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The Policy of Blind Dosing and Patient Dignity
ByAdminAdmin 04/20/2021Methadone maintenance treatment has been the most effective treatment for addiction to heroin resulting the cessation of heroin use and criminal behavior. Prior to the development of methadone maintenance treatment over 28 years ago narcotic addiction was considered incurable and a behavioral disorder under the control of law enforcement. Drs. Dole and Nyswander brought the…
Basic Pharmacology: How Methadone Works? Part III Drugs and Conditions That Impact On the Action of Methadone by Joycelyn Woods
ByAdminAdmin 09/16/2021Education Series Number 5.3 February 2001 (Revised) Joycelyn Woods has a graduate degree in neuroscience and psychopharmacology. She has published in neuroscience journals and is recognized internationally for her methadone advocacy work. She is a recipient of the “Richard Lane Methadone Advocacy Award.” Methadone Metabolism Methadone was once considered to be pretty much the same…
Letter to the editor
ByAdminAdmin 10/26/2021Letter to the editor RoanokeTimes (in publication) January 3, 2005 Give some credit to methadone treatment. In response to your Dec. 19 news article, “Are drug deaths decreasing?”: I’d like to make an observation. I’m struck that in trying to find an answer as to why the “drug deaths” may be decreasing, there’s a glaring…
Blind Dosing
ByAdminAdmin 05/05/2023Methadone maintenance treatment has been the most effective treatment for addiction to heroin resulting the cessation of heroin use and criminal behavior. Prior to the development of methadone maintenance treatment over 28 years ago narcotic addiction was considered incurable and a behavioral disorder under the control of law enforcement. Drs. Dole and Nyswander brought the…
Stop Methadone Ignorance
ByAdminAdmin 08/26/2022Six Steps to Zero Deaths Never take a prescription painkiller unless it is prescribed to you. Everyone responds differently to pain medications. What is safe for one person may not be safe for another. Do not take pain medicine with alcohol. Never mix the two, it is a dangerous combination that can be deadly. Alcohol…
CERTIFIED MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) ADVOCATE (CMA)-1
ByAdminAdmin 06/23/2021The Basic Advocacy Training Session The training for certification includes a variety of topics to give advocates a well-grounded understanding of MAT, research, regulations and laws that protect MAT patients and programs. Medication Assisted Treatment Basic clinical information about methadone and buprenorphine treatment. Regulations and Accreditation The federal regulations will be explained: What they are and…