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Outpatient
Detoxification
A Safe, Less
Expensive Detox Alternative without
Hospitalization
ARRNO’s
Ambulatory Detoxification Program
(ADP) is designed to medically
detoxify a patient who is actively
engaged in his or her addiction,
safely and discreetly in an
outpatient environment. The program
includes:
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A
safe and predictable withdrawal
with reasonable comfort.
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Education about the disease
process of drug addiction.
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Introduction to and
participation in a 12-Step
recovery program.
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Assessment by a counselor with
substance abuse expertise to
determine the level of treatment
that would be most beneficial
for the patient.
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Introduction to and
participation in continuing
care, intensive outpatient
treatment, or residential
treatment/partial
hospitalization.
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A
determination if
medical/physical consequences of
the addiction warrant referral
to a primary care physician or
specialist.
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A
determination if there is
psychiatric co-morbidity that
would affect the course of
treatment.
Program Content:
The Ambulatory Detoxification
Program provides a unique service to
medically qualified patients. The
program is a partial hospitalization
for detoxification from substance
abuse, a process traditionally
treated through inpatient admission.
The course of treatment is similar
to an inpatient stay – three days,
Monday through Wednesday from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. This process allows
family interaction during the
treatment period while providing a
safe and stable medical
detoxification at a significantly
lower cost than traditional
hospitalization. Following
detoxification, each patient is
referred to an appropriate level of
care: Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
or Residential Treatment Program (RTP),
depending on specific needs.
Interventions:
There are many ways to address the
physical dependence on narcotic
substances. In most patients,
detoxification using Buprenorphine
with subsequent administration of
Naltrexone, an opiate blocker, is
the preferred method. In patients
where this strategy has failed and
in some patients who are unable to
complete detoxification, maintenance
with Buprenorphine may be the
appropriate medication strategy.
The treatment team at
ARRNO firmly
believes that addictive disorder is a
chronic and progressive illness
that requires treatment.
Detoxification and/or maintenance
therapy with medications is a
prerequisite for treatment, not
treatment for addiction. To receive Buphrenorphine, all patients would
be required to be in a treatment
process either at ARRNO or in some other venue.
Other
interventions include:
Program
Administrators:
Attending physician Georgette
Somjen, M.D., and Tamiko Toledano,
R.N.
Contact:
Lisa Carroll,
Intake Coordinator
Toll
free: 1-866-399-HOPE
Telephone:
504-780-2766, ext. 113
Fax:
504-780-9699
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