April 26, 2022 - Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery

A Vivitrol treatment program is very beneficial in helping men and women get through their withdrawal symptoms with a significant reduction in relapsing. Vivitrol treatment is part of a medication-assisted treatment program that coincides with therapy through an inpatient or outpatient treatment program. Aetna and other insurance companies include Vivitrol treatment as part of their substance abuse insurance coverage.

At Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery, our medication-assisted treatment includes Vivitrol treatment covered by Aetna and other insurance providers. Our facility is in-network for Aetna, and our seamless verification process will give you an accurate and easy-to-understand summary of your coverage. Many of our patients have zero out-of-pocket costs. If you or a loved one is struggling with addiction and want help with their recovery, call 833.448.0127 today for more information about our Aetna Vivitrol Coverage.

What Is Vivitrol Treatment?

Vivitrol is the brand name for naltrexone, an opiate antagonist that effectively treats addiction to opioids and alcohol. It affects the same cell receptors that release dopamine and other neurotransmitters that are responsible for euphoria and pain relief. Instead of flooding your body with dopamine, it blocks the release and stops the euphoric feeling, and breaks your body’s reliance on your substance of choice.

Vivitrol is an injection that is given once a month as part of a medication-assisted treatment program. This program uses a mix of medications to help reduce withdrawal symptoms and cravings for patients participating in an addiction treatment program. Medical staff will administer your medication and monitor you for any adverse reactions.

Medical staff will continue to update your medication to give you the maximum benefits with minimal side effects. Inform them if you have ever had liver or kidney disease or hemophilia, as Vivitrol may not be safe for you. You should not start Vivitrol treatment if:

You have used opioids within the last 7–14 days
You’ve used methadone or buprenorphine in the last 14 days
You have used medicine to treat a cough, cold, or diarrhea in the last 7–14 days

At Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery, our medical staff will determine the right medications to help with your addiction recovery. Our medication-assisted treatment aims not to replace one drug with another but to have you 100% drug-free by the end of your program.

Is Vivitrol Treatment Covered by Aetna?

Aetna provides substance abuse and mental health treatment benefits to help cover the costs of several treatment programs. Medication-assisted treatment is proven to be effective in helping patients with their recovery, and Vivitrol treatment is covered by Aetna.

Aetna insurance coverage includes many addiction treatment programs such as:

Detox
Residential/Inpatient treatment program
Partial hospitalization program
Intensive outpatient program
Continuing care program
Alumni program

Aetna Vivitrol coverage is included in all of their coverage levels. Each level has different copays and coinsurance payments, and maximums. Aetna also verifies the facility’s treatment programs meet the clinical criteria of care to ensure you are getting the best treatment for your recovery.

Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery Provides Safe and Effective Vivitrol Treatment to Benefit Your Addiction Recovery

At Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery, our outpatient addiction treatment programs use Vivitrol treatment to help patients through their recovery. When you first arrive, therapists and medical staff will perform a complete evaluation to determine the right treatment program and medications to benefit your recovery the most.

Our outpatient facility can help with addiction to a number of substances, including:

Alcohol
Cocaine
Opioid and opiates
Heroin
Oxycontin
Percocet

To learn how our Vivitrol treatment program can benefit your recovery, call 833.448.0127 today to speak with our compassionate staff. Vivitrol treatment covered by Aetna can make a difference as you work towards sustainable sobriety.

STEP TEN

“Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.”

We have all been, at one point or another, in a situation in which we said something insensitive or insulting to someone else. Regardless of whether we had ill intentions or not, we immediately realize what we did. Internally, we recognize that our words were damaging. At this point, we reach a fork in the road. There are two paths that people tend to go down.

The first path is that of doubling-down. In efforts to protect our egos, we may try to see how our insensitive words were justified. In other words, we would rather hurt someone else than admit to ourselves that we can make errors and mistakes; that we are imperfect. We connect with our creative side to find any possible reasoning whatsoever that we were right to say what we did.

The second path is that of accountability. On this path, we recognize that we said something hurtful and, albeit difficult, own up to our behavior. We immediately apologize to the other for our insensitive words, acknowledging our transgression. In doing so, we accept that we are imperfect, for we are human beings capable of mistakes like anyone else. This is the path we continually choose to take in step ten.

It is important to note that, just as in step nine, we are owning up to our wrongs not solely for the other person, but for ourselves. When we are aware of the wrongs we have committed but do nothing to rectify them, we place a burden on our conscious. This burden festers and grows into resentments and anger, whether directed at ourselves or others. In recovery, it is not difficult to imagine how this slippery slope leads to relapse.

It is important to accept that some people may not forgive us or remain angry by our actions. While difficult to sit with, that’s okay. Even if the other person continues holding onto their anger, that is not your problem. You did your part to make things right.

Sometimes, you will not recognize a transgression in the moment. Perhaps you start thinking about it later that day, the next morning, or later that week. Regardless of when it happened, the important part in step ten is to reach out to the other person involved and apologize for your actions as soon as you come to realize how what you did may have hurt them. It is difficult to admit when we’re wrong. Our ego works hard to maintain a narrative that we’re self-righteous and perfect. However, we’re not. Nobody is. Although difficult to admit when we’re wrong, we find in step ten that this type of admission helps maintain mental clarity and is essential to our continued recovery.

By Jonathan Fricke, MA