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May 1994
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Sunday, October 17, 2004 Special Meeting In September 2000, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment brought together the leading national patient support and education organizations for a 2 day meeting to discuss the escalation of opioid dependency and the stigma associated with its related medication assisted treatments. Through this effort, the Methadone Patient Support and…
Education Series Number 4 April 1994 Herman Joseph, Ph.D. was part of the original team that started methadone treatment at The Rockefeller University. His research and publications have had a major influence on methadone treatment. After leaving the research team at Rockefeller University Dr. Joseph started and administered a methadone clinic for patients on probation…
Ira Sobel, M.A. is Staff Writer and Researcher for Methadone Awareness, Editor-at-Large for The Ombudsman and has written articles for the newsletters of many of NAMA’s affiliates. Have you ever been discriminated against because of being on methadone? Were you ever blackballed by a 12 step program and at the same time told to sit…
National Alliance of Methadone Advocates Date: January 12, 2004 For Immediate Release Contact: Joycelyn Woods and Walter Ginter Phone: (212) 595-6262 NAMA has been involved in a Methadone Emergency Database Project which will create a way to verify a patient’s dose in the case of an emergency. Now we hear that the Methadone Emergency Database…
Basic Pharmacology: How Methadone Works Part 2 Basic Opioid Pharmacology All natural and synthetic opioids exhibit a three dimensional T-shaped configuration (Barchas, Berger, Ciaranello and Elliott, 1977). This T-shaped molecule has two broad hydrophobic surfaces which are at right angles and a methylated nitrogen which is usually charged at physiological pH. The charged nitrogen is…