Houston Suboxone Doctors

Symetria Recovery

Symetria Recovery
17347 Village Green Dr, Suite 104
Houston, TX 77040

Phone: (866) 288-5503
Website: SymetriaRecovery.com

Multiple Locations in North Houston – Jersey Village, Spring (The Woodlands) + College Station

TREATMENT HERE COVERED BY INSURANCE

If you’re looking for help that actually helps you, you’re in the right place. Treatment at Symetria is covered by insurance — backed by a 95% satisfaction rating and hundreds of positive reviews online.

  • Fast Access to Meds
  • On-site pharmacy (including Suboxone, Vivitrol, Methadone) and appointments usually within 24 hours

  • Convenient Appointments
  • Morning, evening and Saturday services — plus transportation

  • Unlimited Support
  • No judgement if you relapse with unlimited therapy if you want it

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Symetria Recovery, 17347 Village Green Dr – Houston


 

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Houston has been affected like many other areas of the country by the epidemic of opioid addiction. However, Houston has a progressive medical community that recognizes the efficacy of using suboxone to treat opioid withdrawal. Opioid replacement therapy is a proven best practice, and suboxone (containing the active ingredient buprenorphine) is one of the leading medications now utilized to help patients cope with debilitating opioid withdrawal. Methadone is the other leading medication and has been in use for over 40 years. Both medications have an excellent track record of success. If you are a local physician aiming to treat Houston area residents, you may purchase a featured listing at the top of this page insuring that your medical services will be found by prospective patients searching our website for quality opioid treatment.



Houston Buprenorphine Suboxone Doctors
Symetria Recovery 17347 Village Green Dr, Suite 104
Houston, TX 77040
(866) 288-5503
Ronald R. Buescher, M.D. 10021 South Main
Suite B3
Houston, TX 77025
(713) 668-1166
John L. Mohney, D.O. 4742 West Alabama at 610
Houston, TX 77027
(713) 626-0312
Long Nguyen, M.D. 4151 Southwest Freeway
Suite 410
Houston, TX 77027
(713) 222-7246
Ivan C. Spector, M.D. 3100 Weslayan
Suite 350
Houston, TX 77027
(713) 963-0769
Melinda Min Gu, M.D. 3400 Edloe Street
Suite 1604
Houston, TX 77027
(617) 820-1056
Mehran Rahbar, M.D. VAMC
2002 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 794-7689
Krishna Boddu, M.D. Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Med.
1400 Holcombe Boulevard, Suite 409
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 792-4340
Emilio Rene Cardona, M.D. Green Park One
7515 South Main, Suite 600
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 796-9993
Chris Chikazu Tokunaga, M.D. Michael E. Debakey VAMC
2002 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 794-8700
Junaid Kamal, M.D. 2002 Holcombe Boulevard
VAMC, Dept of Anesthesiology 145
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 791-1414
Rola El-Serag, M.D. HVAMC
2002 Holocombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 794-7635
Sara Elizabeth Allison, M.D. Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
2002 Holcombe Blvd. 116A
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 791-1414×3402
Sarah Elizabeth Ramos, M.D. 1502 Taub Loop
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 873-4900
Nicholas M. Masozera, M.D. 2002 Holocombe Boulevard
Pc 111
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 791-1414×5280
Tso M. Chen, M.D. 2002 Holocombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 791-1414
Ali Abbas Asghar-Ali, M.D. 2002 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 791-1414×6771
Roham Darvishi, M.D. VA Hospital
2002 Holocombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 791-1414
Bengi B. Melton, M.D. VA Medical Center
2002 Holocombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 791-1414×6678
Robert Mark Gerber, M.D. Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
2002 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 794-8700
Utpal Ghosh, M.D. 2002 Holocombe Boulevard
Mail code 111 PC
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 791-1414
James J. Ireland, M.D. 2002 Holocombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 794-7101
Nahla Nasser, M.D. 2002 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
(832) 368-1976
Wendy L. Smitherman, M.D. Department of Psychiatry
One Baylor Plaza, BCM 350
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 791-1414×4693
Jennie F. Hall, M.D. MEDVAMC
2002 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 791-1414
John Victor Ibeas Fermo, M.D. MEDVAMC 116SDTP
2002 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 791-1414
Andrea Gail Stolar, M.D. MICHAEL E. DEBAKERY VAMC
2002 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 791-1414
Rabab Rizvi, M.D. VAMC
2002 Holcombe Boulevard, MC 116MHCL
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 791-1414×6415
Claudine Daniela Johnson, M.D. 2002 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 791-1414×3960
Yaw Boamah Frimpong-Badu, M.D. 2002 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 791-1414
Pilar Laborde-Lahoz, M.D. VA de BAKEY
2002 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 791-1414×24562
Charles DeJohn, M.D. VA Hospital, Rm. 6B-115, MHCL
2002 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 794-8709
Nidal Moukaddam, M.D. Harris Health Systems/Baylor
1504 Taub Loop
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 873-4901
Benjamin T. Li, M.D. 1502 Taub Loop
2nd Floor, Room 2.216
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 873-5270
Jose Leyva, M.D. 11275 South Sam Houston Parkway West
Suite 150
Houston, TX 77031
(832) 328-4545
James Edward McCrary, D.O. 6201 Bonhomme Road
Suite 354-N
Houston, TX 77036
(832) 767-0357
Kenneth Peters, M.D. 9889 Bellaire Boulevard
Suite 103
Houston, TX 77036
(713) 988-9889
Don Gibson, M.D. 9889 Bellaire
Suite 134
Houston, TX 77036
(713) 988-0700
Jaime Ganc, M.D. 5500 Guhn Road
Suite 100
Houston, TX 77040
(713) 783-8889
Rusti T. Hauge, M.D. 5500 Guhn Road
Suite 100
Houston, TX 77040
(713) 783-8889
Jason D. Baron, M.D. 5500 Guhn Road
Suite 100
Houston, TX 77040
(713) 783-8889
Edward C. Fallick, D.O. 11000 Richmond Avenue
Unit 330
Houston, TX 77042
(713) 974-0879
Ajay K. Aggarwal, M.D. 2626 South Loop West
Suite 600
Houston, TX 77054
(713) 400-7246
Uchenna Kennedy Ojiaku, M.D. 2626 South Loop West
Suite 300
Houston, TX 77054
(202) 390-7520
Demetris Allen Green, Sr., M.D. 2646 South Loop West
Suite 440
Houston, TX 77054
(713) 808-9658
Frederick Gerard Moeller, M.D. UTHSC at Houston Texas Research Clinic
1941 East Road
Houston, TX 77054
(713) 486-2800


Remote Observation of Methadone Dosing

There’s a new spin being proposed on the dispensing of methadone to Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) patients. A federally-funded project is underway between Scene Health and The University of Washington in which patients video themselves taking their daily methadone dose, and then submit that video to the treatment provider.

The project is evaluating this new modified approach that falls somewhere between in-person daily dosing and unsupervised take home dosing.

This new approach is currently being referred to as Video DOT (video direct observation therapy) and has been successfully implemented with other health issues including hepatitis C, asthma, and diabetes.

While this experiment seems appealing at first glance, it does raise legitimate questions about the ability to insure proper safety protocols with the provision of methadone medication to new patients. The project may possibly demonstrate the usefulness of Video DOT methadone dosing. But assuming this new approach one day becomes common practice, it will be important that physicians or clinics have in place a procedure for quickly reclaiming methadone doses that are not ingested on schedule.

Imagine a new patient receives 7 take home doses of methadone, but then only sends in the required video of their medication use on day one. At what point does the prescribing clinic intervene, and how will the unaccounted for doses be retrieved?

Approved Opioid Treatment Programs currently have “callback” procedures in which stable patients are randomly selected to return to their home clinic with their unused take home doses. This allows the clinic medical staff to perform a medication count, and it acts as a safeguard to insure patients are taking their medication as prescribed.

Patients who have earned take home privileges through months of treatment progress are less inclined to divert or misuse methadone than someone who just started treatment. New patients must be inducted gradually on a stabilizing dose of methadone. And time is typically needed to help these patients adjust to methadone while eliminating use of all other illicit substances. This is where the benefit of a structured treatment program is most relevant. OTP’s provide extremely valuable life management skills training in conjunction with medication therapy.

It remains to be seen if “easy access” to methadone is truly an advancement in care, or a step backwards in accountability & safety for patients and the public.

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Expanding Access to Methadone

Historically, access to methadone for the treatment of opioid addiction has been through enrollment in a local clinic licensed to dispense methadone. As a result of Covid restrictions, some of these clinic regulations were relaxed. For example, many patients across the U.S. were allowed to begin receiving take home doses of methadone as a result of Covid lockdowns and decreased clinic access.

Critics have begun to express the belief that clinic restrictions are cumbersome and that methadone should be made available for pick-up at local pharmacies. On the other hand, the concern remains that methadone can be misdirected or mishandled thus reinforcing the need for close supervision, particularly in the early phases of opioid treatment. Decades of research has shown that taken under proper supervision, methadone’s safety profile is excellent.

In this recent era of contaminated street opiates and overdose concerns, it is clear that methadone is a phenomenally effective medication for promoting health, well-being, and physical safety.

Mark Parrino, president of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence, recently shared that deregulation of methadone would likely increase the diversion of methadone and methadone-related overdose deaths.

Following a period of stability, most U.S. clinics do allow patients to begin dosing at home with methadone. This system of care is working well throughout the country where methadone is readily available. However, many U.S. citizens are still lengthy distances from methadone-approved clinics. So, the challenge continues to link those with opioid addiction to effective resources in their local community. Legislators are presently examining a range of options as the opioid epidemic marches on.

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Learning Recovery Through Counseling

Counseling and support services are an integral part of the treatment process. Recovery from opioid addiction involves education on the addictive process and the development of skills that support lifestyle change.

Medication assistance is key in managing opioid withdrawal sickness, but counseling offers the opportunity to learn valuable skills like identifying common high risk triggers for relapse and methods for reducing that risk.

Addiction is a complex illness. Many patients who achieve early stability with methadone or suboxone will relax their commitment to treatment. They let their guard down and begin to take shortcuts. This is a frequent issue in treatment clinics that often leads to relapse.

Sustained recovery from addiction requires a full commitment to change. Individual counseling and group counseling provide the necessary roadmap for staying on the recovery path. Counseling allows patients to achieve a deeper understanding of the challenges they will face as they learn to live drug free.

Opioid addiction can seriously impact a person’s life in many areas, and climbing out of that hole is not easy. Making the correct recovery-based decisions can at times be confusing, and even feel overwhelming. This is where the value of support & input from a counselor, stable friends, and concerned others can make a real difference.

Most MAT clinics and physician practices across the U.S. provide counseling as a component of their opioid treatment program. Participate in these services. These sessions with a therapist or in a counseling group can greatly enhance your ability to stay on course, and ride out the difficult days that you will certainly encounter. There is no replacement for commitment and positive action. These are the foundation of success when true recovery is the goal.

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