MONROE, MI — Laura Pashaian and Melissa Champagne are area nurses studying to become nurse practitioners.

When they started their clinical training with Dr. Arun Gupta , the women had to overcome their own stigmas about people addicted to drugs. Now, both are considering work in addiction medicine.

NPs are registered nurses who receive extensive training beyond a bachelor's degree. They can diagnose patients and prescribe medications. Gupta has trained more than a dozen medical students and nurse practitioners in the last few years. Gupta is a general practice physician, but he's also an addiction medicine provider. He said his patients have an 85% success rate for beating addiction.

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