Aside from being a top ADHD specialists, Dr. Darvin Hege is also one of the top addiction specialists in Atlanta. He has helped many people in the city get over addictions as annoying as smoking, and as hard to beat as cocaine. He provides local, out-patient, treatment in the metro-Atlanta area. Dr. Hege uses properly researched medications combined with cognitive behavioral therapy resulting in the high recovery rates.
As an addictionist certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, and a board-certified psychiatrist, Dr. Hege has spent the last 24 years as a private practitioner treating many patients with a primary or secondary substance abuse problem. In terms of quitting cocaine addiction, Dr. Hege can provide cognitive behavioral therapy in combination with the medication that works best with you.
Cognitive behavioral therapy is a type of talk therapy that is focused on helping the cocaine abuser fix the warped thinking surrounding cocaine behavior that can easily cause relapse as well as recognizing the different mental states that make one susceptible to relapse. With Dr. Hege, this method is used in conjunction with one of the medications prescribed to the patient. Dr. Hege can do this himself in twenty minute sessions, or for longer one hour sessions, he can refer you to a therapist in his network for a more intensive intervention.
The medications that will help curb addiction along with CBT include Disulfiram, which has been a favorite of Dr. Hege’s for thirty years. Disulfiram helps minimize the cravings and then significantly increases abstinence and recovery rates in studies over the first three months. Dr. Hege is now licensed to prescribe Suboxone, which essentially stops narcotic craving after successful inauguration within several days. It is designed to block all other narcotics so patients can’t overdose or get high by the ingestion or injection of any other narcotic.
The same method is used for quitting cigarette addiction as well. He prescribes medications such as Chantix, buproprion and other medications to be used in conjunction with mental and/or psychological support such as motivational therapy, cognitive therapy, and/or other individual intensive therapy which can further your chances of success. Furthermore, the medications he prescribes can be used with over-the-counter nicotine replacement treatments such as patches, inhalers, gum, etc.
Dr. Hege offers evening and weekend office hours and affordable self-pay fees-guaranteeing you privacy and discretion. Call us at 770-458-0007, between 9 AM to 8 PM Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM Saturdays, and 9 AM to 1 PM Sundays for same-day evening and weekend appointments offered at competitive rates. He does not accept Medicare and is local to Dunwoody, Sandy Springs and Roswell.
