The Advocacy Training SessionThe training for certification includes a
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The Advocacy Training SessionThe training for certification includes a
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October 9, 2002 NIDA Contact: Michelle Person 301-443-6245 SAMHSA Contact: Leah Young 301-443-8956 NIDA Research and SAMHSA Physician Training Combine to Put Care for Opiate Dependence in Hands of Family Doctor. Buprenorphine, a new medication developed through more than a decade of research supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), will now become…
Policy Statement Number 4 May 1994 Over the years methadone providers and patients have begun using client in place of patient. While this maybe well intended NAMA is concerned that the results could become damaging to methadone treatment, and most especially to patients. The use of client is deprogating to methadone patients, inferring that their…
From NIDDK Fact Sheet Chronic Hepatitis C: Current Disease Management “Strict abstinence from alcohol is recommended during therapy with interferon. Interferon therapy can be associated with relapse in people with a previous history of drug or alcohol abuse. Therefore, alpha interferon should be given with caution to a patient who has only recently stopped alcohol…
Join a List or Group or Subscribe to a Zine A list or discussion group is a forum where people with a common interest join and discuss ideas. Another type of forum is the message board where you post a message on a website and others can read it. It is the equivalent of an…
Wisconsin Chapter of the National Alliance of Methadone Advocates 3237 North Dousman Milwaukee, WI 53212 President Greg Keller Mission Statement WI NAMA believes in the same Mission and goals as NAMA. Since its beginning over 25 years ago, methadone maintenance has been the most popular treatment for narcotic addiction. Many times over the years methadone…
Basic Pharmacology: How Methadone Works Part 2 Basic Opioid Pharmacology All natural and synthetic opioids exhibit a three dimensional T-shaped configuration (Barchas, Berger, Ciaranello and Elliott, 1977). This T-shaped molecule has two broad hydrophobic surfaces which are at right angles and a methylated nitrogen which is usually charged at physiological pH. The charged nitrogen is…