{"id":12348,"date":"2019-04-26T01:09:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T01:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffordida.com\/?page_id=12348"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:18:06","slug":"addiction-treatment-clinic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staffordida.com\/index.php\/addiction-treatment-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Addiction Treatment Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-one-third one_third fusion-layout-column fusion-spacing-yes\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-outline-level: 5; background: white; margin: 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0in;\" align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #4c4c4c;\">All services are fully covered by OHIP<br \/>\nand no referral is needed.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; mso-line-height-alt: 13.2pt; mso-outline-level: 3; background: white; margin: 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0in; line-height: 1;\" align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 21.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #62c462;\">CALL US TODAY TO BOOK AN APPOINTMENT<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; mso-line-height-alt: 13.2pt; mso-outline-level: 1; background: white; margin: 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0in; line-height: 1;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 36.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #c50f3c; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;\">(613) 726-7999<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-image-carousel fusion-image-carousel-auto\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel\" data-autoplay=\"no\" data-columns=\"1\" data-itemmargin=\"13\" data-itemwidth=\"180\" data-touchscroll=\"no\" data-imagesize=\"auto\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-positioner\"><ul class=\"fusion-carousel-holder\"><li class=\"fusion-carousel-item\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staffordida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Making_Choice_EN.pdf\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staffordida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Making-the-choice-cover.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><p style=\"text-align: center;\">This comprehensive (and free) online booklet published by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camh.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Centre for Addiction and Mental Health<\/a> answers many of the common questions people have about opioid agonist therapy (OAT) with methadone or buprenorphine (Suboxone).<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-single\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:45px;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:350px;max-height:250px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tDg6qP8Li1E?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"350\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-third one_third fusion-layout-column fusion-spacing-yes\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"margin-bottom:30px;\"><h3 class=\"title-heading-left\"><strong>Addiction Treatment Clinic<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-none\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>We offer addiction treatment services through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.truenorthmedical.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trueNorth Medical<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contentarea\">trueNorth Medical is a methadone\/suboxone program that is focused on the <b>treatment of opioid dependence and chronic pain<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The term &#8220;opioid&#8221; 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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.truenorthmedical.com\/resources\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"177\" class=\"wp-image-12369 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/staffordida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/trueNorthMedicalClinic.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffordida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/trueNorthMedicalClinic.png 466w, https:\/\/staffordida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/trueNorthMedicalClinic-300x114.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-single\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:-15px;margin-bottom:10px;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-carousel fusion-image-carousel-auto\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel\" data-autoplay=\"no\" data-columns=\"1\" data-itemmargin=\"13\" data-itemwidth=\"180\" data-touchscroll=\"no\" data-imagesize=\"auto\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-positioner\"><ul class=\"fusion-carousel-holder\"><li class=\"fusion-carousel-item\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staffordida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Suboxone_handbook.pdf\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staffordida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/pic.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The aim of this book is to help people better understand how opioids work and why\u00a0suboxone can be an effective treatment for opioid dependence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-third one_third fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"margin-bottom:30px;\"><h3 class=\"title-heading-left\"><strong>Methadone Program<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-none\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>Methadone is one of the most effective medications we have in the fight against the opioid epidemic.\u00a0For more than 50 years, methadone has been in use as the first-line treatment for opioid addiction (or \u201copioid use disorder\u201d as it is more formally known).<\/p>\n<p>Methadone is one of the most thoroughly studied treatments in medical history.\u00a0\u00a0When prescribed by a knowledgeable team of health professionals, methadone is both safe and effective.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-single\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:45px;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:350px;max-height:250px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BrYiOeO5dl4?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"350\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12348","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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