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Press Release July 22, 1999 National Alliance of Methadone Advocates NAMA 435 Second Avenue New York, NY 10010 Email: [email protected] NAMA applauds the hard work of SAMHSA, the ONDCP, NIDA and CSAT for the release of the New Accreditation Guidelines for Methadone and LAAM Treatment. We are aware that these agencies have made tremendous efforts…
What Is Office Based Opioid Treatment or OBOT? OBOT is the treatment of opiate addiction with a medication in a physicians’ office and outside of the clinic system. Two medications are available methadone and buprenorphrine that was recently approved. Each medication has specific requirements and regulations before it can be dispensed. Using buprenorphine the physician…
TRAINING COURSE Sponsored By: The National Alliance of Methadone Advocates Place: New York, New York Date: May 13, 2004 Where: Phillips Ambulatory Care Pavilion Beth Israel Medical Center Time: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM To Register complete the Registration Form and send it in with your payment: $75.00 CASAC/CPP/CPS training only $100.00 CASAC/CPP/CPS training plus Certified Methadone Advocate (CMA)…
Letter to the editor Clinch Valley News September 15, 2004 Life Center of Galax opened a clinic in Tazewell County (LCG/T) has helped hundreds of people successfully with Methadone treatment, counseling, and group therapy. The people enrolled in the Life Center and the clinic has been met with scrutiny and stigma based on misunderstanding of…
Policy Statement Number 14 July 2003 As methadone programs have become more punitive the policy of observing the patient while giving a urine specimen has become more common. Fortunately, these policies have remained the exception, as the majority of programs do not find the need to scrutinize their patients. Patients state that it is of…
Make This One of Your Monthly Tasks! Write Your Representatives! Write to your representative in Congress and tell them that methadone saved your life and that it works. You do not have to sign your name you can make up a name like “Mary Methadone” or “Tommy Treatment” and say that you cannot sign your…
