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Dundee, United Kingdom

nhstayside.scot.nhs.uk
Addiction treatment center

Tayside Drug Problems Service Reviews | Rating 1.3 out of 5 stars (5 reviews)

Tayside Drug Problems Service is located in Dundee, United Kingdom on Constitution House, 55 Constitution Rd. Tayside Drug Problems Service is rated 1.3 out of 5 in the category addiction treatment center in United Kingdom.

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Constitution House, 55 Constitution Rd

Phone

+44 1382632542

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Hugh Mungus

A system built on punishment. They don't care for your recovery, you're just another name in the book.

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Paul

My experience has been really poor. I consider myself smart, understanding and realistic and know my life and situation well. I worked with this service to combat my addiction and carried on with other aspects of my life which were overall positive. Ian in full time employment and have worked the majority of my life, I made mistakes which led to me being on treatment for drug addiction. So many times I was reminded this is MY treatment and I think I'm old enough (36) to be realistic with my situation. This service has kept me on treatment for years although I have never fully relapsed since many years ago. For months I requested and stated that it was time for me to reduce on my treatment although all I heard was \what if\ and so many excuses why I shouldn't. Things such as \you have stress in your life just now\ (who hasn't) so not just now and week after week, month after month and still no progress even though my work is good, health is good etc I could not get them to reduce me. My appointments were monthly and consisted of box ticking and minimal plans for my treatment. They viewed me as a number and not an individual. I had to cease my contact with them and stop treatment along with it. Sorry for the long post.

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Makka's Chats and Dits

Utterly abysmal, ZERO care from the front desk on Constitution Rd, even Cameron Hospital are apologising to me on their behalf, they can't understand why Tayside have been so difficult and giving so much push back to a guy doing well on his recovery. This service FAILS at the staff on the front desk having no idea and being unwilling and difficult in trying to get to the bottom of what is wrong and why there is a problem transferring my recovery and notes from Fife, I have to get a taxi from Broughty Ferry to Cameron Hospital every month to get a script so far because Tayside are so unhelpful. They tell me I have to go through a triage but I have months of notes that are in Cameron Hospital. All they had to do was call them! But trying to explain this to admin staff is utterly futile. GET NHS NURSES IN THERE AND GET RID OFF ADMIN STAFF WHO WILL NOT LIFT A FINGER IF ANYTHING IS SLIGHTLY OUTWITH THE STEP BY STEP PROCESS THEY EXPECT. Tayside will throw methadone at people with a codeine addiction, giving someone a hellish long term habit worse than Heroin instead of Subutex, corrupt to the core, very broken system. Someone needs to do an undercover watchdog here. After speaking to a GP here, they said Tayside (GPs) have a zero buprenorphine policy, essentially admitting they prefer having people hooked on methadone than subutex or suboxone even if you had a mild prescription addiction such as tramadol or over the counter codeine. Really disgusted with Tayside. It doesn't matter how willing and hard you are trying they make you feel you are just another junky here.

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Philip White

This system isn't working , but for things to change everyone has to do there part!! Proffessionals & clients both have to work together. Also we see methadone should be given out as a very last resort ( I'd go as far as to say ( don't give methadone as a 1st option). Use subutex, or any other opiate blocker. Ppl go to the dpc for help 99% of the time as they have a heroin addiction. Then the doc helps by prescribing. But then those ppl come back with another addiction ( usually benzo,s). N this is where the dpc get stick for cutting ppl of or no cutting them of sometimes the addict had to take responsibility.

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Stacey Phinn

Through my own personal experience i have a helpful keyworker but the actual Drug& Substance misuse centre on a whole isn't really helpful in getting people off drugs or alcohol. Everyone just seems to be prescribed Methadone which isn't a solution it's more of a substitute. I mean I know people who have have been on this treatment for 25 years & people who can't even get on it. People are asking to be taking of it & other people would prefer a 12 day dehydracodiene & diazapam detox but instead there putting certain people on this new treatment Suboxone which doesn't help anymore than the methadone. There's people been giving dirty samples consistantly for years & then people who have been on it for a year & gave one or two dirty samples & they are being theartened with being cut off treatment. Which definitely isn't the answer as then people go to back together using & after all that time off of drugs there tolerance has lowered then the end up overdosing. This system isn't working & a new one needs to be thought out & put in place.

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