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New Hanover County, NC

Suboxone doctor near you in Wilmington, 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 Wilmington or New Hanover County
  • In-network with every North Carolina Medicaid plan, including Trillium Health Resources
  • Prescriptions sent electronically to your pharmacy
  • Confidential under HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2

Get seen in Wilmington

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 Wilmington without going to an office?

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

Wilmington and the surrounding coastal counties have had more demand for opioid use disorder treatment than local appointment slots for a long time. A telehealth visit gets you a start date rather than a waitlist position.

Seasonal work, storms, and staying on your medication

Two things about the coast make continuity harder than it looks. The first is seasonal employment — hospitality, construction, and tourism work that surges and collapses on a calendar, taking insurance coverage and disposable income with it. The second is hurricane season, when evacuation, power loss, and closed pharmacies can interrupt a prescription with no warning.

Both are manageable if they're planned for instead of discovered. If your coverage is about to lapse, tell us — a Medicaid eligibility check is often worth doing, and since expansion many seasonal workers now qualify who didn't before. If a storm is coming, tell us early so refills can be handled before the pharmacy closes rather than after.

The goal in both cases is the same: no gap. A lapse in buprenorphine is when the risk of relapse and overdose climbs, and almost every version of it is preventable with a few days' notice.

Insurance for Wilmington and New Hanover County patients

New Hanover County is a Trillium Health Resources county, as are Brunswick, Pender, Columbus, and Onslow. Trillium covers most of eastern North Carolina, so coverage tends to stay stable if you move around the coast.

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 Wilmington

Brunswick County (Trillium)Pender County (Trillium)Onslow County (Trillium)Columbus County (Trillium)Duplin 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.

Wilmington questions

Common questions

Yes. Tell us the truth about everything you're using — it changes what's safe to prescribe, and you won't be judged or turned away for being honest.

Yes, transfers are common. Bring your current dose and prescriber information to the first visit so we can continue you without a gap.

Tell us before you go if you can. Prescriptions can often be adjusted or routed to a pharmacy where you're evacuating to, but that's much easier to arrange in advance.

Yes. We're in-network with every North Carolina Medicaid plan and most commercial carriers, and we can check Medicaid eligibility if you lose coverage.

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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