Suboxone is used to treat opioid dependence/addiction. This medication contains 2 medicines: buprenorphine and naloxone.
Buprenorphine: sold under the brand name Subutex among others, is an opioid used to treat opioid use disorder, acute pain, and chronic pain.

Programs that work with Special populations.

Special populations include Individuals with disabilities, Individuals from economically disadvantaged families, including low-income youth and adults, Individuals preparing for nontraditional fields, Single parents, including single pregnant women and Out-of-workforce individuals.

*For Providers*
Please only use this (Enhanced DHS Service*) if you have a specific contract for enhanced rates with DHS to provide this listed service.

These programs provide culturally specific, trauma-informed mental health and substance use disorder services within targeted cultural and minority communities in Minnesota.

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Programs that allow children to stay with the parent while they are in programming.

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Smoking cessation programs are interventions that help people quit smoking and prevent relapse. They can include various components, such as:
Education on the health effects of tobacco use and exposure.
Pharmacotherapy with nicotine or non-nicotine medications.
Behavioral counseling and motivational interviewing.
Support services and follow-up.
Systems change to facilitate access and reimbursement.

Office-based opioid treatment (OBOT) programs allow providers to expand access to treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), including medication and psychosocial treatment, by offering treatment in physicians’ offices rather than in traditional treatment clinics and providing another setting in which individuals who are opioid dependent can receive effective treatment.

Co-occurring disorder refers to having a co-existing mental illness and substance use disorder.

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Please only use this (Enhanced DHS Service*) if you have a specific contract for enhanced rates with DHS to provide this listed service.

Detoxification also known as detox is designed to clear the body of the drugs and to manage the potentially dangerous effects of stopping the use of substances such as drugs and alcohol.

Withdrawing from the substance, particularly if the individual has been using drugs for an extended period of time or has been using heavy amounts of the harmful substances, can involve unpleasant and even potentially fatal side effects. For the health and safety of the individual throughout the process, it is critically important that detox is supervised by a professional and is managed on an appropriate level.

The level of detox this facility provides is provided to both adolescents and adults with 24-hour nursing care as well as daily physician care. This level of detox is often inpatient care at a hospital or inpatient treatment center. 

*For Providers*
ASAM: Level 4 provides 24-hour nursing care and daily physician visits. People in this level of care need daily physician monitoring, along with 24-hour oversight.

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs)
There are many terms under the FASD umbrella, including these medical diagnoses:

Different FASD diagnoses are based on particular symptoms and include:

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS): FAS represents the most involved end of the FASD spectrum. People with FAS have central nervous system (CNS) problems, minor facial features, and growth problems. People with FAS can have problems with learning, memory, attention span, communication, vision, or hearing. They might have a mix of these problems. People with FAS often have a hard time in school and trouble getting along with others.

Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND): People with ARND might have intellectual disabilities and problems with behavior and learning. They might do poorly in school and have difficulties with math, memory, attention, judgment, and poor impulse control.

Alcohol-Related Birth Defects (ARBD): People with ARBD might have problems with the heart, kidneys, or bones or with hearing. They might have a mix of these.

Methadone is a long-acting opioid medication that is used to reduce withdrawal symptoms in people addicted to heroin or other narcotic drugs, and it can also be used as a pain reliever.  When methadone is used for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) it reduces withdrawal symptoms and drug cravings but does not cause the “high” associated with the drug addiction. Methadone is highly regulated medication and when used for OUD is only available through approved opioid treatment programs (OTP) that involves regular monitoring, counseling, and drug testing to make sure that patients are making progress in their recovery.