Um, Dr . Zend. first of all, is the last person you want to rely on for health and wellness with respect to addiction problems. My first visit, not long ago, cost me $380. And guess what he did, he sat back in his chair and made racist jokes about the " Chinese pharmacist "just off the boat", calling him and asking him about meds he rx'd me, Funny huh? Not. Total NY racist doctor that I would avoid at all cost , and the cost are not cheap. That first visit , I received nothing , no nurse stats, blood draw , etc,... (Because I had an absess) but none was refunded or credited toward my 3rd appt . I requested, nope, "Money up front" at tune of either $130 or if a UA is given $180. Silly. Dont waste your time. Go to a real addiction doctor that has a background in addiction, not botox, cosmetics or MVA . Als decided to make l he has done since 2008 apparently has decided to make some extra money off suffering addicts by taking the suboxone course and being a regulated suboxone prescriber. He has very limited counseling skills when it comes to addiction and wont offer more than bio- and chem breakdown of certain drugs. there is very little health and wellness priority felt when you leave his office and your hard earned cash in his pocket. He even broke a hippa law by making a remark about a friend that he "counsels" for suboxone. A negative one. Strike 3 man, you are out and should be shut down. His UA system is rigged (don't get me started"), and frankly I know more about suboxone and addiction than he will ever know. But he will be happy to tell stories of an off beat fashion that have no counseling levels in them whatsoever. So, be prepare to hand over $600+ first month, (clean or sober) without a blink from him or his staff. How does that concern health n wellness? I'm still asking myself what did I just spend all this money on?A quack? probably. I could go on but remember , hippa laws were broke and racist jokes employed on my first visit, so fly to NY and at least see central park for same price. there are much cheaper doctors out there with ten times the knowledge of addiction. so shop around before settling on this place. its obvious when you are not affiliated with a hospital and are runnning your own show you set the policies n prices that you know you will profit off addicts for and he does veils it , but not enough. Good luck out there . not all doctors are created equal. R Clarke
Ps Another remark was " if someone test positive for meth, he knows they are not serious about recovery". Does that sound like a priority to you regarding health n wellness? How about the purposed cunseling that is promised. This person is the biggest flip- floppper in the industry so far and i have been on and off suboxone since 2002. Its really a shame to see these doctors making so much money off of addicts , and really giving 2 shits about them, yet , of course, saying that they care so much about watching lives turn around. You gotta be dumb or a sucker to or desperate to show up at this half rate office. Its advertised as a great investment and it is a surprise to me it's still operating at it's level of care. But some people can look in the mirror and sleep great with their plaques on the wall, good for them. Universal karma will always catch up to them in the end. Good luck and shoppping, there are lots of doctors who are taking more patients now, so consider that! RC read more