Opioid Addiction
Medication-Assisted Treatment
Opioid addiction is a complex disease that requires individualized attention and treatment options. Dr. Joyal is committed to helping patients maintain dignity throughout the process of reclaiming control of their lives and offers a full spectrum of options for medication-assisted treatment (MAT).
Buprenorphine
daily use tablets/films
(suboxone®, bunavail™, zubsolv®)
monthly injection
(sublocade™)
6 month implant
(probuphine®)
Naltrexone
daily use tablets
monthly injection
(vivitrol®)
60 day implant
Buprenorphine rods
Dr. Joyal is also one of a small group that has been certified in the treatment of implanted buprenorphine rods used for opioid addiction treatment.
According to the American Society of Addiction Medicine:
“Those receiving medications as part of their treatment are 75 percent less likely to die because of addiction than those not receiving medications…
Relative to outpatient, abstinence-oriented drug addiction treatment, office-based outpatient treatment (OBOT) with buprenorphine improves six-month treatment engagement, significantly reduces cravings, illicit opioid use and mortality and improves psychosocial outcomes…
Extended-release injectable naltrexone can essentially eliminate the rewarding effects of self-administered opioids, thereby dramatically reducing opioid use and opioid-related health and social problems.”
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