I’m Looking for a Suboxone Clinic Psychiatrist in the San Diego and Coronado Area: How Do I Decide What Is Right For Me?

Summary: To find a Suboxone Clinic Psychiatrist in the San Diego and Coronado area and decide what is right for you, the best thing to do is find Suboxone Clinic that meets criteria established by federal, state, and local agencies for administering medication for opioid use disorder (OUD).

Key Points:

Suboxone is a medication approved to treat patients with opioid use disorder.
Suboxone includes two medications that work together to ease withdrawal symptoms and reduce opioid cravings: buprenorphine and naltrexone
Treatment with medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) is recognized by addiction experts as the gold-standard treatment for opioid use disorder.

High Quality Suboxone Clinic Psychiatrist in the San Diego and Coronado Area

If you live in or near San Diego or Coronado, California and have opioid use disorder (OUD), it’s important to find professional support for addiction at a Suboxone Clinic Psychiatrist in the San Diego and Coronado Area.

We encourage you to consider seeking treatment at Crownview Medical Group. We support patients with the following opioid-related diagnoses:

Heroin use disorder
Opioid use disorder
Prescription opioid use disorder
Fentanyl use disorder

Finding effective, evidence-base, integrated treatment for opioid use disorder/opioid addiction means locating medication-assisted treatment (MAT) with medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in a location close enough to home that it works with a busy life. MAT with MOUDs at our location in San Diego can do just that. Our compassionate and skilled clinical staff can help patients in need start their recovery journey and live a full and fulfilling life without the use of opioids.

What’s a Suboxone Clinic?

Suboxone clinics are addiction treatment center that meets all the rules and regulations established by federal, state, and local authorities to support people in MAT programs with the following medications:

Buprenorphine
Naltrexone

Also known as Office-Bases Opioid Treatment Centers (OBOTs), these treatment centers focus on supporting patients with Suboxone, which includes both medications we mention above, buprenorphine and naltrexone. At Crownview Medical Group in the San Diego and Coronado Area, we operate an in-house Suboxone Clinic.

Experts consider MAT with MOUDs – including Suboxone – the gold-standard treatment of opioid use disorder.

About Suboxone Treatment in San Diego and Coronado: Medications

Buprenorphine: Important Facts

Buprenorphine occupies structures in the human brain called receptors. It’s called a partial opioid agonist, which means it partially occupies opioid receptors. It works by preventing other opioid-based medications or drugs of misuse from occupying the same receptors. This stops the other drugs, such as heroin or fentanyl, from triggering the euphoria/high associated with opioids. It stops those effects, mitigates the worst symptoms of withdrawal, and significantly decreases the intensity of drug craving associated with opioid withdrawal.

Naltrexone: Important Facts

Naltrexone works differently than buprenorphine. It’s known as an opioid receptor antagonist, which means it fully blocks opioids from binding to receptors in the human brain. When a person takes naltrexone, opioids can’t function, and have no effect at all on the brain and body. And when a person ingests naltrexone while opioids are in their system, it kicks the opioids off the receptors and precipitates withdrawal. That’s how naltrexone both discourages using opioids, and prevents the illegal diversion of Suboxone for illicit purposes.

The Benefits of MAT: The Harm Reduction Approach

Harm reduction first started close to three decades ago in Western Europe. Several countries tested programs that included:

Medication-assisted treatment
Needle exchange/safe needle programs
Expanded naloxone access
Reduced barriers to treatment

Here’s what happened:

Harm reduction worked.

Data shows MAT programs with Suboxone help patients in the following ways:

Increased time in treatment
Decreased opioid use drug use
Reduced contact with criminal justice system
Improved vocational function and outlook
Improved family and peer relationships
Decreased rates of fatal and nonfatal overdose
Decreased all-cause mortality

Integrated Addiction Treatment With a Suboxone Clinic Psychiatrist in the San Diego and Coronado Area

Treatment at our fully licensed and approved Suboxone Clinic in the San Diego and Coronado area is about more than Suboxone. Our clinical team designs individualized plans to meet specific needs. A treatment program at our Phillipsburg location may involve:

Comprehensive assessment
Classes on addiction and recovery
One-one-one counseling
Peer and group counseling
Family counseling
Aftercare planning
Medication management

Each plan is different, guided by the specific needs of each patient, based on the information we gather before intake, during a comprehensive addiction and mental health assessment.

Opioid Use Disorder Support in in the San Diego and Coronado Area

If you’re seeking treatment at a Suboxone Clinic in the San Diego and Coronado Area, contact us at Crownview Medical Group.

Opioid Addiction Treatment Resources in California

Additional addiction treatment resources for people in California include:

For emergencies and crises: The Crisis Hotline: 988 California
To locate addiction treatment resources: The California Overdose Prevention and Harm Reduction Initiative (COPHRI)
To locate harm reduction programs: Harm Reduction: DHCS Opioid Response

If you’re seeking treatment for yourself, for a friend, or for a loved one, please remember that the sooner a person with OUD commits to evidence-based treatment, the more likely they are to achieve sustainable, long-term recovery.

Angus Whyte

Angus Whyte has an extensive background in neuroscience, behavioral health, adolescent development, and mindfulness, including lab work in behavioral neurobiology and a decade of writing articles on mental health and mental health treatment. In addition, Angus brings twenty years of experience as a yoga teacher and experiential educator to his work for Crownview. He’s an expert at synthesizing complex concepts into accessible content that helps patients, providers, and families understand the nuances of mental health treatment, with the ultimate goal of improving outcomes and quality of life for all stakeholders.