# How to use this directory well

Filter by medication and setting, phone the service to confirm details before you travel, and treat every listing as a record to check, not a recommendation.

Updated 2026-10-07. Also on the [web page](https://opioidtreatment.fyi/guides/how-to-use-this-directory).

Filter by medication and setting, phone the service to confirm details before you travel, and treat every listing as a record to check, not a recommendation.

## Start with the filters

Pick your city first. Then filter by medication: methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone. Then by setting: clinic, pharmacy dosing, or telehealth. Toggles narrow further: walk-in intake, take-home doses, public funding. Each filter reads only stated facts. Nothing is inferred.

## Read empty fields correctly

An empty field means we do not know. We never invent a phone number, an hour, a medication or a fee. A service with an empty medication field may still offer it. Phone the service and ask. This caution is deliberate: in directories, a guess can send a person in crisis to the wrong door.

## Confirm before you travel

Listings change. Opening times, intake rules and prescribers move. Phone the number on the listing page and confirm three things: the address, the opening times, and whether they take new clients now. If no phone is listed, use the website. If neither works, write to us and we will re-check the row.

## Understand the sources

US rows come from SAMHSA's certified programme directory, a public-domain federal source. English rows come from the Care Quality Commission directory under the Open Government Licence. Other rows were checked by hand against the provider's own site or a government directory. Each source report in our data folder names the file, the licence and the retrieval date.

## Use the tools

The clinic-questions tool builds a list of questions from your situation. Print it or save it on your phone and take it to the visit. The compare tool puts two or three services side by side. The finder counts services in your city. None of them gives medical advice, and none replaces a clinician.

## In an emergency

Call your local emergency number first: 911 in the US and Canada, 999 in the UK and Ireland, 000 in Australia, 111 in New Zealand. For overdose, call emergency services before anything else on this site.

This guide is information only. It is not medical advice.

## Sources

- [SAMHSA, Opioid Treatment Program directory](https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/locators/opioid-treatment-program-directory)
- [CQC, using CQC data](https://www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/transparency/using-cqc-data)
- [Opioid Treatment Directory, about this site](https://opioidtreatment.fyi/)

## Questions

### Is a listing on this site an endorsement?

No. A listing is a record from a public source or the provider. Check it before you act.

### What does an empty field mean?

Unknown. We leave cells empty rather than guess, so an empty medication field never means the service lacks it.

### How do I report a wrong listing?

Write to hello@opioidtreatment.fyi with the listing name and what is wrong. We check every report.

> **Not medical advice.** This site is a directory of opioid treatment providers. It is not medical advice, and a listing is not an endorsement of any clinic. Talk to a doctor, pharmacist or other qualified clinician before you start, stop or change treatment. Listings can be out of date: confirm opening times and services with the provider before you travel. To report a mistake, write to hello@opioidtreatment.fyi. In an emergency call your local emergency number: 911 in the US and Canada (or call or text 988), 999 in the UK and Ireland (or call 111 in the UK, 112 in Ireland), 000 in Australia, 111 in New Zealand. For overdose, call emergency services first.