Nashville Suboxone Doctors

South Nashville Comprehensive Treatment Center

South Nashville Comprehensive Treatment Center
1420 Donelson Pike, Suite B19
Nashville, TN 37217

Phone: (615) 912-3462
Website: ctcprograms.com/south-nashville

Treatment Types
Methadone Maintenance
Suboxone Maintenance
Buprenorphine Maintenance

At South Nashville 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, South Nashville 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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Nashville has a sizable list of regional doctors approved to write prescriptions for buprenorphine, suboxone for the treatment of mild to moderate opiate withdrawal. Opiate addiction produces a number of difficult physiological withdrawal symptoms which lead to a decline in a person’s overall functioning. Fortunately, suboxone is increasingly accessible throughout the USA and is readily acknowledged in the addiction treatment community as a primary medical intervention for managing opiate addiction. Tennessee has undergone national criticism for not responding adequately to its own opioid addiction problem. Positively, more public awareness is being raised that will hopefully reverse the opioid epidemic recently trending in Tennessee. If you are a local physician aiming to treat Nashville 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.



Nashville Buprenorphine Suboxone Doctors
Natalie Marie Campo, M.D. 320 31st Avenue North
Suite A
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 429-7374
Carl E. Mitchell, M.D. 2201 Murphy Avenue
Suite 207
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 322-9229
Myron B. Towns, M.D. 971 16th Avenue North
B-331164
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 973-2933
Michael Peter Miller, M.D. 1915 1/2 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 321-1121
William D. Richie, M.D. Lloyd C. Elam Mental Health Center
1005 Dr.D.B. Todd Jr. Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 327-6823
Lawrence Peter Kleuser III, M.D. 31st Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 878-7530
Robert David Todd, M.D. 301 21st Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 329-6600
Michael Peter Miller, M.D. 1915 1/2 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 354-5500
William Kirkpatrick Reid, M.D. MARC
1915 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 829-5700
Alexandre Atanassov Koumtchev, M.D. Centennial Psychiatric Associates
310 25th Avenue North, Suite 307
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 320-8887
Winston H. Griner, M.D. 1510 Charlotte Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 429-6420
Reena Camoens, M.D. 446 Metroplex Drive
Suite A-200
Nashville, TN 37204
(615) 970-6260
Irina Phillips, M.D. One Hundred Oaks
719 Thompson Lane, Suite 22209
Nashville, TN 37204
(615) 322-4311
Jane R. Weinberg, M.D. 602 West Iris Drive
Nashville, TN 37204
(615) 383-1995
Richard Graves Soper, M.D. Center for Behavioral Wellness
2830 Bransford Avenue
Nashville, TN 37204
(615) 292-5747
Hau Trung La, M.D. 213 West Maplewood Lande
Suite 400
Nashville, TN 37207
(615) 262-6888
Sai Wentum, M.D. 213 West Maplewood Lane
Suite 400
Nashville, TN 37207
(615) 262-6888
Christopher John Dull, Sr., M.D. 3443 Dickerson Pike
Suite 520
Nashville, TN 37207
(615) 860-6500
Stephen Andrew McLeod-Bryant, M.D. Meharry Medical College
1005 D. B. Todd, Jr. Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37208
(615) 327-6093
Rahn K. Bailey, M.D. 1005 D.B. Todd Jr. Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37208
(281) 554-7188
Zia Uddin Wahid, M.D. Elam Mental Health Ctr, Meharry Med Coll
1005 D.B. Todd Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37208
(615) 327-6491
Jan Mayer, M .D Sylvan Park Counseling
334 46th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37209
(615) 915-1969
Shahid Ali, M.D. 446 Metroplex Drive
Suite A200
Nashville, TN 37211
(615) 970-6260
Abdelmadjid Guerrah, M.D. South Crest Clinic
3413 Nolensville Pike, Suite A
Nashville, TN 37211
(615) 333-8383
Jason Donald Stroud, M.D. 7841 Heaton Way
Nashville, TN 37211
(866) 755-4258
Charles Roger Freed, Jr., M.D. 5515 Edmundson Pike
Suite 119-E
Nashville, TN 37211
(615) 832-6489
Rosa L. Stone, D.O. 3708 Nolensville Road
Suite D
Nashville, TN 37211
(615) 315-0037
David A. Stone, D.O. 3708-D Nolensville Pike
Nashville, TN 37211
(615) 315-0037
Kay Son, M.D. Southcrest Clinic, P.C.
3413 Nolensville Pike, Suite A
Nashville, TN 37211
(615) 333-8383
Reesha Shah Sanghani, M.D. Vanderbilt University
1601 23rd Avenue South, Rm.3102
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 343-5700
Jeffrey Scott Anderson, M.D. 1310 24th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 327-4751
Raju V. Indukuri, M.D. 1804 Steve Street
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 649-0676
Arthur Hamilton Small, M.D. 2011 Ashwood Avenue
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 383-4694
Michael Franklin, M.D. 1601 23rd Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 481-3315
Richard Garrett Key, M.D. VUMC Community Mental Health Center
1500 21st Avenue, Suite 2200
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 322-2028
Vidya Raj, MB, ChB 1601 23rd Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 343-3840
Daniel L. Friedman, M.D. 2125 Belcourt Avenue
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 269-0525
Vedavyasa B Biliyar, M.D. 2313 21st Ave. S.
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 386-3333
Michael F. Caucci, M.D. 1601 23rd Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 327-7000
Samuel O. Okpaku, M.D., PhD 1233 17th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 329-4182
A.J. Reid Finlayson, M.D. 1601 23rd Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 936-3555
Michael John Baron, M.D., M.P.H. 2011 Ashwood Avenue
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 383-4694
James R. McFerrin, M.D. 2011 Ashwood Avenue
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 383-4694
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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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