WhiteSands Alcohol and Drug Rehab - Lakeland

They provide outpatient and telemedicine, which is the whole of what this address in Lakeland is set up for.

No detox, here or anywhere listed within 14 miles of Lakeland. Ask whether they will take somebody straight after a detox done elsewhere, because most will.

The nearest other center is 1.9 miles away, in Lakeland, and there are 8 inside 14 miles.

They treat adults from 26 to 64 and young adults from 18 to 25. Anyone outside that range is worth a call rather than an assumption, and Lakeland has 8 other centers to try.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which is the part of treatment that is prescribed rather than attended. Of the 8 centers near Lakeland, not all of them do.

Compare what each program provides rather than how each one describes itself. Paying a marketing company for referrals is common in this field, so who answers the phone is not always who treats you. Ask every place the same four questions and compare the answers side by side.

Nothing should change without a prescriber looking at it, and a good program works that way. Where a program has no prescriber, your own doctor stays in charge of what you take. Keep your own prescriber in the loop rather than letting the handover happen by itself.

It depends on the plan, the level of care, and whether the center is in network. Network status changes without notice, so a center on last year's list is not necessarily on this year's. Ask which level of care the plan has already approved, and for how many days.