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The National Alliance of Methadone Advocates supports the NIH Consensus Statement on Effective Treatment of Heroin Addiction that was facilitated by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute of Health. The imprecate of this special statement should be understood in order to realize the impact that it can have on methadone maintenance…

February 10, 2004 We were hoping that this wouldn’t happen in because some legislators had come out in the media with reservations about this bill. Not so! House Bill #4387 which adds new restrictions on MMT clinics into the WV Health Code was introduced Tuesday February 10. 2004. You can view the bill in it’s…

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…

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)…

USE OF HIGHER-DOSE METHADONE   By Sarz Maxwell MD & Marc Shinderman MD Center for Addictive Problems 609 N Wells Chicago IL 60610   Abstract   Using signs, symptoms and serum methadone levels to guide evaluation, we treated 188 patients in a methadone maintenance program with doses of methadone exceeding 100 mg/d.  The mean dose…

National Methadone Conference AMTA 2001 Monday, October 8th, 11 am to 1 pm Chair Mark Parrino, American Methadone Treatment Association The Policy Maker’s Luncheon is an invitation only event that is attended by the federal and state agencies and national organizational representatives (i.e. ASAM, NAMA). Therefore no pictures were taken during the luncheon. The Policy…