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Information on NAMA’s website is not intended as medical advice for individual problems.   Appropriate medical professionals should be consulted regarding addiction and addiction recovery.   Pharmacologic Agents Clinical Signs and Symptoms Comments Drugs That Decrease Methadone Levels Rifampin, phenytoin, carbamazepine, butabarbital sodium, mephobarbital, phenobarbital, secobarbital, ethanol (chronic), disulfiram, urinary acidifiers, ascorbic acid Withdrawal signs Disulfiram…

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates June 14, 2004 Contact: Joycelyn Sue Woods, M.A., C.M.A., President Phone/Fax (212) 595-NAMA/6262 Walter Ginter, C.M.A., Vice President Phone (203) 233-8266 In a few days the first proposals requesting funds from President Bush’s One Hundred Million Dollar Access to Recovery Program are due in Washington. The purpose of these grants…

The History of Methadone Maintenance Treatment The Discovery of Endorphins How Methadone Works 5. Methadone As Normal Medicine The History of Methadone Maintenance Treatment What is Methadone Maintenance Treatment? A) The most effective treatment for heroin and other opioid dependence? B) A means of reducing the transmission of the AIDS virus? C) The most progressive…

March 3, 1999   Dear Senator McCain: Your introduction of Senate Bill 423 is disheartening. That someone with such an esteemed position as senator would base public policy on the hearsay of a proselytizer instead of sound and extensive scientific evaluations is wrong. It is unfortunate that our government once primarily composed of statesmen today…

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 source of anxiety and constant threat to their treatment. Should administrative detox even be program policy…

What is Methadone Maintenance Treatment? A) The most effective treatment for heroin and other opioid dependence? B) A means of reducing the transmission of the AIDS virus? C) The most progressive and misunderstood form of substance abuse treatment? D) All of the above? The answer is: D) All of the above Methadone maintenance treatment came…