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Methadone Advocacy The National Alliance of Methadone Advocates (NAMA) We encourage all supporters of methadone treatment, patient and non-patient, to become Certified You do not have to be a patient to be a methadone advocate. Fifteen Years ago when NAMA first started, methadone advocacy was a few committed A few mistakes were made but the same mistake was seldom made twice. The result Methadone Advocacy is no longer a few committed individuals. Hundreds of people with |
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…
NAMA IS COMMITTED TO: Promoting quality methadone maintenance treatment as the most effective modality for the treatment of heroin addiction. Working to dispel the ignorance regarding MMT which plagues both treatment professionals and the general public. Fighting discrimination perpetrated against methadone maintenance patients. Struggling to destigmatize the treatment which has given us back our lives. …
Policy Statement Number 9 August 2002 There are many misperceptions and misunderstanding about the federal regulations and particularly when it comes to issues regarding raising the dose over 100 mgs. Prior to the HIV epidemic in order to raise a patient’s dose it was required for the physician to contact the Food and Drug Administration…
Education Series Cost per each $2 Number 1. Methadone Maintenance and Patient Self Advocacy by Arlene Ford. (March, 1991). Number 2. Drug Policy in the Age of AIDS: The Philosophy of Harm Reduction by Rod Sorge (April, 1991). Number 3. Myths About Methadone by Emmett Velten (March, 1992). Number 4. Methadone, HIV Infection and Immune…
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…
USE OF HIGHER-DOSE METHADONE By Sarz Maxwell MD & Marc Shinderman MD Center for Addictive Problems 609 N Wells Chicago IL 60610 Abstract Using signs, symptoms and serum methadone levels to guide evaluation, we treated 188 patients in a methadone maintenance program with doses of methadone exceeding 100 mg/d. The mean dose…
