Reduce the Risk of Overdose with MAT

The CDC reports that more than 100,000 Americans died of overdoses from May 2020 to April 2021 — up almost 30 percent from the year before.

Drug overdoses now surpass deaths from car crashes, guns, flu and pneumonia. The total is close to that for diabetes, the nation’s No. 7 cause of death.

The rise in deaths has been fueled by widespread use of fentanyl, a fast-acting drug that is 100 times as powerful as morphine.

Isolation from the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the rise in mental health disorders like anxiety and depression, have also contributed to the rise in deaths.

The Benefits of MAT Treatment for Substance Misuse

  • Facilitates safer withdrawal by relieving symptoms and controlling cravings.
  • Reduces the risk of death due to overdose.
  • Increases retention in treatment with safer, controlled medications.
  • Decreases illegal drug use and, with it, the potential dangers and legal consequences.

 

Medications such as Buprenorphine and Suboxone/Subutex used in MAT are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  MAT programs are clinically driven and tailored to meet each patient’s needs. Learn more

The time to start is now. If you are addicted to opioids, medication treatment can reduce problems of withdrawal and craving. These changes can give you the chance you need to focus on the lifestyle changes that lead back to healthy living.

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Why Start Medication-Assisted Treatment?

Medication Assisted Treatment helps you give up the problem substance. It helps you get through withdrawal and coping with cravings. MAT also helps you change addictive thinking into non-addictive, health­y patterns. It can help you move away from other harmful behaviors and substances.

“The prescribed medication operates to normalize brain chemistry, block the euphoric effects of alcohol and opioids, relieve physiological cravings, and normalize body functions without the negative effects of the misused drug.” — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

At Canyonlands Healthcare, you can self-refer without a medical provider and same day appointments are available.

The intake process is easy and services are designed to be accessible to all, regardless of insurance status or ability to pay.

Naloxone is saving lives

Canyonlands Healthcare is dispensing the Narcan Nasal Spray used to reduce an opioid overdose. You can request a kit at any Canyonlands Pharmacy in Page, Safford, Duncan or Chilchinbeto.  You can also go to any of our clinic locations and ask the Front Desk to have a provider sign one out for you.

Email naloxone@cchcaz.org for more info.