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This comprehensive (and free) online booklet published by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health answers many of the common questions people have about opioid agonist therapy (OAT) with methadone or buprenorphine (Suboxone).
Addiction Treatment Clinic
We offer addiction treatment services through trueNorth Medical.
trueNorth Medical is a methadone/suboxone program that is focused on the treatment of opioid dependence and chronic pain.
The term “opioid” refers to a group of painkillers that includes medications such as codeine, heroin, morphine, fentanyl, oxycodone, hydromorphone etc. These drugs can be extremely powerful pain medications, but they can also be very dangerous and highly addictive. In Ontario, twice as many are dying from opioid as are dying from HIV.
The aim of this book is to help people better understand how opioids work and why suboxone can be an effective treatment for opioid dependence.
Methadone Program
Methadone is one of the most effective medications we have in the fight against the opioid epidemic. For more than 50 years, methadone has been in use as the first-line treatment for opioid addiction (or “opioid use disorder” as it is more formally known).
Methadone is one of the most thoroughly studied treatments in medical history. When prescribed by a knowledgeable team of health professionals, methadone is both safe and effective.