, enjoying football and taking out their wallets and friend’s wish l...
We are thrilled to announce that we now have an in-office art studio! Dr. Koenig transferred her home art studio to the office to share this resource with clients and their familie...
It is estimated that 40-60% of addiction risk is inherited. But genes alone don’t result in addiction – it is the complex interaction of someone’s genome with the...
As an addiction medicine doctor, I regularly get questions about what I do (Are you a psychiatrist?) and what I prescribe (Oh, so you are a Suboxone doctor?). For many, addiction t...
Many of my clients, even those in their 20s, need more than one hand to count their times in residential treatment. Sometimes the gains made in the residential treatment setting se...
