PATIENT HANDBOOK

Interactions

If you are taking ANY medications, it is important to your health that you notify the SOAR doctor at the time of your intake and tell your primary counselor. This includes both prescription and over the counter medications. Patients must inform SOAR of any medications that they are prescribed after admission. SOAR has zero tolerance for illicit Benzo use.

If you are taking any medications while in treatment, you must bring the prescription in to the nurses to have it validated and you must sign a release in case we need to speak with the doctor who prescribed the medication.

As with heroin and other narcotics, it is never safe to drink alcohol when using methadone.  Excessive use of alcohol combined with methadone can cause breathing to stop, resulting in coma or death. Therefore we will not provide medication to you if we believe you are under the influence of alcohol. USING BENZO’S WITH METHADONE CAN RESULT IN YOUR DEATH.