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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…

[Federal Register: January 17, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 11)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 4075-4102] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr17ja01-9]   [[Page 4075]]   ———————————————————————–   Part II   Department of Health and Human Services   ———————————————————————–   Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration   ———————————————————————–   21 CFR Part…

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…

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…

Birmingham News (Alabama), October 15, 2004 Friday. Shelby County’s first proposed methadone clinic won’t be allowed to open after a judge ruled that nearby residents were misled about the owners’ intentions. Shelby County Circuit Judge Dan Reeves granted a permanent injunction Thursday against the Shelby County Treatment Center on U.S. 31 in Saginaw. Reeves’ order…

Education Series Number 9 January 1999 Letter Supplement O N  Y O U R  L E T T E R H E A D Dear Doctor: The bearer of this letter is a patient in a methadone maintenance treatment program. Methadone patients frequently need treatment for other medical, surgical, and dental conditions. At times the health professional…