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New Methadone Regulations The comment period is now over. CSAT has formed a committee to review the comments and the regulations. A short meeting is planned for January 31, 2000. Two NAMA officers are on the committee Lisa Torres, Esq. and Joycelyn Woods. Buprenorphrine Committee A federal committee has been formed to review the guidelines…
The Coalition for Methadone Choice is attempting to prevent Mayor Giuliani from ‘detoxing’ more than 2000 patients and threatening treatment for thousands more. We are looking for: Methadone maintenance patients to participate in public education and/or lobbying. Patients at city-run programs to join in legal efforts to save their treatment. Anyone who…
DATE: Dear (Elected Official) Stigma, misinformation and myths are the reasons Methadone Maintenance Treatment faces opposition in many communities. Methadone Maintenance Treatment is the gold standard of opiate addiction treatment according to medical professionals throughout the world. The AMA (American Medical Association) and all other U.S. medical professional organizations support Methadone Maintenance Treatment. West Virginia…
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) Telephone (240) 276-2717 1Choke Cherry Road, Room 2-1065 Facsimile (240) 276-1630 Rockville, Maryland 20857 E-mail: [email protected] Division of Pharmacologic Therapies DPT C. Todd Rosendale, MA Public Health Advisor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FACSIMILE AInformation Memorandum@ This facsimile is intended only for the addressee…
NAMA-R NorthEast Recovery Serving the New England Region Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island Connecticuit, New Hampshire and Vermont Welcome to Our Web Site! This website is for all Patients in Medication Assisted Treatment. NAMA-R NorthEast Recovery Includes Program Staff and Healthcare Professionals. We Believe That We Have A Lot To Offer Each Other. The National Alliance…
STOP METHADONE IGNORANCE It is not uncommon for individuals with a long history of illicit opiate use to remain in methadone treatment as a long term patient. Many often say that without methadone treatment they would probably be dead. Other forms of treatment were not effective and they had come to believe that they would…