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Break Free of Opioids While You Keep Your Job, Your Family, and Your Privacy

Watch the free video from Carl Gittens, MD on how medical treatment calms cravings and helps prevent withdrawal, then book a free confidential consultation if it fits.

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Carl Gittens, MD, Licensed Physician at The Gittens Clinic.
Carl Gittens M.D. MS, Licensed PhysicianConfidential Consultation · Stuart & Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Inside the free training

Learn Why Stopping Failed Before, and What Works Instead

Why willpower keeps failing

Relapse is not weakness. Opioids rewire the brain, and science, not willpower, is what resets it.

How withdrawal can be prevented

How medically supervised treatment, including Suboxone when clinically appropriate, calms cravings and helps prevent the withdrawal symptoms you dread.

How to recover while you keep working

Why outpatient care fits around a working week, so treatment protects your job and family life instead of interrupting them.

What finally explains it

See the Real Reason Quitting Feels Impossible

Opioids bind to receptors in your brain and train it to expect them. When you stop, the brain protests: cravings, sweats, shaking, sleepless nights.

That is not weakness. That is biology, and biology responds to medicine.

Treat addiction as the medical condition it is, and the fight changes. Cravings can be calmed. Withdrawal symptoms can be prevented. Recovery can be built while you keep living your life.

A treatment plan taking shape in an open notebook.
A stethoscope resting on a physician’s desk.
Who you would be working with

Meet the Physician Behind the Gittens Recovery Approach

Carl Gittens M.D. MS, Licensed Physician. Stuart and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

38 years of medicineInternal medicine in Florida, after emergency rooms in New York City, Miami, Fort Pierce, and Okeechobee.
1,200+ patients treatedThe clinic’s medical team has treated more than 1,200 addicted patients since 2014.
Trusted with pilotsCertified by the FAA HIMS program to evaluate and treat addicted pilots. Aviation Medical Examiner.

Hear From Patients Who Sat Where You Are Sitting

He saved my life. He is very considerate and will work with you. I would recommend him 100%. Thank you, doctor.
Patient of The Gittens Clinic
An excellent doctor who will actually listen to what’s going on and will truly try to help you to the best of his abilities. A physician who cares about his patients.
A patient of several years

Each quote above is one person’s experience, published on the clinic’s own pages. Addiction treatment outcomes vary from person to person, which is why everything starts with a physician’s assessment.

Save your life first, then get it back

The Gittens Clinic · Offices in Stuart and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Weekly support meetings by Zoom or in person.

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The Gittens Clinic · Stuart & Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Carl Gittens M.D. MS is a Licensed Physician. The Gittens Clinic is a medical practice with offices in Stuart and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The information on this page and in the video is educational and is not a substitute for individualized medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Prescription medications, including Suboxone, are prescribed only after a physician’s evaluation and only when clinically appropriate. Individual results vary. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911.

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