Ann Arbor Methadone Treatment

Ann Arbor Comprehensive Treatment Center

Ann Arbor Comprehensive Treatment Center
522 S Maple Rd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Phone: (734) 274-2036
Website: ctcprograms.com/ann-arbor

Treatment Types
Counseling
Methadone Maintenance
Suboxone Maintenance
Buprenorphine Maintenance
Vivitrol Maintenance

At Ann Arbor Comprehensive Treatment Center, we provide clinically excellent medication-assisted treatment for adults age 18 and older who are struggling with opioid addictions. Medication-assisted treatment is a comprehensive approach to care that combines effective medication with counseling support.

With a staff of compassionate and skilled doctors, dispensing nurses, and counselors, Ann Arbor Comprehensive Treatment Center is able to provide patients with a warm, inviting environment where they can focus on their recovery. Our professionals closely monitor the medications patients receive, as well as their progress in counseling, to ensure that each patient receives safe and beneficial treatment.

 

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Ann Arbor has several area methadone clinics providing methadone replacement therapy and structured counseling, but relies mostly on Ann Arbor Comprehensive Treatment Center for local opioid addiction treatment services. Available via local physicians is suboxone (with buprenorphine) which provides relief from opiate withdrawal symptoms for a significant number of people. Located on Methadone.US is more information on methadone program effectiveness, opioid dependency, and addiction & recovery counseling.


Other Ann Arbor Methadone Clinics
Ultimate Solutions Inc 29240 Buckingham Street
Suite 11
Livonia, MI 48154
(734) 513-2800
UPC Jefferson Avenue Research Clinic 2761 East Jefferson Avenue
Detroit, MI 48207
(313) 993-3964
NW Industrial Drug Rehab Clinic 9600 Dexter Street
Detroit, MI 48206
(313) 894-4879
Rainbow Center of Michigan Inc 12501 Hamilton Avenue
Highland Park, MI 48203
(313) 865-1580
Nardin Park
Recovery Center (NPRC)
9605 West Grand River Avenue
Detroit, MI 48204
(313) 834-5930
Sunshine Treatment Institute PLLC 4821 East McNicholas Road
Detroit, MI 48212
(313) 368-4800
Metro East
Substance Abuse Treatment Corporation
13929 Harper Avenue
Detroit, MI 48213
(313) 371-0055
New Light Recovery Center Inc 300 West McNichols Street
Detroit, MI 48203
(313) 867-8015
Star Center Inc 13575 Lesure Street
Detroit, MI 48227
(313) 493-4410
Premier Services of Michigan 23700 Van Dyke Avenue
Warren, MI 48089
(586) 758-6670

 

Ann Arbor Buprenorphine Treatment
Avinash Hosanagar, M.D. 2215 Fuller Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
(734) 845-5569
Rubina Sial, M.D. 955 West Eisenhower Circle
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
(734) 930-0201
Maher Karam-Hage, M.D. 955 West Eisenhower Street
Suite B
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
(734) 930-0201
Daniel Adam Schwarz, M.D. Daniel Schwarz, MD
3135 South State Street, Suite 350
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 330-7373
Thomas F. Kabisch, D.O. 2330 East Stadium
Suite 2
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 971-5483
Andreas Sidiropoulos, M.D. 201 East Liberty
Suite 2
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 383-6164
Elizabeth Mary Shadigian, D.O. 2340 East Stadium Boulevard
Suite 8
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 477-5100
J. Richard Goulet, M.D. 2345 South Huron Parkway
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 677-3991
Justin Matthew List, M.D. VA MEDICAL CENTER ANN ARBOR
2215 Fuller Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
(630) 802-6164
Christopher Alan Smith, M.D. 2215 Fuller Road
Ambulatory Care, 11A
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
(734) 845-5290
Steven Gotlib, M.D. 2222 Fuller Court
Suite 1003-A
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
(734) 662-9191


Federal Rules For Methadone Access Are Changing

The synthetic opioid, fentanyl, has led to an increase in overdose deaths in recent years. As many as 112,000 in the last year according to NPR. As a result, some physicians are pushing to make methadone more available to those who need it.

The Biden administration has created new federal rules for methadone treatment designed to widen access for more patients. In particular, the requirement of one year of active opioid addiction is being reduced to just 6 months of opioid addiction in order to become eligible to receive methadone.

There are about 2000 federally-approved opioid treatment programs (OTP) in the United States. Many thousands of patients are receiving life saving services from these clinics. Since COVID, many OTP clinics have made take home medication more accessible to those in early phases of treatment.

With illegal opiates still flooding the country, increasing access to opioid treatment and medication is easily justified. The question remains as to how local law enforcement can ultimately stem the flow of drugs into the community, as well as how youth can be educated to avoid risking first drug use.

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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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Over the last 10 years, opioid use disorder has emerged as a primary medical problem in the United States. Individuals from varied and diverse backgrounds have all been subject to the dangers of opioid misuse and potential opioid dependency. The good news is that addiction is a treatable illness. And with opioid addiction in particular, there are specific medication-assisted interventions available that have proven successful. Extensive research studies have shown the clear benefits of both methadone and buprenorphine in alleviating the debilitating physical symptoms of opioid withdrawal.