National Alliance for Medication Assisted Recovery

For years it had been suspected that opiates had specificbinding sites in the brain. There were several attempts tolocate these sites, but the existing technologies were unable todistinguish between the non specific binding to tissue and thespecific binding to receptors. It must be mentioned here thatthe first attempt to actually measure specific opiate bindingwas in…

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Herman Joseph, Ph.D. is a member of NAMA’s Advisory Board and has been involved in methadone treatment and research since it’s beginning. This article is excerpted from Herman Joseph’s dissertation on stigma. Methadone maintenance treatment has been subjected to professional trivialization and misunderstandings, has consistently received sensationalized negative media coverage and been the target of…

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…

United States Regulations Code of Federal Regulations 42 Part 8. Opioid Drugs in Maintenance and Detoxification Treatment of Opiate Addiction. Federal Register 17 January 2001. (PDF Format) Publication of Final Rule with comments. 42 Code of Federal Regulations Part 2 . Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records. New Take Home Regulations. Page 4098…

Marc REISINGER, M.D. ( Presented at the European Methadone Association Forum, AMTA Methadone Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, October 31, 1995 ) European Methadone Association 27 rue de la Vanne 1050 Brussels, Belgium Tel + Fax : 322 640 46 28 [email protected] SUMMARY Methadone prescribing increased tenfold in the last four years in Belgium. This has been…