Ideal Option - Missoula
Ideal Option - Missoula in Missoula, MT, is an outpatient addiction medicine clinic specializing in evidence-based treatment for opioid and stimulant addiction. It offers medication-assisted treatment and support services designed to promote long-term recovery. Convenient service hours make it accessible for patients with varying schedules.
Ideal Option's mission is to provide low-barrier access to evidence-based addiction treatment, focusing on saving lives, healing families, and helping communities. Accredited by The Joint Commission, the clinic ensures a high standard of patient education, safety, rights protection, and emergency preparedness.
- Specializes in medication-assisted treatment using buprenorphine-based medications and other innovative therapies.
- Offers comprehensive treatment plans that include assessment, medication initiation, stabilization, and maintenance phases.
- Provides referrals to community resources for behavioral health, housing, food, transport, job placement, and training programs.
- Operates Monday through Thursday with extended hours to accommodate various schedules.
Treatment includes addiction to opioids like fentanyl, heroin, and oxycodone, as well as stimulants such as methamphetamine and cocaine. Ideal Option primarily serves underserved populations seeking effective and accessible addiction treatment.
- 5 Conditions Treated
- Insurance Accepted
- 4 Levels of Care
- Speaks English, Spanish
- 19 Therapies & Programs
Staff
- Tim KilgallonChief Executive OfficerSeasoned executive leading Ideal Option's response to the opioid crisis.
- Sandy BeckerChief Financial Officer, Executive Vice PresidentFinancial leader guiding Ideal Option's growth and operations.
- Dr. Brian DawsonChief Medical OfficerMedical leader overseeing Ideal Option's clinical practices.
- Evans RothExecutiveSenior executive contributing to Ideal Option's strategic direction.
- Benjamin RaeAddiction Medicine ProviderProvider dedicated to empathetic and non-judgmental patient care.
- Callie FletcherAddiction Medicine ProviderMontana native improving access to addiction treatment.
- Jason HanbyAddiction Medicine ProviderPhysician assistant committed to treating patients with respect.
- Ty BradfordAddiction Medicine ProviderPhysician assistant dedicated to patient confidence and recovery.
- Heather HillisAddiction Medicine ProviderPhysician assistant addressing addiction in rural communities.
- Sarah LynchMedical AssistantMedical assistant ensuring low-barrier access to care.
- Mina MichaelAddiction Medicine ProviderPhysician dedicated to comprehensive patient care.
- Kellen ByrneAddiction Medicine ProviderNurse practitioner focused on patient rapport and recovery.
- Sarah PedersenAddiction Medicine ProviderPhysician assistant committed to meaningful patient care.
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
Using both legal medications and illegal substances in order to maintain an addiction is substance abuse. If you are taking more of your prescription, or earlier than the prescribed time interval between doses than is directed you may be abusing that medication. If you are obtaining legal medications illegally in or near Missoula, MT, you may be suffering from substance abuse.
Illegal substances can become addictive after a single use and lead rapidly to substance abuse. The professionals at Ideal Option - Missoula are here to help.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment
Opioid addiction treatment helps people addicted to opioids in Montana curb their drug use. The selection of a treatment setting depends on the severity of the addiction. Mild cases are usually treated in outpatient facilities; severe cases need hospitalization or treatment in a residential facility. Doctors use medicines along with counseling and behavioral therapies to treat the addiction. The treatment includes medication, counseling and therapy. It can also include group counseling, individual counseling and family counseling.
Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Detox, Drug Rehab, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Detox is a drug rehab process that begins before the actual drug rehab treatment. It is used to remove any residual toxins left in your body (and brain) after using drugs, and it is used with the intent to help you or your loved one complete drug rehab.
If you are addicted to opiates like heroin, methadone, or prescription painkillers, you will detox with medication. This is because the withdrawal symptoms are often more intense and uncomfortable for an opiate addict than for someone who has abused or is dependent on other drugs, like cocaine.
To assist with alcohol or opioid abuse, or a co-occurring condition, Ideal Option - Missoula offers an outpatient treatment program. For their rehabilitation and other services, the Montana patient will go to the treatment center, yet return home every night. After most of the program is completed, the level of mandatory participation reduces.
Aftercare comprises services that help recovering addicts readjust to normal day-to-day Montana activities. It can last a year or even longer. Services include individual and family counseling, medications to reduce cravings, and treatment of psychiatric and other medical conditions. Aftercare support begins once you have completed earlier stages of treatment.
Therapies & Programs
Therapy plays a major role in addiction recovery. It encourages patients to get to the root of their addiction and learn how to better handle the issues that led to using. Therapy can be conducted in group and one on one settings. In Ideal Option - Missoula‘s individual therapy, the patient meets with the therapist in a one on one setting. This allows them to focus on the underlying issues of addiction and come up with solutions to prevent future abuse.
When the whole family is involved, healing can be far more successful. Family counseling involves genetic factors to the family of the addict. This offers the means to cope with addiction and its underlying emotional disorders for loved ones. It is a helpful method for addicts in helping to adjust to sober living.
Trauma therapy allows people who struggled with a past trauma to face the situation and learn to overcome the situation. Many people who went through trauma early on, struggle with addiction later in life. By addressing the trauma and moving past the issues, it can help someone attending treatment at Ideal Option - Missoula in Missoula, MT move forward with their recovery and begin to take a better hold of their sober future.
Contingency management is a way to help motivate someone to remain substance free. It is a process Ideal Option - Missoula uses which involves rewarding positive choices and good outcomes. As humans we are wired to recreate experiences that lead to positive feelings.
Payment Options
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Location & Contact
2455 Dixon Avenue Suite B
Missoula, MT 59801
Phone Number
(877) 522-1275
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Missoula, Montana Addiction and Treatment
Montana has one of the highest rates of drug and alcohol abuse in the nation. More than 280,000 of its residents engage in drug or alcohol abuse every year. Marijuana, in particular, is heavily used among high school students. Despite these daunting trends, the state is grappling with the issue head-on.
Nestled in Montana's western mountains, Missoula beckons with scenic trails, parks, and the Clark Fork River. Sadly, Missoula County saw 11 fatal opioid overdoses and 10 fentanyl-related deaths in 2022 - a staggering 83% increase in opioid deaths since 2019.
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