Avila Health Group

They provide outpatient and telemedicine, which is the whole of what this address in Miami is set up for.

They do not, and neither does anywhere else listed around Miami. Withdrawal management and treatment are often two separate admissions, and this is one of those times.

Some of what they do can happen remotely. Ask which parts, because it is rarely all of them and the 8 centers near Miami differ on it.

They treat pregnant and postpartum clients. Ask whether prenatal care is on site or coordinated with somewhere else in Miami.

They treat young people from 12 up, so a parent calling from Miami about a teenager is in the right place.

Most of recovery happens after the program, which is an awkward fact for anyone selling programs. An alumni group, a weekly session and a prescriber are the three pieces most plans are built from. Get the follow up appointment into the diary before the program ends.

Nothing should change without a prescriber looking at it, and a good program works that way. Where a program has no prescriber, your own doctor stays in charge of what you take. Ask how soon after arrival you would see a prescriber.

It is treatment that includes a prescription, most often buprenorphine, naltrexone or methadone. Methadone is dispensed under rules of its own, often daily at first, which is a practical difference rather than a medical one. A prescriber is the only person who can judge which of the three fits your situation.