Drexel Medicine Caring Together Prog

They offer outpatient and telemedicine. Which one fits is usually decided by how much structure the first few weeks need, and Philadelphia has 8 other centers within 14 miles.

No detox here. A center can still take someone after a detox elsewhere, which is the common order of events, and the nearest one is 2.3 miles away in Philadelphia.

Some of what they do can happen remotely. Ask which parts, because it is rarely all of them and the 8 centers near Philadelphia differ on it.

They take court referrals, which usually means they are used to the reporting side of it. Courts in Philadelphia send people to places set up for it rather than to any opening.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone. Medication and counseling together is the standard of care for opioid use rather than an either or, and not every place near Philadelphia offers both.

8 other centers are within about 14 miles, the nearest of them about a mile away in Philadelphia.

It is a set of questions about what is being used, your health, and what you are covered for. Having your insurance card in front of you shortens the whole thing considerably. Ask what the assessment after this call involves and whether it happens in person.

Anything from a week to a year, depending on what is being treated and how. A program length is a starting point that gets reviewed, often weekly, by the clinical team and by whoever is paying. Ask what happens on the last day, and what gets arranged before it.