Patient Education

Houston Suboxone Center would like to be your partner in health care. Feel free to ask your questions and share your concerns with us. We will work with you to develop a wellness program for the care and treatment you need.

We welcome you to our practice and look forward to caring for you.

Houston Suboxone Center provides a full range of medical services including the following:

SUBOXONE® Sublingual Film

SUBOXONE® Sublingual Film contains buprenorphine and naloxone -- a prescription drug used to treat opioid dependence in adults. As a Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), it treats dependence of both opioid prescription painkillers and heroin.

SUBOXONE film is designed to suppress opiate withdrawal symptoms and reduce opiate cravings. Itis dispensed in the form of a rectangular orange film featuring a white printed logo. Each film is packaged individually and wrapped child-resistant packaging. SUBOXONE film is placed under the tongue, and the medication is absorbed into the bloodstream through the blood vessels beneath the tongue. ...

Opioid Treatment in Houston via Telehealth

Opioids are powerful drugs used for treating pain. However, because of their ability to produce euphoria opioids are highly addictive and are subject to abuse.

Because of the difficulty involved in extricating patients from addiction, medical intervention is almost always necessary. Detoxification can involve serious withdrawal symptoms. These symptoms, however, may be mitigated by the use of opioid replacement medications such as SUBOXONE® Sublingual Film. ...

Substance Abuse Treatment - Houston

Substance Abuse is the excessive use of a drug or substance, despite the harmful consequences that may occur. Individuals that abuse certain drugs or substances become addicted to these substances and cannot control their ability to resist the intense urges to take them. This abuse can affect a person's physical health and personal or social functioning. Substance abuse can include regular, excessive, or compulsive and/or the habitual use of illegal or prescription drugs and other harmful substances. Severe substance abuse can destroy relationships, end careers, and lead to stroke, heart disease, brain damage, cancer, and even death. ...

Addiction Treatment in Houston, TX

Addiction is an uncontrollable dependence on a certain substance or activity. People become addicted to different things for different reasons, and they can be affected both physically and psychologically. With addiction, the activity or substance often becomes the major focus of a person's life, leading to the exclusion of other activities, impairing work, social, and family responsibilities, and affecting the individual's health, mood, and self-respect.

Addicted individuals may suffer from anxiety, low self-esteem or depression and often feel as if they have no control over their lives or behavior.

Houston Suboxone Center treats patients suffering from opioid additions throughout the entire Greater Houston area, including the Woodlands, University Place, Northside, East Downtown, Midtown, Kingwood, Greater Heights, Neartown - Montrose, Cinco Ranch, Sugarland and other areas. ...

Drug Counseling Services in Houston

Professional Drug Counselors are mental health care providers. They are qualified to perform their duties in various government and nonprofit arenas.

The need for counseling services is tremendous. Many millions of people are affected by substance abuse issues, and it is estimated that less than one-half of this population receives the necessary care.

Houston Suboxone Center can assist patients suffering from opioid additions throughout the entire Greater Houston area in locating drug counseling programs located in downtown Houston and nearby University Place, Northside, East Downtown, Midtown, the Woodlands, Kingwood, Greater Heights, Neartown - Montrose, Cinco Ranch, Sugarland and other areas.

Licensed professional counselors, like other mental health care providers through training and/or experience, may specialize in a particular aspect of the field, such as substance abuse. These counselors work with people who need therapeutic assistance in order to move forward in their lives, which have often become difficult or impossible to manage. ...

Outpatient Programs - Houston Area

An Outpatient Program is a form of treatment that can be particularly successful for patients making a transition from inpatient care or those diagnosed with a substance addiction. It is appropriate for those who may be in need of more comprehensive treatment than standard outpatient care but who are capable of participating in most normal daily activities. ...