235: Exploring Addiction and Addiction Research with Dr. Hakimi and Andrew Drazan

The Addicted Mind Podcast

Duane Osterlind, LMFT

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Mental Health

4.8 • 621 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Duane speaks with Andrew Drazan and Dr. Edmond Hakimi to discuss the pressing topic of addiction and addiction research.

Andrew Drazan is the founder and current chairman of Wellbridge Addiction Treatment and Research, which has been providing personalized care to individuals struggling with addiction for over a decade. Dr. Edmond Hakimi, the medical director of Wellbridge, brings his extensive expertise in addiction treatment to the conversation.

Today, delve into the medical model of treating addiction, the importance of research in this field, and the individualized care approach taken by Wellbridge. We will also address topical issues such as the opioid epidemic and the growing prevalence of synthetic drugs.

In this episode, you will hear:

The medical model of treating addiction
Bringing research into the addiction space
How to measure the outcome of addiction treatment
The importance of individualized care in the field of addiction
Addressing the opioid epidemic in the United States
Are synthetic drugs becoming even more addictive?
The importance of a weekly dose of medication

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Addicted Mind podcast. We are on to another episode. My name is Dwayne Austerlund and I'm your host.
0:13.5	Today we have two guests, Andrew Drazen and Dr. Edmund Hakimi. And let's talk about Andrew first.
0:21.7	Andrew is the co-founder and chairman of Wellbridge.
0:25.1	Andrew has leveraged his business leadership skills and personal family experience with addiction to inspire and create an innovative and patient-first culture.
0:32.5	Andrew was instrumental in bringing addiction treatment and addiction research together on a single campus
0:38.1	so that scientists and clinicians can work together to advance patient care. Andrew's going to share
0:43.5	his personal story of why he wanted to create a space like this. And it really comes from
0:50.1	his own experience with addiction in his family. So he's going to share that story.
0:54.6	And we also have Dr. Edmund Hakimi.
0:57.9	Dr. Hakimi is a renowned board-certified internal medicine physician
1:01.8	with fellowship training in addiction medicine from Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
1:08.1	He received his bachelor's science degree from St. John's University in New York
1:11.6	with a major in biology and a minor in chemistry. Dr. Hakimi earned his doctor of osteopathic
1:18.0	medicine from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his internal medicine residency
1:23.9	at Stony Brook, Southampton Hospital. He specializes in treating patients with severe substance use disorders and concurrent
1:31.2	psychiatric diagnoses, why conducting clinical research to develop novel treatments for these disorders.
1:37.1	Dr. Hakimi's goal is to provide exceptional care to those with substance use disorders and
1:41.4	wraparound services.
1:43.0	Dr. Hakimi on this episode is going to talk about
1:45.8	all the latest research in addiction treatment, especially concerning fentanyl and xylacine
1:52.0	and how some of their new research is leading to some novel treatments to really get the
1:59.6	best possible outcomes for people who are struggling with
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