


Get Ready for National Recovery Month in September NAMA declares 2005 THE YEAR OF RECOVERY FOR METHADONE PATIENTS Methadone patients have never been allowed to think of themselves as in recovery. This year the National Alliance of Methadone is declaring Recovery Month “The Year of Recovery for Methadone Patients.” Read the President’s Proclamation Time to…
Mechcatie, Elizabeth. Family Practice News 32(22): 7. November 15, 2002 The approval of the partial opioid agonist buprenorphine for treating opiate dependence has paved the way for office-based treatment of opioid addiction and far greater access to treatment for hundreds of thousands of heroin addicts across the country. Two sublingual formulations have been approved: Buprenorphine…
The first training for certification will include a variety of topics to give advocates a well-grounded understanding of methadone treatment, research, regulations and laws that protect methadone patients and programs. Addiction and Methadone– Tom Payte, MD (Drug Dependence Associates) and Joycelyn Woods, MA. (NAMA) The biological constructs of addiction will be explained in…
Title 42–Public Health CHAPTER I–PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PART 8–CERTIFICATION OF OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAMS Subpart A–Accreditation Sec. 8.1 Scope. 8.2 Definitions. 8.3 Application for approval as an accreditation body. 8.4 Accreditation body responsibilities. 8.5 Periodic evaluation of accreditation bodies. 8.6 Withdrawal of approval of accreditation bodies. Subpart B–Certification and Treatment Standards 8.11 Opioid treatment program certification. 8.12 Federal…
Treatment Facility Locator Buprenorphine Physician Locator Maintenance Assistance Point (Europe) Indro’s Coordinating and Information Resource Center for International Travel Traveler’s Health Kit Office of National Drug Control Policy Center For Substance Abuse Treatment CSAT Patient Support & Community Education Project Program Version (PDF Format) National Clearinghouse Opioid Drugs in Maintenance and Detoxification Treatment of Opiate…
We have understood HIV transmission for years. The routes are obvious, limited, and modifiable, yet HIV seroprevalence has steadily increased around the world. There have been only limited medical advances in the treatment of HIV-related illness. Because of a lack of federal leadership on all fronts, from funding to discrimination, misguided research priorities at the…