Substance Use Treatment in Pittsburgh, PA

UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside

What Does UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Offer?

UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside is a substance use treatment facility at 3708 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, offering detox, hospital inpatient care, intensive outpatient and outpatient treatment. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance and self-pay. Medication treatment: methadone (certified opioid treatment program), buprenorphine and naltrexone.

3708 5th Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Listed in SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov, checked October 2026. A listing is not an endorsement. Call to confirm services, openings and costs before you go.

Types of Care at UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside

  • Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
  • Outpatient
  • Hospital inpatient detoxification
  • Hospital inpatient treatment
  • Outpatient detoxification
  • Intensive outpatient treatment
  • Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Private health insurance
  • Cash or self-payment

Medication Treatment

  • Buprenorphine detoxification
  • Buprenorphine maintenance
  • Federally-certified Opioid Treatment Program
  • Methadone detoxification
  • Methadone maintenance
  • Prescribes buprenorphine
  • Prescribes naltrexone
  • Relapse prevention with naltrexone
  • Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
  • Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
  • Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
  • Acamprosate (Campral®)
  • Disulfiram
  • Methadone
  • Buprenorphine with naloxone
  • Buprenorphine without naloxone
  • Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
  • Naltrexone (oral)
  • Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
  • Lofexidine
  • Clonidine

Detox Services

  • Alcohol Detoxification
  • Cocaine Detoxification
  • Opioids detoxification
  • Medication routinely used during detoxification

Who the Program Serves

  • Adolescents
  • Young adults
  • Adult women
  • Pregnant/postpartum women
  • Adult men
  • Seniors or older adults
  • Veterans
  • Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
  • Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
  • Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
  • Clients with HIV or AIDS
  • Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
  • Ages: Children/Adolescents
  • Ages: Young Adults
  • Ages: Adults
  • Ages: Seniors
  • Accepts: Female
  • Accepts: Male

Language Services

  • Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Licensing and Accreditation

  • State substance use treatment agency
  • The Joint Commission
  • SAMHSA certification for opioid treatment program (OTP)

Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Relapse prevention
  • Substance use disorder counseling
  • Trauma-related counseling
  • Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

  • Comprehensive mental health assessment
  • Comprehensive substance use assessment
  • Interim services for clients
  • Outreach to persons in the community
  • Complete medical history/physical exam
  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Screening for substance use
  • Screening for mental disorders
  • Professional interventionist/educational consultant
  • Aftercare/continuing care
  • Discharge Planning
  • Naloxone and overdose education
  • Outcome follow-up after discharge
  • Self-help groups
  • Housing services
  • Assistance with obtaining social services
  • Recovery coach
  • Mentoring/peer support
  • Employment counseling or training
  • Case management service
  • Domestic violence services, including family or partner
  • Mental health services
  • Social skills development
  • Integrated primary care services
  • Suicide prevention services
  • Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
  • Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing
  • Drug or alcohol urine screening
  • HIV testing
  • STD testing
  • TB screening
  • Metabolic syndrome monitoring
  • Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
  • Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
  • Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination
  • Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination
  • Treatment for gambling disorder
  • Treatment for other addiction disorder

Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to choose a rehab you can trust lists the questions to ask when you call, and addiction treatment in Pennsylvania lists the state's treatment agency.

Sources

  1. SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov listing data, checked October 2026
  2. About FindTreatment.gov (SAMHSA)

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