Groups Recover Together

They provide outpatient and telemedicine. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Presque Isle is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

No, and nothing else within 14 miles of Caribou offers one either, so that part will mean a longer drive or a referral.

They take older adults as well as young adults from 18 to 25 and adults from 26 to 64. Ask who reviews existing prescriptions, because that is the part that matters most for an older adult in Caribou.

They prescribe 1 medication: buprenorphine. What a provider actually stocks changes, so ask for the one you need by name before driving to Caribou.

They offer telemedicine, so some of this can be done by video rather than traveling into Caribou.

They normally continue, and a prescriber reviews the whole list rather than applying a rule to it. Stopping a psychiatric medication abruptly can cause real harm, which is why this is never a decision to make alone. Ask whether the program has its own prescriber or works with yours.

Both get treated together at the programs that do this properly, by one team. A diagnosis made during active use is often revised later, so an early label is not the final word. Ask what happens to your current psychiatric medication during the program.

Someone asks what is going on, what has been tried before, and what insurance you have. The person answering is usually trained to screen rather than to treat, so a full history is not needed yet. Write down who you spoke to and what they committed to.