Cove Behavioral Health - Medication Assisted Trt Prog

They are set up for 3 levels: inpatient residential, outpatient and telemedicine. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Tampa, 2 offer a bed.

They do not offer one. Sorting detox out comes first, and Tampa is the nearest place that does it, under a mile away.

Tampa has 17 AA groups, which is a different thing from treatment and a useful one next to it.

They prescribe methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone. Medication and counseling together is the standard of care for opioid use rather than an either or, and not every place near Tampa offers both.

They have a program for veterans. Ask whether the group is veterans only, because for a lot of people that is the point of it and in Tampa it may be mixed.

Spanish is one of 2 languages they work in beyond English, alongside Sign language, which is a wider range than most of Tampa.

Programs expect family contact rather than tolerating it, though the amount is set by the person in treatment. Living with somebody in early recovery changes a household's routine, and family sessions are where that gets planned. Ask about the release of information early, because without it the updates stop.

Nobody is turned away for having been through a program before. Shame is the main reason people wait, and waiting is the thing that makes it worse. Nothing about calling again is unusual. Intake lines hear it daily.