About Right Path – Newport News
The Right Path offered substance use disorder treatments in Newport News, Virginia. Newport News is a coastal city with strong ties to the shipbuilding industry and a military presence. The area offers waterfront views, outdoor recreation, and cultural attractions, including Civil War historic sites and playing key roles in the aerospace industry. This treatment center is now closed but there are numerous other addiction treatment clinics in the area that can help you.
This clinic offered outpatient treatment and they emphasized customized evidence based treatment. This often included medication assisted treatment for people with an opioid or alcohol use disorder. Medications may have included buprenorphine, Suboxone or Vivitrol injections and possibly Probuphine implants.
Probuphine was a long acting medication used for opioid dependence. It was an implant that released a continuous dose of buprenorphine for up to six months and would have to be inserted and removed by a trained healthcare provider. Probuphine was discontinued by the manufacturer in 2020 for financial reasons and not safety concerns.
The treatment model also placed a strong emphasis on combining medication with therapeutic intervention and support. They approached substance use disorder as a disease, creating a solid foundation with medication and counseling to build a long lasting recovery.
They also offered a smoking cessation program that delivered proven results. Nicotine addiction is a substance use disorder just like drug and alcohol addiction. They combined standard nicotine replacement with bupropion and Chantix or other drugs. Counseling was offered alongside to help you learn behavior modification techniques to offset the habit.
The center worked with most major insurance providers including Medicaid, and they offered affordable self-pay options when you qualified.