CARS Program Treatment

In its efforts to help patients abstain from illicit drug use, Counseling And Recovery Services, Inc. provides:

Opioid Substitution Therapy (using methadone).
Medical Services, include a physical exam upon intake, blood work labs, TB screening, Hepatitis screening and a HIV/AIDS screening if requested.
Individual/family counseling.
Individual/group education to adult men and women.

Effective treatment is available for dependence or addiction to these substances:

Fentanyl
Heroin
Morphine
Dilaudids
Hydrocodone
Lortab®
Lorcet®
Oxycontin®
Vicodin®
and other opiates

For our patients' benefit, CARS maintains a growing database of methadone-friendly service providers. CARS refer patients to these providers when their needs exceed our services, or if they are not eligible for our program and would better benefit from drug-free treatment.

MYTHS ABOUT MEDICATION

Many people view methadone and buprenorphine as merely “substituting one addiction for another” because the medications are opioid based. In truth, they are fundamentally different from short-acting opioids such as heroin. Heroin goes right to the brain and narcotizes the individual, causing sedation.

Methadone does not create a pleasurable or euphoric feeling; rather it relieves physiological opioid craving … and normalizes the body’s metabolic and hormonal functioning that were impaired by the use of heroin or other opioids (SAMHSA, 2003).