University of Texas Health Science Center – Treatment Research

Innovations Clinic is an outpatient addiction clinic associated with the University of Texas McGovern Medical School located in Houston, Texas. They offer specialized recovery plans for clients with co-occuring diagnosis and include services like medication assisted treatment and individual and group therapy with a focus on development of a client’s personal recovery support system.

Innovations is a preferred provider for many commercial insurance plans, Medicare and supplement plans, and Texas Medicaid and Managed Medicaid HMO Plans.

The medication assisted treatment plans at Innovations include the use of Antabuse, Campral and Vivitrol for alcohol use disorder, Suboxone for narcotic pain medication and heroin use disorder, and Chantix and Zyban for tobacco use disorder. These types of programs are known to be among the most effective in relapse prevention and can ease the symptoms of withdrawal and cravings.

Innovations also provides referral support systems for their clients to programs like Alcoholics Anonymous, Smart Recovery or Celebrate Recovery.

This clinic is open daily from Monday to Friday. Appointments can be made by calling the facility or by using their patient portal system via the web, allowing for multiple easy ways to contact them.