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Started an addiction clinic (outpatient) and I'm pretty convinced it's a great model for large populations. It's not for everyone initially - you may need more

Started an addiction clinic (outpatient) and I'm pretty convinced it's a great model for large populations. It's not for everyone initially - you may need more attention than weekly/bi-weekly visits to a treatment center, but we've seen more than half remain in treatment. Of that group that stays in treatment, more than half got jobs (almost all without our help, although we're starting to help now). Focusing on rebuilding your life while on Suboxone, while having access to mental health professionals (doctors, counselors, therapists) is working. Open 6 months, we're growing fast and hope to help everyone we can. Only one in our city who accepts insurance without a waiting list, and we do that exclusively (no self pay).

hackermailman 10y ago
They've had success here too with Suboxone but took a long time for regulators to allow it to be prescribed instead preferring methadone which failed as a treatment strategy http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/a-bc-clinic-is-showing-how-quick-treatment-can-get-patients-offopioids/article33815291/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/a-bc-cl... It's good you have immediate treatment they still can't figure that out here, the "Rapid Access Addiction Clinic" in that story is unfortunately not accessible to all addicts and has temporary funding.
- Schn1eck7 10y ago
  Methadone is a full opioid agonist, similar to traditional opioids like painkillers and heroin. So the abuse potential is there. And nearly all methadone clinics don't provide additional supports (behavioral health or otherwise). They more or less function as pill mills. I don't need to own the entire system with this stuff, but it's very hard to set up (unfortunately). Hoping more people wake up and are able to do similar things. And we're going to keep expanding access to treatment. We only accept medicaid (for the poor in the US), who otherwise wouldn't have access to free treatment. They pay $300-500 per month for Suboxone at cash clinics, but typically don't get as much behavioral health treatment.

hackermailman 10y ago

They've had success here too with Suboxone but took a long time for regulators to allow it to be prescribed instead preferring methadone which failed as a treatment strategy http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/a-bc-clinic-is-showing-how-quick-treatment-can-get-patients-offopioids/article33815291/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/a-bc-cl... It's good you have immediate treatment they still can't figure that out here, the "Rapid Access Addiction Clinic" in that story is unfortunately not accessible to all addicts and has temporary funding.

Schn1eck7 10y ago
Methadone is a full opioid agonist, similar to traditional opioids like painkillers and heroin. So the abuse potential is there. And nearly all methadone clinics don't provide additional supports (behavioral health or otherwise). They more or less function as pill mills. I don't need to own the entire system with this stuff, but it's very hard to set up (unfortunately). Hoping more people wake up and are able to do similar things. And we're going to keep expanding access to treatment. We only accept medicaid (for the poor in the US), who otherwise wouldn't have access to free treatment. They pay $300-500 per month for Suboxone at cash clinics, but typically don't get as much behavioral health treatment.