When taken by persons motivated to stop using, who also participate in personal and group counseling sessions, these medications demonstrate successes that counseling programs alone cannot. Our clients find they’re able to attain and maintain their absinance, even after they complete the program.

In October 2002 the United States Food & Drug Administration added the medication Suboxone® to our arsenal of pharmacological weapons, in the battle against drug dependence. The addition of Suboxone® provides a critically needed treatment option for opiate dependent individuals. (Suboxone® is a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone, a form of naltrexone.)

The Assisted Recovery Opiate Treatment Program offers opiate dependent individuals an Out-Patient option that has been “studied in over 2,000 patients and shown to be a safe and effective treatment for opiate dependence”. (US Food & Drug Administration).

Currently, the most readily available treatment for opiate dependence is Methadone Maintenance. Methadone, while effective, must be dispensed in highly regulated and for many, difficult to access clinics. In general, an individual must present himself each morning at a clinic for a daily dose of methadone. Methadone will keep the individual emotionally stable and will prevent the intense physical withdrawal that is associated with opiate dependence.

Suboxone® protocols offer opiate dependent individuals with a wide range of options, including abstinence from all forms of opiates. Treatment is provided in an Out Patient professional setting. With Suboxone®, we can safely and effectively detox an individual from opiate dependence comfortably in an Out Patient environment. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is provided and is an integral component of the Assisted Recovery Pennsylvania Model program. It fully meets the counseling requirement that is mandated by the Food & Drug Administration for individuals taking Suboxone®.

An essential component of our evidence based Pennsylvania Model of Recovery is the utilization of safe, approved and effective medications that have been shown to effectively improve treatment results.

Medications utilized by Assisted Recovery are not "cures" in themselves but they do level the playing field so to speak.

Currently the anti-alcohol medications recommended by Assisted Recovery include: naltrexone, Campral®, ondansetron (Zofran ®) and Topamax®. These medications are available only by a prescription from a licensed physician.


“All I can tell you is, the medications make a huge difference. In fact, I rarely even think about drugs.” -ARCA Client

Assisted Recovery Centers of America in Phoenix, AZ, has worked with Dr. Volpicelli to create the treatment protocols what have become known as the Pennsylvania Model of Recovery Protocols.)

Cost:
The fee for the one-year Pennsylvania Model program, which includes all professional and medical services, program materials, but excludes the cost of medication is $4,995.

Contact Assisted Recovery today at
(602) 264-7897 or toll free (800) 527-5344