Clinica Monsenor Oscar A Romero

They offer outpatient and telemedicine. Which one fits is usually decided by how much structure the first few weeks need, and Los Angeles has 8 other centers within 14 miles.

They do not detox, and nothing inside 14 miles of Los Angeles does either. Ask them where they send people, because a place without one usually has somewhere it refers to.

They work in Spanish as well as English. Ask whether the group sessions in Los Angeles are in Spanish too, or only the one to one ones.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which is the part of treatment that is prescribed rather than attended. Of the 8 centers near Los Angeles, not all of them do.

They offer a pregnancy program. Call rather than wait, because this is the one case where timing changes the options and Los Angeles may not have a second place set up for it.

Bring the list and bring the containers, and expect a prescriber to go through both. Some abstinence based programs are uncomfortable with prescribed medication, and that is a genuine difference between centers. Any change to what you take is a conversation with a prescriber, never a decision from a page like this.

Both can be treated at once, and programs that do are described as integrated or co-occurring. A diagnosis made while someone is still using can be wrong, so assessment often waits until after detox. Ask whether there is a psychiatrist or a prescriber on the team, and how often you would see them.

It starts with a short assessment: the substance, the pattern, your health, and where you live. A family member can make the call and answer much of this, though some questions only the person using can answer. Describe what you are actually dealing with, not the version that sounds manageable.