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They are set up for 3 levels: outpatient, telemedicine and detox. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Salt Lake City, 5 offer a bed.

They detox from alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines and opioids. Which substances a place handles matters more than the word detox, and 1 of the 8 centers near Salt Lake City offers one at all.

They offer a program for people dealing with past trauma, which not every center around Salt Lake City does.

They are outpatient. If someone needs to be away from where they are using, Salt Lake City has the nearest beds, a few streets away.

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

The list comes with you and gets reviewed. Nothing on it should change on a policy rather than a prescription. A pain condition does not disappear during treatment and should be part of the conversation from the start. Ask whether there is a prescriber on site and how soon you would see them.

Someone will want to know how recently you used, because that decides whether detox comes first. The call can be made by a relative, and intake lines deal with that constantly. Ask what the assessment after this call involves and whether it happens in person.

It is treatment that includes a prescription, most often buprenorphine, naltrexone or methadone. Naltrexone works the other way and blocks the effect, so it needs a period of abstinence before it can be started. What you are already taking is part of this conversation, so bring the list.