Category: Patient Rights

Education Series Number 10 June 2004 The New Federal Regulations What Do They Mean for Patients? Methadone treatment in the U.S. is changing before our eyes. Some of this change has been rapid; some of it will take years or decades. Some patients have heard about new federal regulations, including an end to automatic dose…

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Fifteen Years ago when NAMA first started, methadone advocacy was a few committed individuals who all knew one another. When on those rare occasions that new advocate became active she or he was mentored by a more experienced advocate. A few mistakes were made but the same mistake was seldom made twice. The result of…

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…

Anthony Scro is a NAMA volunteer, founder of the NAMA affiliate Association for the Betterment of Addiction Treatment and Education (ABATE) and has been a methadone advocate for over 20 years. It goes on and on. It seems like it may never end. We’ve all heard the same questions. Suffered the same humiliation. “When are…

The 2022 Certified Medication Assisted Treatment Advocate (CMA) Course will be held as a Pre-Conference Session of the 2022 AATOD Conference on:Sunday, October 30, 20229:00am – 5:00pmHilton Baltimore Inner Harbor401 W. Pratt StreetBaltimore, MD 21201We encourage all supporters of MAT, patient and non-patient, to become Certified MAT Advocates so that all energies directed toward the…