Treatment Overview and Information

Outpatient treatment protocols may include any one or a combination of the following:

• Detox - the medically supervised gradual removal of the abused substance from your system
• Medication - a number of clinically approved medications are now available to treat addictive disorders
• Outpatient counseling - a hour or two a week of counseling with a certified substance abuse counselor
• Intensive Outpatient - 2-3 hours per day, three times per week in a group setting with a certified substance abuse counselor
• Continuing Care - since addiction is a chronic disease, regular ongoing contact with a treatment provider maximizes treatment success

Outpatient Treatment Overview

Methadone Treatment

Methadone is a long-acting, synthetic drug that was first used for the treatment of drug addiction in the United States in the 1960s. It has a 40-year history of demonstrated success in the treatment of opiate addiction. When used in proper doses in maintenance treatment, methadone does not create euphoria, sedation, or an analgesic effect.

Ambulatory Detox

Approximately two weeks of medically supervised outpatient treatment which allows your system to rid itself of the toxic substance and make you comfortable. Outpatient treatment has the advantage of minimal disruption to your normal day-to-day life.

Intensive Outpatient

The IOP is twelve-weeks of three sessions of three hours duration per week that will be delivered in a group format. Each session has a similar structure but with different topics for each psycho-educational group and group session component.

Medication Assisted Treatment

We believe you can attain an independent and constructive lifestyle. Our priority is to stabilize each individual by providing medically monitored treatment, combined with psychosocial rehabilitation services.

We believe that opiate dependency is a chronic disease and can be managed with appropriate medication and counseling.

Burenorphine Treatment

Buprenorphine has both opiate and "anti-opiate" properties. When administered while patient is suffering from opiate withdrawal, it rapidly reduces and often eliminates symptoms within an hour.

Buprenorphine is an opioid partial agonist. This means that, although buprenorphine is an opioid, and thus can produce typical opioid agonist effects and side effects such as euphoria and respiratory depression; its maximal effects are less than those of full agonists like heroin and methadone. At low doses buprenorphine produces sufficient agonist effect to enable opioid-addicted individuals to discontinue the misuse of opioids without experiencing withdrawal symptoms.

Maintenance to Abstinence

Maintenance to Abstinence is an intensive medically supervised outpatient treatment program for chronic addiction to opiates, of about 2 years, that will allow you to move from your current level of drug usage to being completely free of any addictive opiate.