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Letter to the editor RoanokeTimes (in publication) January 3, 2005 Give some credit to methadone treatment. In response to your Dec. 19 news article, “Are drug deaths decreasing?”: I’d like to make an observation. I’m struck that in trying to find an answer as to why the “drug deaths” may be decreasing, there’s a glaring…
Physicians’ Guide: Opioid Agonist Medical Maintenance Treatment D R A F T G U I D E L I N E S Prepared for the Office of Pharmacologic and Alternative Therapies (OPAT) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Andrea Grubb…
Course Readings Lesson 1: Brief History of Methadone Maintenance Treatment A short introduction about how methadone started. The original team consisted of four and included Drs. Dole and Nyswander who were the investigators, Dr. Herman Joseph who did the statistics and Dr. Mary Jeanne Kreek who was a medical student at the time. Lesson 2: Methadone…
The bias and misunderstandings about methadone as a medication often result in methadone patients being refused medical care (Umbricht-Schneiter, 1994; Zweben and Sorensen, 1988). Another common scenario is that their medication is used to coerce or manipulate methadone patients into medical treatment (Blansfield, 1992). In other areas of medicine such actions would be considered unethical…
Methadone Maintenance and Other Pharmacotherapeutic Interventions in the Treatment of Opioid Dependence. Overview Drug Courts are being confronted with increasing numbers of opiate dependent offenders. This Fact Sheet is intended to dispel misperceptions and educate practitioners about the efficacy of medication assisted treatment. Opioid dependence is a devastating reality and a treatable disease. According to…
to your representative in Congress Upcoming EventsThe next few years will be important and exciting for methadone maintenance treatment. The FDA will be handing over their authority to the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and there will be changes in the methadone regulations to allow for physicians prescribing methadone. The DEA will remain involved in…
