The Harford County Health Department hopes to break down barriers to addiction by using new technologies and treatments aimed at ending opioid dependence. Doctors in Harford County are hoping a new treatment approved by the Food and Drug Administration will make the road to recovery easier. “One of the biggest barriers to opioid recovery is opioid withdrawal,” said Julie Stancliff, medical director of the Harford County Health Department’s Behavioral Health Division. The Harford County Health Department is using a new treatment called transcutaneous ear nerve stimulation (TAN) to treat anyone 18 or older who is struggling with opioid dependence. Know how to stop withdrawal. I just take the heroine again. Or, I just take the fentanyl again. Or, I’m just on oxycodone again,” Stancliffe said. “It comes out of withdrawal, but then you’re stuck in this vicious cycle that you never get over, not without opioids. New painless wearable technology delivers electrical stimulation. Patients don headphones and the technology targets two nerves. The device is used until they are symptom-free, putting more control in people’s hands. That includes treatment, intensive outpatient programs, and medication management. “This will help them through withdrawal, and if their ultimate goal is to be opioid-free, then we can make that happen for them,” Stancliffe said. New equipment is provided to Harford County residents and is covered by most insurance policies.
The Harford County Health Department hopes to break down barriers to addiction by using new technologies and treatments aimed at ending opioid dependence.
Doctors in Harford County hope a new treatment approved by the Food and Drug Administration will make the road to recovery easier.
“One of the biggest barriers to opioid recovery is opioid withdrawal,” said Dr. Julie Stancliff, medical director of the Behavioral Health Division of the Harford County Health Department.
The Harford County Health Department is using a new treatment called transcutaneous auricular nerve stimulation (TAN) to treat anyone 18 or older who is struggling with opioid dependence.
“Withdrawal is probably the hardest thing to get to the other side of recovery because it’s so easy—I know how to stop withdrawal. I’m just taking diva again. Or, I’m just taking fentanyl again. Or, I’m just taking again. Oxycodone,” Stancliffe said. “It comes out of withdrawal, but then you get into this vicious cycle that you never get out of, not without opioids.”
New painless wearable technology provides electrical stimulation. The patient puts on the headset and targets the technology to two nerves. The device is used until they are symptom-free, putting more control in people’s hands.
In addition to equipment, treatment includes therapy, intensive outpatient programs, and medication management.
“It’s going to help them through withdrawal, and if their ultimate goal is to be opioid-free, then we can make that happen for them,” Stancliffe said.
New equipment is provided to Harford County residents and is covered by most insurance policies.
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