Outpatient Methadone Buprenorphine or Vivitrol - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Merrillville, IN.

One of the outpatient rehabilitation alternatives for individuals in Merrillville who are battling with opioid abuse and addiction is opioid maintenance therapy. Some clinics and doctors are authorized to administer certain medications to opioid dependent people, many that are opioids also and are addiction. With low enough amounts however, the client does not experience being high and also does not have acute cravings and isn't in opioid withdrawal. Methadone is the first drug used for this reason, but there are other options currently to pick from.

Methadone is an opiate and is meant to be taken at an outpatient medical center certified to administer the med, which is taken daily in liquid or pill form. The cost of the med is approximately $150 monthly. Buprenorphine is also an opioid based drug, and is a pill often taken one day on, one day off. But unlike Methadone which can only be administered in highly well-regulated clinics, Buprenorphine can be and is prescribed and dispensed in doctor's offices. The cost monthly of buprenorphine is around $300.00 monthly for the generic version of the drug. There is also a type of buprenorphine that contains naloxone, which is a drug that reverses the effects of opioids. A person taking this formulation, AKA Suboxone, would find it harder to get high from opioids if they relapsed while taking the drug. It too is taken on a daily basis, and costs approximately $450 per month. Naltrexone is an additional medication taken in opioid maintenance therapy, but unlike the other drugs mentioned here it's an opiate blocker and is not an opiate. There is an option to take this drug as a monthly shot, which is called Vivitrol. As an opioid blocker, it prevents an individual from feeling high from opioids, and in turn lowers the risk associated with relapse. This daily shot costs in the range of $1000 to $1200 per month.

There are 1 Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs offering this service in Merrillville, IN

• Northwest Indiana Treatment Center
  219-769-7710
  8500 Broadway Avenue
  Merrillville, IN. 46410
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Outpatient Methadone Buprenorphine or Vivitrol
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Cash or Self Payment
  

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