Publications

Office Based Opioid Treatment

Federal Code

U.S. Federal Code. Confidentiality
of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records.

U.S. Federal Code. Medical Privacy HIPPA, National Standards to Protect the Privacy of Personal Health Information.

Public Law 106-310, 106th Congress Sec.
3502. Controlled Substances Act, October 17, 2000. Physician Waiver to
Prescribe, Dispense Schedule III-V Narcotic Drugs in the Treatment of Narcotic
Addiction. Ammendment to Section 303(g) of the Controlled Substances Act (21
U.S.C. 823(g)) The Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000.

• Summary
  Physician Waiver to Prescribe, Dispense Schedule III-V Narcotic Drugs in
  the Treatment of Narcotic Addiction (Sec 3502).

• Physician
  Waiver Qualifications

• Status
  of Buprenorphine (pdf format). Letter, September 1, 1999.

• Information
  About Buprenorphine

U.S. Federal Code. 21 CFR Part 291, 42 CFR Part 8. Department of Health and
Human Services. New
Federal Regulations Issued to Improve Methadone Treatment (New Rule) Federal
Register January 17, 2001. (pdf
format)

New
Federal Regulations Issued to Improve Methadone Treatment, Press Release, SAMHSA,
January 17, 2001.

NIDA Research and SAMHSA Physician Training Combine to Put Care for Opiate Dependence in Hands of Family Doctor, Press Release, SAMHSA/NIDA
October 9, 2002.

Manuals and Basic Information

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Overview
Effective Medical Treatment of Opiate Addiction. Consensus Statement
November, 1997; Vol. 15. No. 6. National Institute of Health.

National Institute on Drug Abuse. Principles
of Drug Addiction Treatment – A Research-Based Guide. Report, 1999. NIH
Publication No. 99-1180.

Trachtenberg, A., Fleming, M.F. Diagnosis
and Treatment of Drug Abuse in Family Practice. American Family Physician.
February 9, 1999 (Web Presentation). National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration. Using Buprenorphine for
Office-based Treatment of Opiate Addiction (PDF download). September 15,
1999, Unpublished manuscript.

Fiellin, D., Pantalon, M.V., O’Connor, P.G. Manual for Methadone Medical
Management. (PDF download). Manual, September 15, 2000.

Teaching Packets

National Institute on Drug Abuse. Introduction
to the Brain. Slide Teaching Packet I (Section I), For Health Practitioners,
Teachers and Neuroscientists. National Institute on Drug Abuse. Internet
Teaching Packet.

National Institute on Drug Abuse. The
Brain & the Actions of Cocaine, Opiates, and Marijuana. Slide Teaching
Packet I, For Health Practitioners, Teachers and Neuroscientists. Internet
Teaching Packet.

National Institute on Drug Abuse. Introduction
to the Reward System. Slide Teaching Packet I (Section II) , For Health
Practitioners, Teachers and Neuroscientists. Internet Teaching Packet.

National Institute on Drug Abuse. Introduction
to Drugs of Abuse: Cocaine, Opiates (Heroin) and Marijuana (THC). Slide
Teaching Packet I (Section III) , For Health Practitioners, Teachers and
Neuroscientists. Internet Teaching Packet.

National Institute on Drug Abuse. Introduction
to Drugs of Abuse: Cocaine, Opiates (Heroin) and Marijuana (THC) Continued.
Slide Teaching Packet I (Section III), For Health Practitioners, Teachers and
Neuroscientists. Internet Teaching Packet.

OBOT Information

Novick, D.M. and Joseph, H. Medical
Maintenance: The Treatment of Chronic Opiate Dependence in General Medical
Practice. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 1991 8: 233-239.

American Medical Association. Methadone
Maintenance in Private Practice. Report 2 of the Council on Scientific
Affairs (I-94), 1994.

San Francisco Dept. of Public Health Physician Prescription Working Group. Program
for Physician Prescription of Methadone in San Francisco . (PDF download).
Report, May 21 1999.

Salsitz, E.A., Joseph, H. Frank, B., Perez, J., Richman, B.L. Salomon, N.
Kalin, M.F., Novick, D.M. Methadone Medical
Maintenance (MMM): Treating Chronic Opioid Dependence in Private Medical
Practice – A Summary Report (1983-1998). MT Sinai Journal of Medicine 1999
5: 388-397. (pdf format)

Addiction Treatment Forum. MMT
& Beyond Office-Based Methadone Prescribing. A.T.Forum Vol X #2, Spring
2001.

Newman, Robert. Office-Based
Treatment of Opioid-Dependent Patients EDITORIAL. Opiate Addiction Rx Oct
2002, Ref:109.

Drucker, Ernest USA:
Key Issues in Implementing Office Based Opiate Pharmacotherapy in the US.
Opiate Addiction Rx Jan 2003, Ref:111.

Newman, Robert. Treating
Patients for Epilepsy or Heroin Addiction: the Same Principles Apply. Opiate
Addiction Rx Jan 2003, Ref:111.

Opiate Addiction Rx.BUPRENORPHINE:
Latest FAQs Concerning Buprenorphine. Jan 2003, Ref:111.

International Information

van Brussell, G. Methadone
Treatment by General Practitioners in Amsterdam. Bulletin of the NY Academy
of Medicine 1995.

Latowsky, Mark and Kallen, Evelyn. Mainstreaming
methadone maintenance treatment: the role of family physician. Canadian
Medical Association Journal 1997 Vol. 157(4): pp. 395-398.

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