Glossary Terms

Recover with compassion, rebuild with care.

Compassionate, evidence-based care for addiction, chronic pain, and infectious diseases in Morgan Hill, California.

Malaria

Parasitic disease from mosquito bites causing fever, chills.

Mastitis

Breast infection causing pain, swelling, often in breastfeeding women.

Matrix Model

16-week program for stimulant use disorders.

Measles

Highly contagious viral disease with rash, fever, cough.

Meningitis

Infection of brain/spinal cord membranes, often bacterial/viral.

MERS

Middle East respiratory syndrome, viral, from camels.

Methadone Maintenance

Long-term methadone use to stabilize opioid use disorder patients.