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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 Virginia NAMA Addiction Treatment Watchdog Advocates for Recovery through Medicine Date: January 28, 2004 For Immediate Release Contact: Joycelyn Woods [email protected] Charles Kitts [email protected] Phone: (212) 595-6262 Terri Martinez [email protected] Chris Kelly [email protected] Delegate Marshall Long, D-Mercer County, West Virginia, plans to introduce a bill creating new state regulations for…
Seven Policies Required to Conquer Addiction in our Lifetime By Johnny Allem, The Johnson Institute (2004). Know Your Rights a Center for Substance Abuse Treatment publication (2007). Recovery Month Resources for Recovery Month. What does recovery mean to you Lessons from the recovery experience for research and practice by Alexandre B. Laudet. Published in the Journal of Substance Abuse…
Is Your Program Punitive? Fill Out a Grievance Report — It’s Time To Educate Them! Does Your Program Treat Patients With Dignity? Fill Out a Compliment Report — Let Them Know They are Appreciated! The Grievance Report Project is an ongoing project used to educate the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) community about quality treatment. Programs…
Stan Novick Stigma (STIG-ma): noun {From the Latin for “mark” or “brand”} a scar left by a hot iron a mark of shame or discredit an identifying mark or characteristic, i.e.: a specific diagnostic sign of a disease Everyone touched positively by methadone maintenance treatment is familiar with stigmatization. Patients, family members, friends, staff- we…
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…