Outpatient Methadone Buprenorphine or Vivitrol - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Binghamton, NY.

One of the outpatient treatment options for people in Binghamton who are battling with opioid abuse and addiction is called opioid maintenance therapy. Licensed centers and doctors are authorized to administer specific medications to opioid dependent people, many of which are opioid-based themselves and are addictive. With low enough amounts however, the user doesn't feel high and also does not have acute cravings and is not in opioid withdrawal. Methadone is the first drug tried for this reason, but there are other choices currently to choose from.

Methadone is an opiate and is meant to be taken at an outpatient medical center certified to dispense the drug, that is taken daily in liquid or pill form. The price of the drug is around $150 a month. Buprenorphine is also an opioid-based drug, and is in pill form often taken one day on, one day off. But unlike Methadone that can only be administered in well-regulated clinics, Buprenorphine can be prescribed and dispensed in doctor's offices. The price monthly of buprenorphine is approximately $300 monthly for the generic of the med. There is also a version of buprenorphine that contains the ingredient naloxone, which is a drug that blocks the effects of opiates. An individual taking this version of the drug, AKA Suboxone, would find it more difficult to feel high from opioids if they relapsed while taking the drug. It too is taken every day, and costs approximately $450 per month. Naltrexone is an additional medication used in opioid maintenance therapy, but unlike the other medications aforementioned it's an opioid blocker and is not an opiate. There is an option to take this drug as a monthly shot, and that is called Vivitrol. As an opioid blocker, the drug prevents someone from experience high feelings from opioids, and therefore lowers the risk associated with relapse. This daily shot costs anywhere from $1000 to $1200 monthly.

There are 1 Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs offering this service in Binghamton, NY

• Southern Tier Drug Abuse Treatment Ctr
  607-762-2800
  10 Mitchell Avenue Basement
  Binghamton, NY. 13903
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Outpatient Methadone Buprenorphine or Vivitrol
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicare
  Medicaid
  Military Insurance
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  

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