American Health Services - Palmdale - Palmdale, California

Elle Cordero

I receive counseling and luckily do not require the methadone maintenance treatment program. Unfortunately it seems if you don't participate in that program you're issues don't seem to be taken serious and you receive second rate care. There isn't a psychiatrist in their center right now and it blows... My counselor always wants to talk about what their life is like and what kind of person they are... interesting but not.my purpose there.

Gina

Caring professional clean . Counselors are kind and caring. Brandy runs this place very organized. They work with you and really are there to help you.

Addiction Angels

Counselors r decent but the girl who runs the desk is rude an always seems disappointed when clients ask her stuff

Are Jay

January 1, 2017

I have been going to this clinic for the majority of the past 12 years, 10 of the past 12-years to be specific. When I started Dr. Stillion was the doctor, he was an absolute excellent doctor!

I recently returned to the Palmdale clinic after the Lancaster clinic went completely insane by taking away ALL take homes to anyone who had a dosage higher than 100 mg & would only reinstate take homes once anyone who is/was receiving take homes had their dosage decreased to 100 mg . I had been a patient for over 2-years at the Lancaster clinic, was receiving 2-week take homes under the care of Dr. Smith who is/was also a great doctor & spent 10 years at the Palmdale clinic. I nearly lost my job due to this dramatic change that Lancaster so abruptly decided to enforce. Claiming this change affected all clinics, however I quickly found out that was false when I contacted the Palmdale clinic. The Lancaster clinic is filled with extremely disrespectful counselors, led by lead/head councilor, Shonda, followed up by the manager (I believe his name is Leon, though I may be wrong), who fancies himself some type of pimp who usually introduces himself with the line "do you know who I am"? As though he is some tough mobster, which is an absolute joke and has nothing to do with patient care? He even went so far as to try and start a fistfight with me for reasons I won't go into here. He also recently suggested a friend of mine, who is also on the program, that she dump out half of her bottles every day, which he is not medically able to give this type of advice & of course she did not take his advice as it would be insane!

The current doctor in Palmdale is Dr. Morris. I'm sorry to say but compared to Dr. Stillion, she just doesn't compare. She doesn't seem to know what's best for patients, however the manager Brandi seems to do a very excellent job of taking care of all of the patients and making sure everyone is on a fair dose. The counselors for the most part seem to be responsible and my counselor who I will not name has been taking care of me & my needs as far as I am concerned.

Anyone needing to get on a methadone maintenance program, if you have the transportation I highly suggest you start at the Palmdale clinic. The only downside is that if you receive take homes, they limit you to one week, which I admit it's very frustrating for me as I work and it's hard to set that time aside every work week. So far, I have seem to work it out one way or another with my job, but some days it's really hard. The 2-week program was much, much easier for me and since I have tested clean for several years, I was kind of hoping to up to 3-4 week take-homes, which appears to no longer be available?

I hope this helps you all! Best of luck & happy New Year!

Di Minjarez (Babydee)

_nOhio pI love this place because it is helping me overcome my addiction and depression the right way. You get to speak to a counselor once a week ,and l÷

Bruce Hogue (Buck James)

It's all about the councilors and how they can help you deal with your addiction.

Lionel white

The women there are amazing

Amber Parchman

If ok I guess