About Spectrum Health Systems, Inc. – Weymouth
Spectrum Health Systems, Inc. is a drug and alcohol rehab facility located in Weymouth, Massachusetts. They treat adults for substance use disorder and alcohol use disorder. They treat people who have co-occurring disorders as well. They offer medically assisted treatment (MAT) to people who are detoxifying from drugs.
You will have an assessment when you enter this facility to see if you qualify for medically assisted treatment. The trained medical staff will ask you questions about substance use. They will also give you a toxicology test.
The staff can prescribe and administer medications to assist you with detoxing. They are a licensed methadone clinic. They can provide buprenorphine as well.
Methadone is a synthetic opioid that has been used to treat opioid addiction since the 1960s. It is considered a full agonist meaning it can fully simulate the way more dangerous opioids affect receptors in the brain. Methadone can only be administered in a licensed clinic and is given on a daily basis. It reduces the craving for drugs and some of the withdrawal symptoms.
Buprenorphine is a partial opioid agonist. It reduces withdrawal symptoms from opioids. It has a ceiling effect meaning the effects will level out at a certain point. This makes Buprenorphine much less likely to be abused. It also means that overdoses are less likely to be fatal.
They also provide group and individual therapy to their clients. The treatment method they use will be customed to your needs.
