Veterans Affairs Miami Medical Ctr - Outpatient Substance Abuse Clinic OSAC

They treat people at inpatient residential, inpatient hospital, outpatient, telemedicine and detox. Outpatient keeps you at home and working, and a residential stay takes you out of the place you were using in.

They detox from opioids, alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine and methamphetamines. Coming off opioids without medical supervision can be dangerous, which is why it matters that this is one of 1 places near Miami that do it.

They offer a program for veterans, which is worth confirming on the call rather than assuming. A named program and one with a place free this month are different things, and Miami has 8 other centers to ask.

They offer a telemedicine option. What that covers varies, and a first appointment in Miami often still has to be in person.

The nearest other center is under a mile away, in Miami, and there are 8 inside 14 miles.

Aftercare is whatever holds the weeks after a program ends, and it is the part people most often skip. A discharge plan should name the appointments, who prescribes, and what to do on a bad night. Ask what the discharge plan looks like before you choose the program.

Some programs have a prescriber on site and some rely on yours, which is worth knowing in advance. Where a program has no prescriber of its own, what you take stays with whoever already manages it. Write the list with doses and prescriber names before the first call.

The first conversation is mostly questions about what is being used, how much, and for how long. The person answering is usually trained to screen rather than to treat, so a full history is not needed yet. Call (844) 822-5800 and that first conversation can happen now rather than being scheduled.