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Wake County, NC

Suboxone doctor near you in Raleigh, 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 Raleigh or Wake 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 Raleigh

Same-day appointments available. Request a time online and we'll confirm it with you. We verify your insurance before your first visit.

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100% virtual · NC Medicaid accepted · New patients welcome.
Not for emergencies — call 911, or 988 for a crisis.

Can I see a Suboxone doctor in Raleigh without going to an office?

Yes. Virtual Addiction Medicine is a North Carolina telehealth practice serving patients in Raleigh and throughout Wake County. Appointments happen by secure video, buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone) is prescribed when clinically appropriate, and prescriptions go electronically to the Raleigh-area pharmacy you choose. Request a time online →

Across Raleigh, Cary, and the rest of Wake County, the people who most need buprenorphine treatment are often the least able to take a half-day off to sit in a clinic waiting room. A video visit fits inside a lunch break.

Treatment that doesn't cost you your job

A recurring reason people in the Triangle delay treatment is arithmetic: a traditional clinic visit means drive time, waiting-room time, appointment time, and drive back — realistically half a day, repeated every week or two at the start. For an hourly worker that's lost wages. For a salaried one it's PTO, or a conversation with a manager about where you keep going.

A telehealth visit collapses that to the appointment itself. Follow-ups are usually short. Most patients take them from a car in a parking lot, and no one at work needs to know anything.

That privacy isn't just social convenience — it's legally backed. Substance use treatment records get protection under 42 CFR Part 2 that exceeds ordinary HIPAA, and nothing goes to an employer without your written consent.

Insurance for Raleigh and Wake County patients

Wake County is assigned to Alliance Health for Behavioral Health Tailored Plan members. Wake is one of the counties whose assignment has shifted over time, so if your card names a plan you didn't expect, that's worth checking rather than assuming it's a mistake. Either way we verify your actual active coverage before your visit.

NC Medicaid Standard Plans
  • UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
  • Healthy Blue
  • AmeriHealth Caritas NC
  • Carolina Complete Health
  • WellCare of North Carolina
Behavioral Health Tailored Plans (LME/MCOs)
  • 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 Raleigh

Durham County (Alliance)Johnston County (Alliance)Harnett County (Alliance)Franklin County (Trillium)Chatham County (Trillium)

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.

Getting started

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.

Raleigh questions

Common questions

You only need a spot where you can talk for 20–30 minutes. Plenty of patients take the visit from a parked car. Nothing is mailed to your home unless you ask for it.

Tell us what your schedule actually is in your appointment request and we'll work with it rather than handing you a slot that doesn't fit.

Yes — prescriptions go electronically to any North Carolina pharmacy you choose.

Not from us. Your treatment is not reported to employers. If you have a workplace situation that requires documentation, that's a decision you make and authorize in writing — never something disclosed on our own initiative.

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.

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