French Creek Recovery Center

They are set up for 3 levels: inpatient residential, telemedicine and detox. Of the 2 centers within 14 miles of Meadville, 1 offers a bed.

They detox from alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines and opioids. Coming off alcohol without medical supervision can be dangerous, which is why it matters that this is one of 1 places near Meadville that do it.

They prescribe 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 Meadville offers both.

They take court referrals, so a program ordered by a court in Meadville is something they handle.

They offer a telemedicine option. What that covers varies, and a first appointment in Meadville often still has to be in person.

The useful questions are the ones answerable with a fact: who prescribes, what the schedule is, what follows it. What a program arranges for the weeks after discharge says more about it than anything in its own description. Ask for the daily schedule, because it is the most revealing single document.

They normally continue, and a prescriber reviews the whole list rather than applying a rule to it. Pregnancy changes medication decisions substantially and needs specialist input. Keep whoever prescribes for you informed rather than assuming a handover happens by itself.

Residential care is a bed and a program. Outpatient care is a schedule of appointments. Where someone is using in the house, or on the route home, outpatient care is working against the current. Be honest about what is around you at home. It changes the recommendation.