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Policy Statement Number 6 August 1995 NAMA is well aware of the importance Methadone Anonymous has had on patients across the United States. Organizing a 12 step group is hard work and the commitment of Methadone Anonymous to the recovery of methadone patients is apparent. Methadone Anonymous contends with the same discrimination and stigma that…

  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…

Policy Statement 1 Methadone Medical Maintenance April 1994 Download File  (pdf format) Policy Statement 2 The Policy of Blind Dosing and Patient Dignity April 18, 1994 Download File (pdf format) Policy Statement 3 Discharge From Treatment for Drug Use May 1994 Download File (pdf format) Policy Statement 4 Patient vs Client May 1994 Download File (pdf format) Policy…

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What Is Office Based Opioid Treatment or OBOT? OBOT is the treatment of opiate addiction with a medication in a physicians’ office and outside of the clinic system. Two medications are available methadone and buprenorphrine that was recently approved. Each medication has specific requirements and regulations before it can be dispensed. Using buprenorphine the physician…