National Alliance for Medication Assisted Recovery

 Note On This Page   Admission Requirements  Homes  Take Home Exceptions  (a) The Food and Drug Administration and the Drug Enforcement Administration recognize that the investigational use of methadone requiring the prolonged maintenance of narcotic dependence as part of a total treatment effort has shown promise in the management and rehabilitation of selected narcotic addicts. It…

Six Steps to Zero Deaths Never take a prescription painkiller unless it is prescribed to you. Everyone responds differently to pain medications. What is safe for one person may not be safe for another. Do not take pain medicine with alcohol. Never mix the two, it is a dangerous combination that can be deadly. Alcohol…

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…

What is a Webring? A Webring is a group of sites linked together usually around a specific topic. The purpose is to give surfers access to information about the topic that the Webring is organized around. For Example: A Webring could be organized around Little League. Some websites could belong to the various leagues and…

Michael Grenga and H. Spencer Nelson are members of NAMA and patients from programs in upstate New York. Grenga, M. and Nelson, H.S. 1995. Methadone Treatment in New York. The Ombudsman (Spring/Summer) No. 3/4: 5-6. When the first methadone programs were set up in this country, one of the biggest factors in allowing these programs to…

On the Invitational Conference on Drug User Activism Sponsored by the Danish Drug Users Union (BrugerForeningen) and Dutch National Interest Group of Drug Users (Landelijk Steunpunt Druggebruikers 2003, October 31st/November 1st Copenhagen, Denmark Howard S. Lotsof Board of Directors NAMA President, Dora Weiner Foundation http://www.doraweiner.org Submitted 27 November 2003 I came to be informed of…