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National Alliance of Methadone Advocates
The President’s Office Joycelyn Woods Executive Report |
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DRAFT New York State Regulations, Page 4 of 5
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National Alliance of Methadone Advocates
The President’s Office Joycelyn Woods Executive Report |
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DRAFT New York State Regulations, Page 4 of 5
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THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF METHADONE ADVOCATES, NAMA IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING A PERIOD OF ADMINISTRATIVE REORGANIZATION, WHICH SHOULD BE COMPLETED SOON. WE ASK YOUR COOPERATION IN HELPING FACILITATE THIS TRANSITION BY POSTPONING ALL NON-ESSENTIAL, NON-EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION. THE WEBSITE (https://www.Methadone.org) AND THE PHONE LINE (212-595-6262) WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE. HOWEVER, UNTIL THE REORGANIZATION IS COMPLETE, WE…
United States Regulations Code of Federal Regulations 42 Part 8. Opioid Drugs in Maintenance and Detoxification Treatment of Opiate Addiction. Federal Register 17 January 2001. (PDF Format) Publication of Final Rule with comments. 42 Code of Federal Regulations Part 2 . Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records. New Take Home Regulations. Page 4098…
The Associated Press State & Local Wire, May 3, 2005. DATELINE: Baltimore The state health department has stopped running laboratory tests for Maryland’s methadone clinics, removing a safeguard against misuse of the drug, potentially worsening what authorities say is a growing problem. Methadone, a heroin replacement medication, is used by about 13,400 recovering addicts in…
FALSE! These are three of the many myths of methadone. Few drugs have been studied as extensively in humans as methadone. Hundreds of thousands of people have been maintained on methadone, many since the treatment was developed over thirty years ago. Methadone and methadone therapy are so tremendously misunderstood (for many reasons) that any study…
FALSE! Current research shows that doses below 60 mg/day are “not effective and hence not appropriate” and that low dose policies for pregnant and non-pregnant patients are associated with increased drug use as well as reduced program retention. Medical withdrawal of opioid dependent women is not recommended in pregnancy because of increased risk to the…
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…
