Mark Cuban-Backed Methadone Startup Helps People Kick Opioids in SF

This article was originally published on The San Francisco Standard

A startup seeking to open up access to methadone treatment for recovering opioid users is off to a promising start at one addiction recovery clinic in San Francisco’s Civic Center neighborhood.  

The federal government has long mandated that many methadone patients receive their doses under in-person medical supervision, requiring patients to travel daily to a clinic to take their dose. A new technology, called Sonara, launched in February at the Bay Area Addiction Research and Treatment (BAART) Clinic at 7th and Market Streets and allows patients to take home up to a month’s worth of doses as long as they check in virtually to self-administer them. 

The technology is a potential workaround for patients in the early stages of addiction recovery for whom traveling every day to a clinic is a burden. 

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