Delaware Valley Medical

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

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Cherry Hill, about a mile away.

Their programs are for adults from 26 to 64 and young adults from 18 to 25. The group you sit in is usually built around the age band, which in Merchantville can mean one group rather than several.

They offer telemedicine, so some of this can be done by video rather than traveling into Merchantville.

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

Most people in treatment have something else going on as well, and the good programs expect it. Where a diagnosis already exists, the existing prescriber becomes part of the plan. Bring any existing diagnosis and the name of whoever is treating it.

Expect questions rather than a pitch, and expect them to be fairly direct. Honest answers get a better recommendation, and understating the amount is the most common way people get sent to the wrong level of care. Ask for the name of whoever you spoke to, so the second call starts where the first ended.

Think documents and medication first, comforts second. Anything a prescriber gave you should travel with its label attached, because an unlabeled container is usually refused. Sort the keys, the mail and the animals before the day rather than on it.