FENTANYL ADDICTION TREATMENT

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Fentanyl has devastated families across Orange County and the country. It is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine.  It is pressed into counterfeit pills made to look like prescription medications, and it is

mixed into street drugs without the user's knowledge. If you or someone you love is struggling with

Fentanyl, you need a Doctor who understands exactly how this drug works — because treating Fentanyl Addiction is different from treating other Opioid Addictions.

Why Fentanyl Is Different — and Harder to Treat

Fentanyl binds to the brain's opioid receptors more aggressively and lingers in the body's fat tissues

longer than heroin or painkillers. This means withdrawal can be more severe, cravings more intense, and — critically — starting treatment medication must be timed with precision. Done wrong, it can

throw a patient into sudden, brutal withdrawal. Done right, by a Physician experienced in Fentanyl

cases, the transition to treatment is manageable and safe.

This is why so many general Doctors fail Fentanyl patients. They apply a standard approach to a 

non-standard drug. Dr. Kazi Rezai, D.O. at Coastal Primary Care has spent years treating Fentanyl

Addiction specifically.  Many of our patients arrived here after being failed elsewhere.

How we treat Fentanyl Addiction

Our approach is Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) built around Buprenorphine — available as

daily Suboxone or the once-monthly Sublocade injection. Buprenorphine calms the brain's opioid

receptors, eliminating the crushing withdrawal and cravings that drive Fentanyl use, without

producing a high. Over time, as your life stabilizes, treatment is adjusted to your progress.

Treatment is always paired with a real Doctor-Patient relationship: regular follow-ups, honest

conversations, and a plan that respects your life and your dignity.