How to Get Funding for Methadone Maintenance?
Question by justin a: How to get funding for Methadone Maintenance?
I live in western PA and have a terrible addiction to all opiates and pills, been to rehab, and been on suboxone several times all to no avail. So finally my wife has asked me to get on methadone. Here in lays the problem, I have no health ins and there are several clinics in my area, but sadly I do not have the money to get started. I don’t really feel like going out and breaking in to peoples house and cars for money to get into a methadone clinic, I am trying to live inside the law. I want to give my family the life they deserve. So what I was wanting to know is are there any programs or agency’s that can help with my funding so I could start? Please I need help…and this maybe my last stop. So please get back to me. Thank you.
Best answer:
Answer by Yes
You need a doctor
Answer by J Miller
I’d recommend that you call around to the clinics in your area and find out if any have a sliding fee scale or if there is any other kind of assistance. Also check if you could get medicaid as that would [ay for your methadone treatment.
PA also have Access to Recovery vouchers which helps people pay for treatment. Not all clinics take them so you have to call around to see which do.
I hate to say it but if push comes to shove and you can’t get any assistance you have to do what you have to do to get the money. If you don’t get on methadone now you will continue to use for a long time and it will never get better. If you do that you’ll be doing even more bad things. Once you get into a clinic and get on a sufficient dose you can start working and pay for the clinic that way. Remember that a proper dose is super important. A proper dose should keep cravings away and hold you without getting withdrawal symptoms for 24 hours and it should not cause you to feel loaded or impaired at all. If you do the treatment like you should and stay in treatment for a long time you have a chance for having a great success. I’ve been clean for almost 8 years thanks to methadone so it does work great if you want it to .
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