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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…
Changes in Methadone Treatment Practices: Results From a National Panel Study, 1988-2000 by Thomas D’Aunno, PhD; Harold A. Pollack, PhD Journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 288, No. 7 August 21, 2002 Context Results from several studies conducted in the early 1990s showed that the majority of US methadone maintenance programs did not use…
FAQ’s About Advocate Training and Certification What is a methadone advocate? What is a NAMA Certified Methadone Advocate(CMA)? What are the goals of advocacy? What is the Code Of Ethics? How do I become a certified methadone advocate(CMA)? Why should I become a NAMA CPA? What is a methadone advocate? A methadone advocate is someone…
Dr Andrew Byrne, Medical Practitioner, Drug and Alcohol New South Wales, Australia Email – [email protected] September 23, 2003 This study randomised consenting heroin dependent subjects to receive one month’s treatment with (i) buprenorphine, (ii) buprenorphine/naloxone or (iii) placebo. For a further 11 months, surviving (sic) patients were followed in an open-label manner for primary outcome…
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…
The dilution of methadone with water was initiated as a result of the first federal methadone regulations because it was believed that this policy would reduce the diversion of methadone. While initially this policy may have had an impact within a short time most prospective buyers learning that methadone was now diluted with water knew…