2. I’ve just started my treatment and I have to leave in six months for Western Canada. I’ll be spending three months in a place that’s a long way from any large urban centres. What are my options?

It’s important to clearly understand that opioid addiction treatment has a number of restrictions, including medication management. The Collège des médecins du Québec’s guidelines do not authorize more than one month of take-home doses for stable patients. You can change pharmacy provided the new pharmacy dispenses the medication and accepts prescriptions written in Quebec. As a last resort, you can be weaned off the medication. However, it would be an enormous challenge to apply this solution in such a short period of time.