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Methadone |
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FIRST EVER METHADONE |
| Information about the first ever CMA Training at AATOD on April 12, 2003 in Washington, DC and Registration Form |
General Information about the Certified Methadone Advocate (CMA) Program |
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This chart was prepared by Herman Joseph and Joycelyn Sue Woods and is reprinted from METHADONE TREATMENT WORKS: A COMPENDIUM FOR METHADONE MAINTENANCE TREATMENT Topic Illicit Heroin Addiction Stabilized Methadone Maintenance Onset of action Immediate 30 minutes Duration of action 4 – 6 hours 24 – 36 hours or half-life Route of administration Injection, snorting,…
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FALSE! These are three of the many myths of methadone. Few drugs have been studied as extensively in humans as methadone. Hundreds of thousands of people have been maintained on methadone, many since the treatment was developed over thirty years ago. Methadone and methadone therapy are so tremendously misunderstood (for many reasons) that any study…
Changes in Methadone Treatment Practices: Results From a National Panel Study, 1988-2000 by Thomas D’Aunno, PhD; Harold A. Pollack, PhD Journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 288, No. 7 August 21, 2002 Context Results from several studies conducted in the early 1990s showed that the majority of US methadone maintenance programs did not use…
The Associated Press State & Local Wire, May 3, 2005. DATELINE: Baltimore The state health department has stopped running laboratory tests for Maryland’s methadone clinics, removing a safeguard against misuse of the drug, potentially worsening what authorities say is a growing problem. Methadone, a heroin replacement medication, is used by about 13,400 recovering addicts in…
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