Addiction is a serious medical condition. Sometimes, a medical approach is the best way to treat the physical and mental impact of this disease. At Gateway Foundation in Bloomington, IL, our medication-assisted treatment center provides you with medication combined with counseling and behavioral therapies to break addiction’s hold over your life. While this approach isn’t right for everyone, it has helped many patients find long-term health and sobriety.
If you struggle with intense cravings and painful withdrawal symptoms, these side effects of getting sober can lead many down the dangerous road to relapse. Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) provides monitored access to medications that make withdrawal symptoms and cravings a bit easier to manage so you can focus on your recovery.
At Gateway Bloomington, we sometimes use MAT as part of our patients’ personalized treatment plan. To determine if this is the right approach, we begin with a full intake assessment. A physical coupled with a psychiatric exam helps us uncover physical or mental health issues that may require extra attention. ax
If we determine MAT would benefit you, we may use medication short-term to reduce average withdrawal symptoms. However, some patients require medication as a long-term treatment if they are at higher risk of relapse. MAT helps these individuals remain focused on their recovery goals. Whether short- or long-term, however, the only way medication-assisted treatment is effective is when taken as prescribed. Our medical team will also monitor our patients’ progress to ensure medications are not abused.
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