Get addiction help now: (831) 315-4540

get help now

Get addiction help now: (831) 315-4540

get help now

Basic Pharmacology: How Methadone Works? by J.T. Payte, Jeffrey Smith and Joycelyn Woods

Time to read: 1 min

J. Thomas Payte, M.D. is Medical Director and Founder of Drug Dependence Associates in San Antonio, Texas, Chair of the Maintenance Medications Committee of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and a member of NAMAs Advisory Board.

Jeffrey Smith, Ph.D. has a degree is central nervous system pharmacology.

Joycelyn Woods, M.A. is President of NAMA. Her degree is in neurological psychology and she had done brain mapping of opiate receptors and published one of the early papers on it.

Index

PART
I 		PART
II 		PART
III

The Basics of Pharmacology

The Pharmacology of Opioids

Drugs and Conditions That Impact On the Action of Methadone

Download PDF File Part 1

Download PDF File Part 2

Download PDF File Part 3

Similar Posts

  • Tag: nursing

    ByAdmin
    Admin 05/11/2021

    Justice Department Finds that Indiana State Nursing Board Discriminates Against People with Opioid Use Disorder March 30, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, March 25, 2022 Indianapolis – Today, the Justice Department found that the Indiana State Board of Nursing (Nursing Board) violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (Ada) by prohibiting nurses who take medication to…

  • State Agencies & Regulation Information

    ByAdmin
    Admin 10/19/2021

      Alabama Division of Substance Abuse Services Home Page http://www.mh.state.al.us/services/sa/sa-main_html Alaska Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Home Page http://health.hss.state.ak.us/dada/ Alaska Regulations http://www.touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/acc/title07chapter033.htm Arizona Bureau of Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Services Home Page http://health.state.az.us/ Index http://www.hs.state.az.us/bhs/index.htm Arkansas Division of Treatment Services Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Home Page http://www.healthyarkansas.com/ Arkansas Regulations http://www.healthyarkansas.com/index.html…

  • NAMA Policy Statement: Bottle Recall

    ByAdmin
    Admin 12/30/2021

    The intent of Bottle Recall initially was to be able to allow patients take home medication and to insure that methadone is not diverted to the streets. However, methadone programs have been giving patients take home medication for years without a serious methadone diversion problem. Furthermore numerous studies have demonstrated that methadone is not a…

  • The Penal Attitude and Methadone Treatment

    ByAdmin
    Admin 12/03/2022

    Policy Statement Number 7 January 1997 Methadone treatment has been in existence now for over thirty years returning to society more productive individuals than any other treatment modality. Yet, despite this success it is disparaged and misunderstood which has translated into bias and discrimination not only for the consumer of the treatment as even those…

  • Find Treatment

    ByAdmin
    Admin 04/21/2021

    Find Select or search by facility name Near Radius: 15 miles Suggested Filters CCAPPCCAPP EducationOnline EducationRecovery Residences (Sober Living)65+Treatment CenterShowersMedicaidUnder 18Addiction and SUD ServicesMental Health ServicesRecovery Organizations (RO)CCAPP SchoolCCAPP Recovery Residences Don’t see your facility?Click here to get listed Available beds at this house Weingart Center – San Pedro Street Los Angeles CA, 90013 100…

  • NAMA Needs Volunteers!

    ByAdmin
    Admin 02/05/2022

    Contact the Executive Director NAMA Recovery needs help with two major things: 1. Website, 2. Funding. Programmers to help with the website. Funding Membership Drives or just asking your program if you can hang up some NAMA Recovery flyers that can bring in new members and of course spread the word about what we do….