Fashion Valley Comp Treatment Center

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

They provide detox for 1 substance: opioids. Whether a bed is free this week is a question for the call, and San Diego has 8 other centers.

They prescribe methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone. Methadone in particular is dispensed under rules that differ from the others, so confirm it before traveling into San Diego.

They are outpatient. If someone needs to be away from where they are using, San Diego has the nearest beds, 2.3 miles away.

One of their programs is built for adult women, which usually means a separate group rather than the same room with a different label, and it is one of the 2 named here.

Somebody works through a short list, and the clinical detail comes later at an assessment. Having your insurance card in front of you shortens the whole thing considerably. Ask what the assessment after this call involves and whether it happens in person.

Waits tend to be shortest at the levels of care people ask about least. A wait for residential care is not a wait for all care, and the lower levels often start sooner. Ask what you should do in the meantime, because a good program will have an answer.

Identification, insurance details, prescriptions in their labeled containers, and about a week of clothes. Anything a prescriber gave you should travel with its label attached, because an unlabeled container is usually refused. Ask for the written list before you pack, because every center's version differs.