ASAP Opioid Treatment Program

What can you expect?

• You will be seen by a medical doctor and provided with information about heroin detoxification (slowly getting off heroin with the use of legally prescribed medication that eases the withdrawal systems).
  
  
• You will be provided with information about replacing heroin with daily methadone maintenance or another replacement therapy called buprenorphine.
  
  
• You will receive counseling and case management.
  
  
• You will also receive careful follow-up to make sure the treatment is working.
  
  
• There are many stories about methadone that are not correct:
  Methodone: Truth or Fiction