Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) in La Mesa, CA

Golden Coast Rehab provides medication-assisted treatment (mat) for adults at 8809 La Mesa Blvd., Suite 102, La Mesa, CA 91942, our only facility, and the building every program on this site is delivered in.

Medication is managed here alongside your counseling, in the same building and by the same team, rather than split between a prescriber on one side of the county and a program on the other.

Getting to Our La Mesa Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Treatment Center

MAT visits cluster early, when induction and stabilization need close follow-up, then spread out. Having the prescriber on La Mesa Boulevard, off I-8 at the SR-125 junction, means a medication adjustment is a short errand rather than a cross-county expedition. Directions are on the La Mesa location page.

What Does Our Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Treatment Involve?

MAT from La Mesa means the prescriber and your counselor share a hallway: medication started, adjusted, and renewed in the same building where the therapy happens. Which medications we use, and for which disorders, is set out on medication-assisted treatment (mat) page.

What Should I Expect in My First Week of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Treatment in La Mesa?

Your first MAT week in La Mesa moves fast: medical evaluation with our prescriber, induction timed to your last use, and close follow-up visits while the dose settles. Counseling starts the same week, down the hall, not on a separate waitlist.

How We Deliver Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Treatment at Our La Mesa Center

At this location, medication for opioid or alcohol use disorder is prescribed by Dr. Thankachen, the Medical Director and a board-certified psychiatrist, following a full evaluation of use history and current health. Dosing is adjusted closely during the first stretch while cravings settle, then holds steady while counseling runs alongside it through either group sessions or the lighter outpatient schedule. There is no set discharge date for the medication itself; that call stays clinical, revisited with the same prescriber rather than handed off elsewhere.

Does Medi-Cal Cover Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Treatment in La Mesa?

Medi-Cal is California's Medicaid program; in San Diego County it pays for this care through Drug Medi-Cal under DHCS certification 370254AP.

Yes. Medication-assisted treatment in La Mesa is covered under the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System, administered by San Diego County Behavioral Health Services, at no cost on any of the county's Medi-Cal plans when criteria are met. Our Medi-Cal page explains the mechanics.

Serving La Mesa and East County

MAT clients come in from across East County, from Lemon Grove up to Lakeside, about ten miles out, because keeping prescriber and program under one roof is worth the drive. However far you come in from, the medication file and the counseling notes live in the same building and inform each other.

Free Overdose Prevention and Peer Support Near La Mesa

Medication is one layer of safety; the free layers around it matter too, especially for the people at home. Worth knowing about whether or not you enroll here:

• Naloxone (Narcan): how naloxone reverses an opioid overdose, and why anyone close to opioid use should carry it. California pharmacies dispense it without a prescription.
• Narcotics Anonymous San Diego: free peer meetings, which many MAT clients attend alongside their medication, not instead of it.
• SAMHSA National Helpline: 1-800-662-4357, for confidential referrals, including other MAT prescribers.

Call (619) 313-6223, answered 24 hours a day.