The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) has much to say about the dosage of methadone for clients in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs, but it offers little instruction about Suboxone dosage. That’s because methadone is actually administered on site at the MAT facility, while Suboxone prescriptions are provided to the clients to be filled at their local ...
Opioid Addiction Treatment Programs: A Place of Hope
Hope is brewing for those who wonder if they could successfully kick heroin or pain pill addiction in one of the opioid addiction treatment programs they hear about. The truth is that many people overdose and die without ever getting into treatment, because the dollars have just not been available to fund the necessary programs. However, today’s political climate might be just what we need to ...
Suboxone Treatment Centers: Too Few, Too Late
It seems like Suboxone treatment centers should be accessible to anybody who wants help. Suboxone, the brand name of buprenorphine, is an FDA-approved medication for use in addiction treatment that serves as an alternative to methadone. Unlike methadone, which is a full agonist—meaning it fits into your brain’s receptors just like heroin or pain pills—Suboxone is a partial agonist. You can’t ...
Methadone Maintenance Therapy: Do You Have to Tell?
You are not alone if you hesitate about getting methadone maintenance therapy. You don't worry whether it will work, because you've heard many positive stories about it. But you can’t help wondering what the people you care about will think. Consider your options: If you don't take this step into treatment, you know you'll keep stealing from family and friends in order to pay for your habit. You ...
