It became clear that, in order to fully implement the intent of the streamlining initiative, CSAVR, its member state agencies, and RSA needed to agree on some fundamental changes in policy and practice. To accomplish its goal, the RSA provides its members with leadership and service.
Methadone, sold under the brand names Dolophine among others, is an opioid used to treat pain and as maintenance therapy or to help with detoxification in people with opioid dependence. Detoxification using methadone can either be done relatively rapidly in less than a month or gradually over as long as six months.
The filings also reveal that methadone is by far the most profitable segment of CRC's now far flung addiction treatment business. From 2003 to 2005, CRC grew its methadone operation by about 130 percent, with annual opiate revenues reaching almost $84 million, which equaled 40 percent of CRC's sales in 2005.hil Herschman, who now oversees CRC's methadone operations, says that in most of the markets in which CRC operates clinics there is competition, but other methadone clinic investors point out that, in many markets, clinics operate as monopolies.