Residents at the city’s large recovery housing complex in Holmesburg are now able to receive outpatient addiction treatment services on site – including medication for opioid use disorder – instead of having to travel off campus.
Merakey and Gaudenzia, behavioral health providers that contract with the city, are operating the recovery housing services at the Riverview Wellness Village, at 7979 State Road. Merakey is now also licensed to provide methadone, buprenorphine and vivitrol – medications for opioid use disorder, or MOUD, that help ease withdrawal symptoms and cravings and reduce risk of overdose.
MOUD, combined with therapy, is an evidence-based treatment and the gold standard of care for managing opioid use disorder and preventing relapse. Until recently, the approximately 50% of residents at Riverview on MOUD had to go elsewhere for treatments. Merakey and Gaudenzia were providing transportation to those appointments…