Struggling with Opioids & Other Drugs-?
Your life Matters!
Stigma Free Compassionate Care is Available
We have Proven treatment for opioid addiction that starts with MAT.
Tragically there were 70 Deaths related to Opioids in Solano County in 2023
You should Know-Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid drug 100 times stronger than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin. One in four counterfeit pills contain fentanyl and nearly half of those contain a high enough dose that can KILL YOU!
More than 100,000 Americans died of overdose in 2023
You can start recovery today. There is treatment near you
We have Proven treatment for opioid addiction that starts with MAT. Medication Assisted Treatment, or MAT, uses FDA *approved medications to treat opioid addiction. Coupled with counseling, MAT treats the whole patient and significantly reduces the rate of relapse. Medi-Cal, Medicare, and many private insurance plans cover MAT.
MAT Effectiveness
In 2017, an estimated 1.7 million people had an Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) related to prescription pain relievers, and about 700,000 had an OUD related to heroin use. MAT has proven to be clinically effective and to significantly reduce the need for inpatient detoxification services for these individuals. MAT provides a comprehensive, individually tailored program of medication and behavioral therapy. It also includes support services that address the needs of most patients.
The Ultimate Goal
The ultimate goal of MAT is full recovery, including the ability to live a self-directed life. This treatment approach has been shown to:
Decrease illicit opiate use and other criminal activity among people with substance use disorders
Improve birth outcomes among women who have substance use disorders and are pregnant.
Increase patients’ ability to gain and maintain employment and Improve patient survival.
Increase retention in treatment.
Research also shows that these medications and therapies can contribute to lowering a person’s risk of contracting HIV or hepatitis C by reducing the potential for relapse.
Unfortunately, MAT is greatly underused. For instance, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) from 2002-2010, the proportion of heroin admissions with treatment plans that included receiving medication-assisted opioid therapy fell from 35% in 2002 to 28% in 2010. The slow adoption of these evidence-based treatment options for alcohol and opioid dependence is partly due to misconceptions about substituting one drug for another. Discrimination against MAT patients is also a factor, despite state and federal laws clearly prohibiting it. Other factors include lack of training for physicians and negative opinions toward MAT in communities and among health care professionals.
