We are a medication-assisted treatment (MAT) clinic, providing low-barrier substance use treatment, harm reduction, and medical care. Clients are encouraged and empowered to engage in services to improve their health and quality of life.

We understand that many people with opioid use disorder use other drugs, relapse (often multiple times), and live demanding lives that make it hard to keep appointments. This reality should not stand in the way of you receiving treatment. We want to work with you and get you started on treatment medications as soon as possible. We will offer kind, supportive care, provide you with a care navigator to support you while you get stable on medications, and help facilitate your transition to long-term medication care with a community provider.

Interested? Call (360) 557-2027 or visit Gather Community Services at 727 N Tower Ave Centralia WA 98531 between 4-7pm Mon-Fri.

The Meds First Model
Health engagement programs are a new model of care for people who use drugs. This model uses a “care team” which consists of a prescriber, nurse care manager, care navigator, and mental health coordinator, all working together with the client in one location. 

At the Meds First Clinic, the central goal is to provide a range of coordinated services in a single, easy to access point of care where clients can build trusting relationships that encourage them to engage—and stay engaged—with health care and support services to make progress towards health and life goals. 

Buprenorphine
Buprenorphine can help you feel normal, reduce the chaos, and stabilize your life. It is a medication that lowers or eliminates opioid craving. Lasting about 24 hours, it helps prevent withdrawal symptoms (feeling sick). This relief from withdrawal reduces both the need to get drugs illegally and the risk of opioid overdose, while supporting prolonged recovery. Once stable on buprenorphine, you can start feeling better. Once you feel better, you are more able to care for loved ones, save money, look for a job, get medical or mental health care, and attend addiction counseling.

Interested? Call (360) 557-2027 or visit Gather Community Services at 727 N Tower Ave Centralia WA 98531 between 4-7pm Mon-Fri.

References
https://adai.uw.edu/cedeer/health-engagement-programs/
https://adai.uw.edu/new-resource-health-engagement-programs-resource-kit/