|
|
The peer facilitated Medication Assisted Recovery Services Project (MARS) is a collaboration between the National Alliance of Methadone Advocates (NAMA) and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM), Division of Substance Abuse (DoSA). MARS is located in the Bronx, NY and will provide peer recovery support services to patients at AECOM’s Methadone Maintenance Treatment Programs….
Methadone Advocacy The National Alliance of Methadone Advocates (NAMA) holds the view that every individual who believes in methadone treatment is at least a potential Certified Methadone Advocate (CMA). We encourage all supporters of methadone treatment, patient and non-patient, to become Certified Methadone Advocates so that all energies directed toward the advancement of methadone treatment…
AUTHORIZING Patient’s NAME (please print): Last: __________________ First ______________ M.I.___ Date of Birth: ___________________ Social Security #: ______ – _____ – ______ AUTHORIZATION FOR RELEASE OF INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION BETWEEN National Alliance of Methadone Advocates (NAMA) 435 Second Avenue New York, NY 10010 tel/fax: 212 595-6262 AND _____________________________________________ (Person/Facility) ______________________________________________ (Address) ______________________________________________ (Address) ______________________________________________ (City, ST, Zip)…
Issues To Focus On LAAM Manufacture to Be Discontinued August 23, 2003 Washington, D.C. Roxanne the manufacturer of LAAM has informed the FDA that manufacture of the medication is being discontinued. Distribution will continue until the inventory is depleted. Roxanne estimates this to be in early January 2004. The reason for the action is the…
Education Series Number 3 March 1992 Emmett Velten, Ph.D. is the Clinical Supervisor at the BAART Methadone Program, San Francisco, California. He has worked in methadone treatment as a clinician for over 25 years. Methadone has inspired an immense mythology. Perhaps it is the most extensive mythology surrounding any form of medical or psychological treatment,…
How much do you really know about methadone? Take NAMA’s Methadone Awareness Test and find out! Most Frequently Asked Question: Is methadone maintenance “trading one addiction for another” Answer Pregnant women should withdraw or at least lower their dose of methadone so that the baby is not born dependent. True or false? Answer Methadone…
