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This chart was prepared by Herman Joseph and Joycelyn Sue Woods and is reprinted from METHADONE TREATMENT WORKS: A COMPENDIUM FOR METHADONE MAINTENANCE TREATMENT Topic Illicit Heroin Addiction Stabilized Methadone Maintenance Onset of action Immediate 30 minutes Duration of action 4 – 6 hours 24 – 36 hours or half-life Route of administration Injection, snorting,…
What is International Drug User’s Day (IDUD) The IDUD is something that is not celebrated in the US. It is Novemeber 1st and the first celebration was in Holland (where else) and most of the big celebrations since have been there. But this year BF hosted the main event in Denmark and the US NAMA…
“Together we can make a difference” METHADONE “A life saving medication” Maryland NAMA is the National Alliance of Methadone Advocates (NAMA) official chapter for the state of Maryland. NAMA is a world wide organization dedicated to the betterment of treatment for all methadone patients. Join us in the struggle! NAMA’s Goals To eliminate discrimination toward…
The dilution of methadone with water was initiated as a result of the first federal methadone regulations because it was believed that this policy would reduce the diversion of methadone. While initially this policy may have had an impact within a short time most prospective buyers learning that methadone was now diluted with water knew…
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…
Welcome to The President’s Office and to the National Alliance for Medication Assisted Recovery or NAMA Recovery. NAMA Recovery has gone through some significant changes in the past few years. We are proud of the MARS Project the first project of its kind that provides recovery services to patients receiving Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT). As…