Does Oregon Health Plan aka OHP Cover Addiction Treatment in Portland Oregon?

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The short answer? YES.  Oregon Health Plan (also known as OHP) has pretty great coverage for people who want addiction treatment.  The long answer? Still YES. However, there are some important things to keep in mind when you’re shopping for addiction treatment services that take OHP in Portland and beyond. This post will cover some […]

How to Find Waitlist Free Help for Addiction in Portland, Oregon 

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  Have you been struggling to find a treatment “spot” for yourself or a loved one who is struggling with addiction – also called Substance Use Disorder (SUD) – in Portland, Oregon?  This problem is widespread as we continue to wade through the opioid epidemic and the mental health fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Today, […]

Getting Help for a Fentanyl Addiction in Portland Oregon

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  The use and distribution of fentanyl is on the rise in Oregon and in Portland, in particular. Five Oregonians die at the hands of fentanyl every week. During the pandemic, drug overdoses  – largely owing to an increase in the use and availability of fentanyl – increased by over 40% in the state of […]

No, Portland, MAT Doesn’t ‘Replace One Addiction With Another’

Golden handcuffs is one of the most misleading names for MAT medications like methadone, Vivtrol and Suboxone we've heard in Portland.

  We hear it all the time from new patients, concerned families, and, yes, even the recovery community in Portland, Oregon all the time. You’ve probably heard it, in Portland, too. It goes something like this:  “Methadone? Suboxone? Vivitrol? Isn’t all of this just replacing one addiction with another?”  It makes sense why this is […]

Evidence Based Addiction Treatment: What Do the Statistics Say? 

Addiction Medicine has come a long way.

  For too long, addiction treatment wasn’t treated as a science and failed to meet basic evidence-based criteria for patient care. There simply weren’t many studies being done on the science of getting sober. Now that Addiction Medicine is a moderately funded branch of science, and a formally approved medical specialty, we know quite a […]