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Expectations
Every patient, in fact every member of the methadone community, has a right to expect that someone who represents themselves as a methadone advocate be knowledgeable in all aspects of methadone treatment. NAMA has created the Methadone Advocate Training and Methadone Advocate Certification for a whole host of reasons. Most of which we will discuss…
The Certified Methadone Advocate Course
Saturday, October 16, 2004 Preconference Events Frederick W. Christie, MA AFIRM Long Island, New York H. Westley Clark, MD, JD, MPH CSAT Rockville, MD Stewart Leavitt, PHD Addiction Treatment Forum Glenview, IL James P. Connolly, CMA PA NAMA Newtown, PA Herman Joseph, PHD, CMA NAMA New York, NY J. Thomas Payte, MD, CMA Colonial Management…
“Trials & Tribulations” Bringing MMT To Vermont
LATEST REPORTS Monday, April 16, 2001 April 2000, Governor Dean Promises To Veto Any Methadone Bill (but finally gives in if he is allowed to rewrite the recommendations of his own experts). Act 123 An Act Relating To Treatment Of Opiate Addiction (this links you to Vermont’s website and full text of the…
Food and Drug Administration Alert
T01-15 April 20, 2001 Print Media: 301-827-6242 Broadcast Media: 301-827-3434 Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA FDA Warns About Orlaam The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a new warning about health risks associated with levomethadyl acetate HC, a.k.a. Orlaam, a drug used to treat opiate addiction. FDA Announces Labeling Changes Following Cardiac Adverse Events With Addiction…
NIDA Research and SAMHSA Physician Training Combine to Put Care for Opiate Dependence in Hands of Family Doctor
October 9, 2002 NIDA Contact: Michelle Person 301-443-6245 SAMHSA Contact: Leah Young 301-443-8956 Buprenorphine, a new medication developed through more than a decade of research supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), will now become available to treat heroin and other opioid dependence through certification and training of physicians to use the medication…
Publication
Court OKs methadone clinic for Shelby MALCOMB DANIELS and JOSEPH BRYANT, News staff writers. Birmingham News, Saturday, October 22, 2005. The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals issued a ruling Friday that could clear the way for Shelby County’s first methadone clinic to open in Saginaw. A partner in a group that had applied for permission…