If you or a loved one struggles with an opioid addiction, the experienced mental health specialists offer medications for opioid use disorder (OUD) at Recovery Pathways, LLC. The skilled team provides help at six convenient locations in Bay City, Corunna, Gladwin, Ortonville, Midland, and Mount Pleasant, Michigan, so support is never too far away. Schedule your appointment by calling Recovery Pathways, LLC or booking your visit online today.
Medication treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), often called medication-assisted treatment (MAT), combines medications with counseling and behavioral therapies. It can help you reduce or stop opioid use, prevent relapse, and rebuild a healthy life.
Medications make a difference by targeting the same brain receptors affected by opioids, but in safer and more controlled ways.
Some medications reduce cravings and withdrawal symptoms, making it easier to stop using opioids. Others block the effects of opioids entirely, so if you relapse, you don’t experience the same “high.”
By stabilizing brain chemistry and reducing withdrawal symptoms, these medications allow you to focus on recovery, therapy, and daily functioning.
Recovery Pathways, LLC uses several FDA-approved medications:
This is a combination of buprenorphine (a partial opioid agonist) and naloxone (an opioid antagonist). It reduces cravings and withdrawal symptoms and comes in film or tablet form.
This is a once-monthly injectable form of buprenorphine that provides a steady level of medication in the body, reducing your need for daily dosing.
Like Sublocade, Brixadi is an extended-release injectable buprenorphine available that fits into your lifestyle with weekly or monthly formulations.
This medication is a monthly injection of naltrexone, which blocks opioid receptors. It doesn’t reduce cravings but prevents opioids from having any effect if used.
When starting medication treatment, the team will first assess your medical history, substance use patterns, and treatment goals. If they prescribe medication, you’ll have full support if you experience mild withdrawal symptoms.
Once stabilized, many people experience significant relief from cravings and withdrawal symptoms. Medications can help you engage more fully in counseling, therapy, and daily responsibilities such as work or school.
Depending on your medication, you may take a daily dose at home or receive weekly or monthly injections at Recovery Pathways, LLC. The team keeps an eye on your progress and adjusts your plan as needed to work best.
Medication treatment at Recovery Pathways, LLC supports your long-term recovery from opioid use disorder. Schedule an evaluation at Recovery Pathways, LLC by calling the nearest office or booking online today.