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Johnson City has experienced a significant problem with the proliferation of opioids in the past decade causing serious concerns among Tennessee families and healthcare providers. Consequently, Johnson City has seen the emergence of an above average number of local physicians certified to prescribe suboxone to those suffering with opioid addiction. Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) has become the standard of care in good addiction treatment programs for individuals that have developed a moderate to severe opioid dependency.

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



Johnson City Buprenorphine Suboxone Doctors
Ray Mettetal, M.D. 3201 Bristol Hwy, Suite 4,
Johnson City, TN 37601
(423) 282-5951
Millard Ray Lamb, M.D. Recovery Associates Inc, of Tennessee
401 East Main Street
Johnson City, TN 37601
(423) 571-7407
Martin P. Eason, M.D. 205 High Point Drive
Johnson City, TN 37601
(423) 631-0731
Stephen Douglas Loyd, M.D. 205 High Point Drive
Johnson City, TN 37601
(423) 631-0732
Laura Vanini Grobovsky, M.D. 501 East Watauga Avenue
Johnson City, TN 37601
(423) 722-8446
Christine Anne Carrejo, M.D. Watauga Family Practice
501 East Watauga Avenue
Johnson City, TN 37601
(423) 722-8446
Cynthia Polhemus Partain, M.D. 401 East Main Street
Johnson City, TN 37601
(423) 929-2584
Matthew Morgan Gangwer, M.D. 401 East Main Street
Suite 3
Johnson City, TN 37601
(706) 244-1390
David Lionel Forester, M.D. 209 East Unaka Avenue
Johnson City, TN 37601
(423) 434-4677
Michael Sanders Wysor, M.D. Medical Care Walk In Clinic
105 Broyles Drive, Suite B
Johnson City, TN 37601
(423) 722-4000
Stephen R. Cirelli, M.D. Medical Care Clinic
105 Broyles Drive
Johnson City, TN 37601
(423) 722-4000
Edward Herschel Crutchfield, M.D. 105 Broyles Street
Johnson City, TN 37601
(423) 946-3199
Jose L. Lopez-Romero 100 West Unaka Avenue
Suite 4
Johnson City, TN 37601
(423) 928-1393
Aubrey Doyce McElroy, Jr. 3201 Bristol Highway
Suite 4
Johnson City, TN 37601
(423) 262-8132
Douglas P. Williams, M.D. Recovery Associates
401 E. Main Street, Unit #3
Johnson City, TN 37601
(423) 232-0222
Sonya Saadati, D.O. 926 West Oakland Avenue
Suite 222
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 282-3379
Hemang Vinodrai Naik, M.D. 100 West Unaka
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 928-1393
Jason John Della Vecchia, M.D. Catalyst Health Solutions
926 West Oakland Avenue, Suite 222
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 282-3379
Craig Michael Haire, M.D. 3114 Browns Mill Road
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 631-0432
Jaclyn Waddey Newman, M.D. 826 Polk Avenue
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 929-2854
John N. Argerson, M.D. 926 West Oakland Avenue
Suite 222
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 282-3379
Tracy Harrison Goen, M.D. 3114 Browns Mill Road
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 631-0432
Edgar Alan Ongtengco, M.D. 2514 Wesley Street
Suite 101
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 833-5547
Robert David Reeves, M.D. 926 West Oakland Avenue
Suite 222
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 282-3379
Rakesh Patel, M.D. 403 North State of Franklin Road
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 979-0565
Jack R. Woodside, Jr., M.D. 917 West Walnut Street
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 439-6464
Timothy S. Smyth, M.D. 926 West Oakland Avenue
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 282-3379
Hetal K. Brahmbhatt, M.D. 500 Longview Drive
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 975-5444
John McClellan Miller, M.D. 811 Wedgewood Road
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 282-5381
Constantino Diaz-Miranda, M.D. 3114 Browns Mill Road
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 631-0432
Charles Lee Backus III Morgan Counseling Services
412 West Unaka Street
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 833-5547
Michael Dandridge Tino, M.D. Doctors Assisted Wellness
100 West Unaka Avenue,Suite #3,4,5
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 928-1393
Ralph Thomas Reach 3114 Browns Mill Road
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 631-0432
Navneet Gupta, M.D. 101 Med Tech Parkway
Suite 200
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 232-6120
LeRoy Robert Osborne, D.O. Morgan Counseling & Accociates
214 West Unaka Avenue
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 676-9015
Marianne Elizabeth Filka, M.D. Watauga Recovery Center
3114 Browns Mill Road
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 631-0432
James Wesley Denham, M.D. 1747 Skyline Drive
Unit 25
Johnson City, TN 37604
(901) 210-5079
William Edward Kyle, D.O. 3114 Brownsmill Road
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 631-0272
Donald Ray Sleeter, M.D. 3114 Browns Mill Road
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 631-0432
Kelly D. Chumbley, D.O. Emmaus Medical and Counseling
273 Highway 11 E, Suite A
Bulls Gap, TN 37111
(423) 676-8400
Zia Ur Rahman, M.D. 1098 Charter Row
Johnson city, TN 37604
(423) 440-5135


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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