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Balancing Your Career and Your Recovery

You can have a stable life and successful career while on MAT. Learn how CORE Medical Clinic supports your journey in Sacramento and West Sacramento.

August 7, 2025

C.O.R.E. Medical Clinic Team

Balancing Your Career and Your Recovery

Your Life Doesn’t Have to Pause for Recovery

Starting a new chapter in your health can feel like a major change, and you might worry about how it will fit into your daily life. You might wonder if you’ll have to take time off work or put your career on hold. If these thoughts sound familiar, remember that this is a normal part of the process.

Your healing journey is meant to integrate with your life, not replace it. Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is designed to give you the stability you need to keep living your life, managing your responsibilities, and moving forward.

The Strength of Outpatient Care

When you choose an outpatient opioid treatment program, you’re choosing to build a stronger foundation for your future without disrupting your current life. Outpatient care withCORE Medical Clinichelps you to:

  • Keep your job and maintain your income
  • Manage your schedule with flexible appointment times
  • Maintain a sense of normalcy and routine
  • Protect your privacy with confidential, discreet care

This structure gives you the freedom to focus on your professional growth and personal well-being at the same time.

Support That Moves with You

AtCORE Medical Clinic, we believe that your treatment should respect your life. Our team understands that balancing work, family, and recovery requires a flexible and understanding approach.

In our methadone clinic locations in Sacramento and West Sacramento, we offer:

  • Medication options like methadone and buprenorphine
  • A dedicated team that supports your goals
  • Flexible treatment plans that fit your schedule
  • A confidential space where you can focus on yourself

Our goal is to give you the tools and support you need to manage opioid use disorder (OUD) so you can thrive in all aspects of your life.

You Are Choosing Health Today

Taking the step to seek fentanyl addiction treatment or any form of opioid treatment is an act of strength. It’s a brave choice to build a better future for yourself.

You don’t have to do it alone.

CORE Medical Clinicis here to walk with you through every part of the process.

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Educational content from Core Medical Clinic. This article does not replace professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Initially, an intake assessment and admission medical history and exam is completed by counseling and medical staff. Treatment options are discussed and a course of action taken. Medication recommendations are made and initated to balance safety and benefit as much as possible. It is very important to let counseling, dispensing and medical staff know how the medication is working or not so appropriate adjustments can be made.

At C.O.R.E., we strive to individualize treatment and maximize success. There is no time pressure. Some do well with short term treatment while others benefit from long term treatment. We know relapse is common and can have disasterous results. We work hard to treat each patient as long as is required to achieve long term success.

First we work closely with the individual to achieve a “normalizing’ dose of medication to alleviate withdrawal and craving while minimizing side effects. Working closely with medical, dispensing and counseling staff most often allows us to achieve this goal in the first few days to weeks.

Not necessarily. C.O.R.E. Medical Clinic serves patients in Sacramento, West Sacramento, and surrounding areas. People often choose a clinic based on accessibility, treatment needs, and location.

C.O.R.E. Medical Clinic accepts several health insurance plans, including Medi-Cal, MHN, Anthem, Medicare, Humana, Kaiser Permanente, Optum, Blue Shield of California, Magellan Health, and Western Health Advantage.

As most patients entering treatment know, opioid withdrawal is awful and inevitably leads to continued use. We are sensitive to how terrible the craving, restlessness, anxiety, bone aches, upset stomach, nausea, vomiting, sweating, etc. can be. If alcohol, benzodiazepines, stimulants, or other drugs are involved withdrawal can be medically dangerous and require residential or coordinated medical care. Opioid withdrawal can be greatly reduced or eliminated by the early doses provided but again frequent contact with treatment staff for medication adjustments is very important.

The great majority of patients seeking treatment for opioid addiction can continue their normal life, including work, while they are working to find their ’normalizing’ medication dose. If residential or coordinated medical care is required, some time off may be necessary but again this will be individualized. Clinic hours are designed to accommodate the vast majority of working patients.

We work hard to educate patients about the benefits and safety of MAT. Many myths circulate about MAT such as it causing liver problems, bone problems and being harder to get off than fentanyl or heroin. These are absolutely false and will be discussed in detail with your treatment staff. Patients who receive MAT are much healthier than patients not in treatment. Learning to manage common side effects like constipation and weight gain can make patients healthier than they have ever been. All opioids are hard to get off but MAT can set up a very careful and safe detox when a patient is ready. An abrupt short term detox is not advised and can be difficult but a gradual, medically safe detox minimizes withdrawal symptoms. Supplemental safe, non addicting medications can further reduce unpleasant withdrawal symptoms.

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