UPMC Chautauqua Dunkirk Health Center

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 Cassadaga is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

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

They prescribe 2 medications: buprenorphine and naltrexone. What a provider actually stocks changes, so ask for the one you need by name before driving to Dunkirk.

They are outpatient, and nobody inside 14 miles of Dunkirk offers a bed, which is worth knowing if being away from home is the point of it.

Dunkirk has 5 AA groups, which is a different thing from treatment and a useful one next to it.

Expect questions rather than a pitch, and expect them to be fairly direct. 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.

Programs are commonly sold in blocks of 28 or 30 days, 60 days and 90 days, with outpatient care lasting longer and lighter. A plan may approve days in batches and review before extending, so the length can change while you are in it. Ask whether the length is set by the clinical team or by what your plan approves.

Addiction treatment records carry a stronger legal protection than the rest of a medical file. A mandated program reports attendance to whoever ordered it, and that is set by the order rather than by the center. Decide who you want kept informed before the day rather than during it.