Boca Raton Methadone Treatment

Access Recovery Solutions

Access Recovery Solutions
16244 S. Military Trail, Suite 110
Delray Beach, FL 33484

Phone: 561-865-2550
Contact Person: Mike Errico
Email: merrico@addictionmedical.net
Website: www.ARSDelray.com

A Member of Addiction Medical Solutions, a premiere provider of evidence-based, comprehensive, outpatient addiction treatment services that specialize in the treatment of opiate dependence with the expertise to treat all substance use disorders. We provide medication assisted treatment in addition to counseling services designed to improve the quality of life of those suffering from addiction. We offer Maintenance, Detoxification and our specialty treatment track Maintenance to Abstinence.

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Boca Raton has experienced a significant increase in opioid addiction over the past ten years and now has several options available for those struggling with opiate withdrawal. There are a few Boca Raton methadone clinics in the area but an even greater number of approved physicians who are authorized to write prescriptions for buprenorphine (suboxone). Methadone and suboxone are highly effective, long lasting opioid agonists that will effectively reduce and eliminate opioid withdrawal symptoms. Methadone.US has listed below links to information on methadone, an opiate addiction overview, a counseling summary, and recent job openings in methadone clinics and drug treatment programs.


Boca Raton Area Methadone Clinics
Access Recovery Solutions 16244 S. Military Trail,
Suite 110
Delray Beach, FL 33484
(561) 865-2550
Metro Treatment of Florida LP
DBA Pompano Treatment Center
380 SW 12th Avenue
Pompano Beach, FL 33069
(954) 782-9774
Metro Treatment of Florida LP
Sunrise Treatment Center
2175-7 North University Drive
Sunrise, FL 33322
(954) 578-7684
Central Florida Treatment Center 3155 Lake Worth Road, Suite 2
Lake Worth, FL 33461
(561) 439-8440

 

Boca Raton Buprenorphine Providers
Access Recovery Solutions 16244 S. Military Trail,
Suite 110
Delray Beach, FL 33484
(561) 865-2550
John P. Schosheim, M.D. 2499 West Glades Road
Suite 201
Boca Raton, FL 33431
(561) 368-3800
Gerald Hoffman, D.O. 3251 North Federal Highway
Boca Raton, FL 33431
(561) 368-5700
Stanley James Evans, M.D. Stanley J. Evans, MD
4800 North Federal Highway, Suite 102A
Boca Raton, FL 33431
(561) 239-0185
Robert Homer, M.D. 500 NE Spanish River Boulevard
Suite 104
Boca Raton, FL 33431
(561) 392-3557
Robert Allen Moran, M.D. 4800 North Federal Highway
Suite A102
Boca Raton, FL 33431
(561) 573-3525
Robert M. Livingston, M.D. 2200 North Federal Highway
Suite 219
Boca Raton, FL 33431
(561) 289-1783
Salo R. Schapiro, M.D. 2499 Glades Road
Suite 201
Boca Raton, FL 33431
(561) 361-9559
Kenneth Rivera-Kolb, M.D. 301 Camino Gardens Boulevard
Suite 201
Boca Raton, FL 33432
(561) 394-8770
Daniel Morris Jacobs, M.D. 23123 State Road 7
Suite 106
Boca Raton, FL 33433
(954) 895-2862
James R. Milne, D.O. 2148 NW 2 Avenue
Suite 1
Boca Raton, FL 33433
(954) 776-7566
Steven Ross Scanlan, M.D. 7251 West Palmetto Park Road, Suite 204
Www.Pbod.Org
Boca Raton, FL 33433
(561) 901-0040
John P. Girard, M.D. 7280 West Palmetto Park Road
Suite 101
Boca Raton, FL 33433
(561) 750-9900×2
Meryl B. Rome, M.D. 7301 West Palmetto Park Road
Suite 105B
Boca Raton, FL 33433
(561) 391-2770
Cesar L. Benarroche, M.D. 7301 A Suite 106C
West Palmetto Park Rd.
Boca Raton, FL 33433
(561) 391-4669
Kenneth Steven Tishler, M.D. 7777 GLADES ROAD
Suite 100
Boca Raton, FL 33434
(561) 245-4600
Uma Choday, M.D. 8177 Glades Road
Suite 201
Boca Raton, FL 33434
(561) 488-8874
Irwin Beretsky, M.D. 880 North West 13th Street
Suite 2A
Boca Raton, FL 33486
(561) 955-0028
Michael Steven Propper, M.D. 880 NW 13th Street
Suite 2A
Boca Raton, FL 33486
(561) 955-0028
Sherri Pinsley, D.O. Palm Beach Pain & Rejvenation
6201 North Federal Highway
Boca Raton, FL 33487
(561) 995-0050
Robert Eric Cohen, M.D. 5301 North Federal Highway
Suite 270
Boca Raton, FL 33487
(561) 241-6628
James Cocores, M.D. 5301 North Federal Highway
Suite 270
Boca Raton, FL 33487
(561) 241-6628
Melanie Rosenblatt, M.D. 2900 North Military Trail
Suite 241
Boca Raton, FL 33487
(561) 482-4344
Thomas J. Weed, M.D. 6699 North Federal Highway
Suite 102
Boca Raton, FL 33487
(561) 997-6333
Lifeskills of Boca Raton 7700 West Camino Real
Suite 100
Boca Raton, FL 33433
(561) 392-1199
The Watershed 1000 NW 15th St
Boca Raton, FL 33486
(800) 711-6402
Renaissance Institute of Palm Beach 7000 North Federal Highway
2nd Floor
Boca Raton, FL 33487
(561) 241-7977
Boca Raton Suboxone Doctors


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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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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