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What Did You Do For NAMA Today? Vermont Patient Denied Medication Despite Court Order Three years ago Keith Griggs, 40, was a strung out homeless addict. Today, after getting on a methadone program, Keith and his wife Tammy have worked hard at building a new life for themselves and their two children. Keith also just…
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,…
The National Alliance of Methadone Advocates (nama) holds the view that every individual who believes in methadone treatment is at least a potential Certified Methadone Advocate (CMA). We encourage all supporters of methadone treatment, patient and non-patient, to become Certified Methadone Advocates so that all energies directed toward the advancement of methadone treatment produce…
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Our Mission Today over a million people in this country are suffering from an addiction to opiates. The fortunate ones are those who have sought treatment… those who take a single dose of medication each day to be free of opiate addiction. It was 50 years ago that a group of three doctors at Rockefeller…
The first training for certification will include a variety of topics to give advocates a well-grounded understanding of methadone treatment, research, regulations and laws that protect methadone patients and programs. Addiction and Methadone– Tom Payte, MD (Drug Dependence Associates) and Joycelyn Woods, MA. (NAMA) The biological constructs of addiction will be explained in…