Suboxone doctor near you in Durham, North Carolina
100% virtual visits with a licensed physician — no waiting room, no drive. Same-day appointments available. NC Medicaid accepted.
- 100% virtual — no office visit
- Same-day appointments available
- NC Medicaid accepted
- Appointments by secure video from anywhere in Durham or Durham County
- In-network with every North Carolina Medicaid plan, including Alliance Health
- Prescriptions sent electronically to your pharmacy
- Confidential under HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2
Get seen in Durham
Same-day appointments available. Request a time online and we'll confirm it with you. We verify your insurance before your first visit.
Request an appointment100% virtual · NC Medicaid accepted · New patients welcome.
Not for emergencies — call 911, or 988 for a crisis.
Can I see a Suboxone doctor in Durham without going to an office?
Yes. Virtual Addiction Medicine is a North Carolina telehealth practice serving patients in Durham and throughout Durham County. Appointments happen by secure video, buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone) is prescribed when clinically appropriate, and prescriptions go electronically to the Durham-area pharmacy you choose. Request a time online →
Durham has strong academic medical resources and still has a gap for people who need a buprenorphine prescriber quickly — without a referral chain, and without a month of waiting for the first available slot.
You don't need a referral to start
In a city built around large academic health systems, people reasonably assume that specialty care requires a referral: see your primary care provider, get referred, wait for the specialty clinic to call, wait again for the appointment. For opioid use disorder that sequence is often the reason treatment doesn't happen — every step is a place to fall out, and the whole chain can take longer than the window in which someone was ready.
You can book here directly. No referral, no primary care gatekeeper, no prior authorization needed before you can be seen.
If you do have a primary care provider, a therapist, or a specialist you'd like us to coordinate with, we're glad to — with your written permission. Coordination makes care better. It just shouldn't be a prerequisite for getting started.
Insurance for Durham and Durham County patients
Durham County is an Alliance Health county, along with neighboring Orange and Wake. Person and Granville counties just to the north fall under Trillium Health Resources.
- UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
- Healthy Blue
- AmeriHealth Caritas NC
- Carolina Complete Health
- WellCare of North Carolina
- Alliance Health
- Partners Health Management
- Trillium Health Resources
- Vaya Health
Commercial and Medicare plans accepted include Aetna, Blue Cross NC, Anthem BCBS, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, UMR, Ambetter, and Medicare. Don't see yours? Send a request and we'll check.
Not sure which plan you're on? That's normal, and it isn't something you need to solve before reaching out. Give us the name on your card and we'll verify coverage for you. If you're uninsured, we can check whether you qualify for North Carolina Medicaid and help you start the enrollment process.
Also serving communities near Durham
Tailored Plan assignment follows your county of residence. We're in-network with all four, so a county line doesn't change whether we can see you.
Three steps, starting today
1 · Reach out
Request a time online. Same-day appointments are available. Tell us your insurance — we verify it before you owe anything.
2 · Meet by video
A private, 100% virtual visit with a licensed physician — from home, your car, anywhere. You'll talk through your history and goals and build a plan together.
3 · Start and stay supported
When treatment is appropriate, your prescription is sent electronically to your pharmacy. Follow-ups keep you steady.
Common questions
No. You can book directly. If you have a primary care provider you'd like us to coordinate with, we're glad to — with your written permission.
Treatment is individualized and may include care for co-occurring conditions such as anxiety or depression. What's appropriate is decided in your visit, not in advance.
Yes. Counseling and medication complement each other, and we'll coordinate with your existing providers with your consent.
Yes, if you're located in North Carolina at the time of the visit. Care is confidential and is not reported to a school.
If you need help right now
Overdose or medical emergency — call 911. Suicidal thoughts or a mental-health crisis — call or text 988. For free, confidential, 24/7 treatment referrals anywhere in the U.S., call SAMHSA at 1-800-662-HELP (4357). This website cannot respond to emergencies.
Ready when you are
Same-day appointments are available. Every visit is 100% virtual — one video call is all it takes to get started.
Confidential · 100% virtual · NC Medicaid accepted · Serving all 100 North Carolina counties.