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Policy Statement Number 7 January 1997 Methadone treatment has been in existence now for over thirty years returning to society more productive individuals than any other treatment modality. Yet, despite this success it is disparaged and misunderstood which has translated into bias and discrimination not only for the consumer of the treatment as even those…
National Alliance of Methadone Advocates The Pharmacology of Methadone Ignorance about methadone abounds. Professionals working in the field receive very little or no training at all about the very medication that they will be administering. Rarely is addiction viewed as a disease and under the domain of the medical profession. Even the medical profession does…
Links Favorite Links National Alliance of Methadone Advocates Rokki’s Methadone List Bitch and Gripe Methadone Espanol Bulletin Board TexNAMA New Zealand Methadone Advocates Pagina del Gruppo SIMS (NAMA Materials in Italian) Brugerforeningen (NAMA Materials in Danish) Addiction Treatment Forum The Ibogaine Dossier American Society of Addiction Medicine Center for Substance Abuse Treatment CSAT Treatment Facility…
The intent of Bottle Recall initially was to be able to allow patients take home medication and to insure that methadone is not diverted to the streets. However, methadone programs have been giving patients take home medication for years without a serious methadone diversion problem. Furthermore numerous studies have demonstrated that methadone is not a…
Methadone maintenance treatment has been the most effective treatment for addiction to heroin resulting the cessation of heroin use and criminal behavior. Prior to the development of methadone maintenance treatment over 28 years ago narcotic addiction was considered incurable and a behavioral disorder under the control of law enforcement. Drs. Dole and Nyswander brought the…
NAMA Talk Volumn 2, Number 2 March 15, 2000 Organizational News by Joycelyn Woods This will be a short column since there is a lot of Reading in this issue of NAMA Talk and we are busy, busy, busy with the AMTA Conference. Maureen Neville reports that the Patient Board had a meeting last week…
