EXPANDED PHARMACOTHERAPIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF OPIATE DEPENDENCE

STOP METHADONE IGNORANCE It is not uncommon for individuals with a long history of illicit opiate use to remain in methadone treatment as a long term patient. Many often say that without methadone treatment they would probably be dead. Other forms of treatment were not effective and they had come to believe that they would…

Treatment Facility Locator Buprenorphine Physician Locator Center for Substance Abuse Treatment US government search engine to locate all forms of drug treatment. Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) US government search engine to locate physicians prescribing Buprenorphine. Code of Federal Regulations Federal Register, January 17, 2001   CRF 42 Part 8 in text and…

AUTHORIZING Patient’s NAME (please print): Last: __________________ First ______________ M.I.___      Date of Birth: ___________________ Social Security #: ______ – _____ – ______ AUTHORIZATION FOR RELEASE OF INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION BETWEEN National Alliance of Methadone Advocates (NAMA) 435 Second Avenue New York, NY 10010 tel/fax: 212 595-6262 AND _____________________________________________  (Person/Facility) ______________________________________________   (Address) ______________________________________________   (Address) ______________________________________________  (City, ST, Zip)…

Volumn 2, Number 1 February 15, 2000 Organizational News by Joycelyn Woods The big news as this year and the Millennium closes is that methadone is slowly moving to being an accepted medical treatment. This is only the beginning THE FIRST STEP – and there is still an immense amount of work to be done….

Policy Statement Number 13 July 2003 The development of Oral Swabs for toxicology testing shows potential in providing an alternative means to test for drug use and to assess if a patient is taking their medication as prescribed. Such advances in technology should improve the quality of treatment that programs can provide to patients. However…