We seem to be getting more and more questions about clients coming into drug rehab on buprenorphine, and then wanting to taper off. Some are starting to feel this is a superior drug to methadone to stabilize someone and to deal with heroin or other opiate addiction. Time will tell for sure but any new treatment aid in addiction is more than welcome.

The key to a sucessful taper is to be stable before going to a rehab center. Drug and alcohol rehab is expensive and to be most cost effective you want to deal with as many medical issues as you can before you enter. Even if it as a facility that does both detox and rehab, the more than is dealt with before you enter, the more you will be able to listen to and follow the program.

Obviously then you will require a physician with experience in this drug before you enter drug rehab in most instances. As it is common for many physicians not to be able to prescribe this it can be frustrating trying to find one. Thankfully there is a locator service available on the internet. It is within the government’s Samhsa site. Here’s the link for Buprenorphine Physicians. If this is a route you are considering along your path to sobriety it may be a good place to start to look.

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