Midwest Detox Center

They provide inpatient hospital, inpatient residential, detox and telemedicine. The nearest alternative is in Holland, 1.9 miles away, if you want something to compare it against.

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 4 places near Maumee that do it.

They treat pregnancy and the postpartum period, which matters because withdrawal in pregnancy is managed differently and not every place near Maumee is set up for it.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which means the medication side is handled here rather than referred out to somewhere else in Maumee.

Yes, they treat 65 and over, which is less common than it should be and rarer still outside a city the size of Maumee.

There is usually a plan for afterwards, covering appointments, medication and somewhere to go each week. Sober living houses are one option, they are not treatment, and the quality varies enormously between them. Ask what the alumni side of it involves, because it is often the most useful free thing on offer.

Nothing should change without a prescriber looking at it, and a good program works that way. Where a program has no prescriber of its own, what you take stays with whoever already manages it. Ask who to speak to if something needs changing mid program.

A program needs your signature before it discusses you with anyone at all. The strength of the rule exists because people avoided treatment when they could not rely on it. Decide now who you want kept informed, because that form is easier to fill in calmly than in a crisis.