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Join Together Online January 21, 2003 While 616 physicians nationwide are now authorized to prescribe buprenorphine, its widespread use is still an issue, the Baltimore Sun reported on January 15. Product availability is the first problem. Despite receiving FDA approval in October, the manufacturer did not ship the product to pharmaceutical warehouses until last week….

FALSE! Methadone normalizes endocrine and immune functions deranged by injection of impure street narcotics. References:   Kreek; 1973 Dole, V.P.; Implications of methadone maintenance for theories of narcotic addiction. Jounal of the American Medical Association, 1988 (November 25)260(20): 3025–3029  Back to the Methadone Test

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Most heroin addicts will tell you the high behind methadone is quite inadequate, at least in comparison with the real thing. You may have heard a saying, If God made something better than heroin, He is keeping it to Himself! Almost all opiate addicts like heroin better than methadone.  The most seasoned staff people at…

National Methadone Conference AMTA 2001 Tuesday, October 9th 2 P.M. Administrative Detox: Necessary Use or Abuse Joe Neuberger, Delaware NAMA James DePasquale, Long Beach Patient Committee This roundtable examined the practice of “administrative detoxification” from programs, and explored the conflicts between what programs often perceive as a necessary evil and patients often perceive as a…