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Sacramento is now served by a number of local doctors specifically authorized to prescribe buprenorphine (suboxone) to people suffering with chronic opioid addiction. MAT (Medication-assisted treatment) has evolved as the premier standard of care in quality opioid addiction treatment programs for individuals who are at risk for moderate to severe heroin and other opiate addictions.

If you are a local physician who treats Sacramento residents, you may purchase a featured listing at the top of our dedicated Sacramento Suboxone Doctors information page insuring that your opioid treatment services will be found by prospective patients searching this website for a quality suboxone doctor. Suboxone (buprenorphine) has emerged as a top therapeutic intervention for opioid addicted individuals. Methadone.US is striving to inform the public about the variety of opioid replacement therapy options available in or near Sacramento.



Sacramento Buprenorphine Suboxone Doctors
Jaspreet Singh Mann, M.D. 1820 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 313-8450
David Leroy Sprenger, M.D. 650 Capitol Mall
Suite 7-100
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 930-3927
David Wayne Smith, M.D. 1500 21st Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 769-5994
Donna Michelle Defreitas, M.D. 4001 12 Avenue
Priorities Clinic
Sacramento, CA 95816
(916) 456-4849
Randall L. Stenson, M.D. 2100 Capitol Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95816
(916) 442-4985
Christine Bell, M.D. 2100 Capitol Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95816
(916) 442-4985
Celeste Reinking, M.D. Priorities Clinic
3647 40th Street
Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 397-2434
Justin Altschuler, M.D. Priorities Clinic
3647 40th Street
Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 397-2434
Jamie Zhimin Ng, M.D. UC Davis Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic
2230 Stockton Boulevard
Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 734-3574
Carmen G. Butts, M.D. 4860 Y Street
Suite 1600
Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 734-3630
Gabriel Joseph Belsky, D.O. 3647 40th Street
Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 397-2434
Michael C. DuPratt, D.O. PRIORITIES
3647 40th Street
Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 320-7406
Lenton Joby Morrow, M.D. 4860 Y Street
Suite 1600
Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 734-3630
Neil Munro Flynn, M.D. Priorities Clinic
3647 40th Street
Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 832-8569
Eric Glen Tepper, M.D. 5030 J Street
Suite 201
Sacramento, CA 95819
(916) 455-1155
Gregory Warren Burt, M.D. 5025 J Street
Suite 315
Sacramento, CA 95819
(916) 452-1294
Allen Hassan, M.D. 2933 El Comino Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95821
(916) 971-3900
Jack Friedman, M.D. 2933 El Camino Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95821
(916) 971-3900
Jeffrey L. Young, M.D. 5525 Assembly Court
Sacramento, CA 95823
(916) 428-2330
David Wayne Smith, M.D. CRC Treatment Associates
7225 East Southgate Drive, Suite D
Sacramento, CA 95823
(916) 769-5994
Vijaya L. Reddy, M.D. Kaiser Permanente
6600 Bruceville Road
Sacramento, CA 95823
(916) 688-2106
Yevgeniy A. Lepler, M.D. 8001 Bruceville Road
Sacramento, CA 95823
(916) 688-6596
Glenn Patrick Daubert, M.D. 6600 Bruceville Road
Sacramento, CA 95823
(916) 688-2535
Charles Willy Stewart-Carballo, M.D. 7225 East Southgate Drive
Suite D
Sacramento, CA 95823-0000
(916) 394-1000
Akindele Emmanuel Kolade, M.D. Sierra Vista Hospital
Sacramento, CA 95824
(916) 288-0345
Cynthia Coniglio Arnett, M.D. 945 University Avenue
Suite 101
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 947-4002
Carl H. Shin, M.D. 1817 Professional Drive
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 977-0741
Timothy J. Yoon, M.D. 1817 Professional Drive
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 977-0741
Michael S. Parr, M.D. 777 Campus Commons Road
Unit #140
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 333-5802
David L. Sisemore, D.O. 350 University Avenue
Suite #101
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 932-0380
Gregory Alan Jaeck, M.D. 900 Fulton Avenue
Unit 200
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 484-3570
Claude E. Arnett, M.D. 945 University Avenue
Suite 101
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 947-7186
Marc Maskowitz, M.D. 1321 Howe Avenue
Suite 225
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 564-2225
Sandra C. Johnson, M.D. 777 Campus Commons Road
Suite 140
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 456-6005
Archana Trivedi, M.D. 7700 Folsom Boulevard
Sacramento, CA 95826
(916) 386-3000
Zaheer U. Ahmed 1337 Howe Avenue
Suite 135
Sacramento, CA 95826
(606) 392-4055
David E. Root, M.D. 15 Depot Park Way
Suite 111
Sacramento, CA 95828
(916) 387-6929
Sanaz Kalantarzadeh, M.D. 2081 Arena Boulevard
Suite 160
Sacramento, CA 95834
(916) 576-7898
Patricia Samuelson, M.D. Mercy Norwood Clinic
3911 Norwood Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95838
(916) 929-8575
Frank Jan Stass, M.D. Frank Stass, MD
4300 Auburn Boulevard, Suite 208
Sacramento, CA 95841
(916) 437-4347


How Bad Is Opioid Withdrawal

There is an informative video by Sarah Wakeman on the physical and psychological perils of severe opioid withdrawal. Sarah is a Medical Director at Mass General Brigham. They are an integrated health care system that conduct medical research, teaching, and patient care.

In the video, Sarah explains how opioid withdrawal can become so severe with diarrhea and vomiting that individuals can die from extensive dehydration. As physicial dependency progresses, the brain becomes increasingly imbalanced and unable to function without the presence of opioids.

When opioid withdrawal commences (usually 8-12 hours after last use), it becomes increasingly unbearable as the body is flushed with stress hormones. The withdrawal discomfort builds in intensity over days, and can last up to a week or more. For many, this withdrawal process feels akin to a severe case of the flu, but then potentially reaches levels of sickness even far beyond that.

In the video, Sarah goes on to discuss the benefits of methadone and buprenorphine in reducing severe withdrawal symptoms and in helping patients to ultimately not die from overdose. She also illuminates on how rational decision-making is so extremely difficult when struggling against the intense pain of opioid withdrawal.

Please check this video out, and share it with anyone you believe can benefit from its message.

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Helping Skeptics Understand Methadone

When it comes to addiction, reactions and opinions are often intense. Addiction is a devastating illness that can rapidly derail a person’s life, and seriously impact the lives of those around them.

Sadly, addiction leads people to behave in ways that make no sense to their family, friends, and co-workers. Therein lies an important part of the problem. Family feel confused, angry, and fearful as their loved one tumbles down the hill of active addiction.

When it comes to something as perplexing as drug addiction, grasping for answers is an understandable reflex for family and friends. What family often don’t comprehend is the power of physical dependency to opioids and the severe sickness that results from opioid withdrawal.

Family and others incorrectly assume that mere “choice” is all that’s needed to overcome the addiction. When the addict fails to remain drug free, harsh judgment by others usually follows.

Halting withdrawal sickness is a paramount step for an opioid addicted person. This cannot be overstated. As long as a person is suffering from severe opioid withdrawal, their ability to think and “choose” logically is greatly impaired.

Statistically, individuals who utilize medication-assisted treatment (like methadone) are far more likely to avoid incarceration, a continued downward spiral, or death by overdose. Medication assistance successfully removes debilitating withdrawal sickness so that the addicted person can experience greater clarity of thought and the ability to make more sound decisions that lead to improved quality of life.

If you are a skeptic about methadone or suboxone, you may think “they’re just trading one drug for another”. This is not true. People, once therapeutically stabilized on methadone or suboxone, do not get high from the medication. Health generally improves, and the person is able to function much better on the job and at home. This brings hope. It offers a new opportunity for further recovery.

When you care about a person’s survival, one more chance to help them can be quite valuable. Don’t let judgment or excessive skepticism get in the way. Medication-assistance in opioid recovery is effective for many people, and it has been the life saving next step that some never got the chance to take.

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Methadone Treatment in Oregon

Like most states, Oregon is in need of quality treatment options for opioid-addicted individuals who are ready for recovery.

This article, in the Hillsboro News-Times, features the recent approval by Washington County commissioners to add a new methadone clinic in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Acadia Healthcare is aiming to establish the new methadone clinic in Hillsboro in order to better serve the local community. Acadia already operate a mobile unit in the general area as well as a comprehensive treatment center (CTC) in nearby Tigard located about 20 miles away.

The commissioners voted 5-0 to approve the proposed site which will be on the local bus route thereby providing improved access. The article mentions that Oregon presently has 17 operational methadone clinics serving the state, where fentanyl, opiates, and other substances are causing a grave overdose crisis.

Having local opioid treatment available is a critically important step in saving lives and providing hope to patients and families. Methadone has been proven to decrease opioid use, reduce relapse risks & overdose deaths, as well as increase employment and overall health. Clinics offering medication-assisted treatment (MAT), like methadone and buprenorphine, are forging a new path to safety for those people once stuck in active addiction.

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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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