Austin Suboxone Doctors


Join Here To Have Your Medical Practice Featured in this space
and in the Google Map located below

Following payment completion, please send us the listing information you would like displayed here.

methadone8c



Austin provides a considerable number of area physicians who are qualified to write prescriptions for suboxone. Suboxone (which contains buprenorphine) is being widely adopted and utilized across the United States to successfully treat mild to moderate opioid withdrawal symptoms. Opioid withdrawal is a chronic drain on those struggling with opiate addiction. If you are a local physician aiming to treat Austin 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.



Austin Buprenorphine Suboxone Doctors
Robert E. Cantu, M.D. 1717 West 6th Street
Suite 440
Austin, TX 78703
(512) 469-0536
James Russel Van Norman, M.D. 1430 Collier Street
Austin, TX 78704
(512) 440-4021
Cynthia Lynn Benton, M.D. 3625 Manchaca Road
Suite 202
Austin, TX 78704
(512) 239-8943
Heinz Aeschbach, M.D. 2824 South Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78704
(512) 444-5092
John Alonzo Luker, M.D. 4029 South Capital Texas Highway
Suite 115
Austin, TX 78704
(512) 326-1141
William Bud Holcomb, M.D. 3625 Manchaca Road
Suite 303
Austin, TX 78704
(512) 328-7222
Avinash N. Ramchandani, M.D. 2315 West Ben White Boulevard
Austin, TX 78704
(512) 326-5440
Vanajakshi Paturu, M.D. Austin Lakes Hospital
1025 East 32nd Street
Austin, TX 78705
(512) 544-5253
Philip J. Leonard, M.D. 711 West 38th Street
Suite C-6
Austin, TX 78705
(512) 453-1049
Rhonda Lee Anderson, M.D. 6107 Belfast Drive
Austin, TX 78723
(210) 393-4325
Shiva Kumar Lam, M.D. 1600 West 38th Street
Unit #422
Austin, TX 78731
(512) 467-2840
Sandford Matthew Schocket, D.O. 3508 Far West Boulevard
Suite 150
Austin, TX 78731
(512) 467-7246
Carlos Francisco Tirado, M.D. 3501 Mills Avenue
Austin, TX 78731
(214) 324-2080
Mouna Sfeir, M.D. 1600 West 38th Street
Suite 321
Austin, TX 78731
(512) 454-5716
Steven Zachary Powell, M.D. 6835 Austin Center Blvd
Austin, TX 78731
(512) 346-6611
Hans Bengtson, M.D. 6811 Austin Center Boulevard, Suite 300
ARC Far West Medical Tower
Austin, TX 78731
(512) 346-8888
Marilyn Jean Vache, M.D. 3724 Jefferson Street
Suite 206
Austin, TX 78731-6225
(512) 458-1000
Kevin Wayne Lewis, M.D. 14101 Highway West
Building 200
Austin, TX 78737
(512) 301-6400
Mitali Chaudhuri, M.D. 2901 Montopolis
Austin, TX 78741
(512) 389-6503
Angus Lowry, M.D. 4544 South Lamar
Suite 700
Austin, TX 78745
(512) 834-4141
William M. Loving, M.D. Texas Star Recovery Program
1106 West Dittmar Road
Austin, TX 78745
(512) 462-6728
Willliam C. Nemeth, M.D. 4534 Westgate #112
Austin, TX 78745
(512) 334-2144
Daniel A. Frederick, M.D. 4316 James Casey
Austin, TX 78745
(512) 498-1029
Russell H. Carter, M .D. 4534 West Gate Boulevard
Suite 112
Austin, TX 78745
(512) 334-2144
Harold D. Lewis, D.O. 1901 West WM Cannon
Suite 123
Austin, TX 78745
(512) 444-2661
Mihnea Dumitrescu, M.D. 4613 Bee Caves Road
Suite 105
Austin, TX 78746
(512) 892-0490
Rey Ximenes, M.D. The Pain and Stress Management Center
3701 Bee Caves Road, Suite 104
Austin, TX 78746
(512) 306-1515
Lynn Elizabeth Lytton, M.D. 8700 Manchaca Road
Suite 103
Austin, TX 78748
(512) 474-5904
David Garfield Jones, M.D. 8700 Manchaca Road
Building 1, Suite 103
Austin, TX 78748
(512) 474-5904
Bhuvanaprasad Lakshmi Mandalapu, M.D. 8700 Manchaca Road
Unit 205
Austin, TX 78748
(512) 617-1841
Peter Joseph Pelogitis, M.D. 8700 Manchaca Road
# 1-103
Austin, TX 78748
(512) 796-4611
Carlos Miguel Victorica Scott and White Cedar Park West
12129 RR 620 N. Suite 600E
Austin, TX 78750
(512) 336-3400
Leonard Jay Weiss, M.D. 1009 East 40th Street
Austin, TX 78751
(512) 356-9065
Kimberly Leigh Kjome, M.D. 8402 Cross Park Drive
Austin, TX 78754
(512) 697-8541
Ullattil Nanda Kumar, M.D 2200 Park Bend Drive
Building 2 Unit #300
Austin, TX 78758
(512) 514-1972
Herbert C. Munden, M.D. 2100 Kramer
Suite 200
Austin, TX 78758
(512) 835-5557
Kery Leigh Feferman, M.D. 2200 Park Bend Drive
Building 1, Suite 201
Austin, TX 78758
(512) 416-7246
Narendra Shivram Punjabi, M.D. 11615 Angus Road
Suite 106
Austin, TX 78759
(512) 346-8652


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.

Posted in Buprenorphine, Medication Assisted Treatment, Methadone, Methadone Clinics, Opiate Withdrawal, Opioid Treatment, Pain Management, Prescription Drugs, Suboxone | Tagged | Comments Off on How Bad Is Opioid Withdrawal

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.

Posted in Methadone, Methadone Benefits, Methadone Clinics, Recovery, Suboxone | Tagged | Comments Off on Helping Skeptics Understand Methadone

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.

Posted in Acadia Healthcare, Addiction Treatment, Buprenorphine, Methadone, Methadone Clinics, Oregon Methadone Clinics, Suboxone | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Methadone Treatment in Oregon

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.

Posted in Medication Assisted Treatment, Methadone, Methadone Clinics, Methadone Programs, Suboxone, Suboxone Clinics | Tagged | Comments Off on Remote Observation of Methadone Dosing