New Policy at Clinic

[Dopeless Hopefiend]

The clinic I was at which is part of a huge national for-profit "treatment" company is I think $12 per day if you are self pay. And they charge significantly more for suboxone and subutex.

[Chip]

How the fuck do they justify charging more for Bupe ?

I reckon that clinics are really there for the protection of the public and many are out for what they can get.

I'm sure that many also secretly hate us and it's just a job to them.

Mind you, I really like my clinic because I respect my doctor and the staff are efficient and pleasant. It has thick bullet proof glass and feels like a bank - you have to talk through a small slit in the window ... makes you feel like you're dangerous but I remind myself that many hard core criminals get dosed there also.

[Esoteric Anhydride]

Mind you, I really like my clinic because I respect my doctor and the staff are efficient and pleasant. It has thick bullet proof glass and feels like a bank - you have to talk through a small slit in the window ... makes you feel like you're dangerous but I remind myself that many hard core criminals get dosed there also.

Seriously? In Sydney the md comes through bulletproof glass??

I've never seen anything other than face-to-face dosing, I think mostly cos they observe you very closely for diversion, which is really common -- a lot of people spit-back or try to pocket their doses.

The very first time I got on MD (THS Seattle), after my intake, they fucked up and left me alone in the room with all the gear, I swear to gxd I could have walked out of there with 4 of the big dispensary bottles in a backpack and at least gotten away from the building. I'm just kinda sitting in there, thinking 'holy fuck I can't believe they left me alone in this room and there's a HUGE jug of methadone sitting there.' But, I didn't touch the shit. It was probably 5-10 minutes before anyone else realized I was alone in that room, so I had plenty of time and the exit was close -- people in and out constantly -- and then a whole bunch of eyes got REALLY big and their voices suddenly super hushed. lol

True story, I could have cleaned that room out, had methadone for years. I think even by that point I'd realized that more != better and that kicking in jail really sucks really bad.

[Lolleedee]

I'm in NJ and we have the bullet proof glass and little hole to talk through(that has metal grate over it) and a little opening on the bottom just big enough to shove the cups through!  It does feel like a bank, Chipper!  Too bad they aren't giving out any money through that slot!!! LOL

[Griffin (OP)]

Same pretty much as mine Lolleedee, idk if its bullet proof but glass window in between you and the dosing nurse and her office that she slides your dose through a little hole at the bottom and theres a hole where you talk in the window as well.

Looks kind of like this

When I started at the clinic in Nov. 13 subs were $550 a month and done was $240-300/month on a sliding scale based on income I doubt the price of subs has gone down, I wonder if medicaid covers it the same as it does the done.

I just found out today that I can't get off probation until my $1150 of fines I have left is paid off, but once its paid I can get off even if its before my jan. 7th end date. Can they keep me on past jan. 7th if I don't pay it in full by then? I did get a full time job today at the place i did my community service, but with bills and everything I really don't know if I will be able to pay it, I need to rob a bank or see if anyone would pay to sleep with me, freedom is expensive these days! I wish I had other resources to get the money but I dont know who I could ask, because each month I stay on is an extra $50 added to the bill. I wish I could take a loan and pay it back over the next few months so I can stop worrying about going to jail all the time.