SPAIN; LA RIOJA
 
Centro prescriptor y dispensador (prescribing and dispensing centre):
 
Centro de Salud Mental y Toxicomanías
C/ San Francisco, 1
26071 Logroño
Phone: +34-941-291160

Centros de dispensación (dispensing centres):
 
Equipo de Salud Mental Rioja Baja
Centro de Salud de Calahorra
C/ Avda. Numancia, 37
26500 Calahorra (La Rioja)
Phone: +34-941-131429
 

Centro de Salud de Haro (Rioja)
 
The centre employs 1 nurse and 1 psychiatrist.
Treatment philosophy of this centre is maintenance.
The average dose of methadone prescribed is 70 mg.
 
Currently the centres treat 18 patients.
 
The centre offers:
- psychiatric care
 
The centres demands daily attendance and urine checks.
 
Non-attendance and violence can get patient expelled from treatment.
 
Procedures for taking patient for a short period of time:
The centre should be informed beforehand by telephone or fax.
The information necessary is:
- identity
- treatment history
- dose and period for which methadone is requested
- references where information can be checked
- dose and period for which methadone is requested
 
When visiting the patient has to bring a letter from his doctor. There are no costs involved.
 
Procedures for patients who want to enter the programme on a permanent basis are different. Research is obligatory.
 
Address:
Centro de Salud de Haro
Bartolomé Cossio 10
Haro 26200, La Rioja
Phone: +34-941-310539
Fax: +34-941-303301
Contact person: Ariaha
Hours of opening: from 9.30 hours

In-patient unit:
Hospital de La Rioja
C/ Avda. Viana, 1
26071 Logroño
Phone: +34-941-291194
Fax: +34-941-231112