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Pharmacological Agents Interacting With Methadone
Information on NAMA’s website is not intended as medical advice for individual problems. Appropriate medical professionals should be consulted regarding addiction and addiction recovery. Pharmacologic Agents Clinical Signs and Symptoms Comments Drugs That Decrease Methadone Levels Rifampin, phenytoin, carbamazepine, butabarbital sodium, mephobarbital, phenobarbital, secobarbital, ethanol (chronic), disulfiram, urinary acidifiers, ascorbic acid Withdrawal signs Disulfiram…
Buprenorphine treats opiate addiction in office; Two Sublingual Formulations Approved
Mechcatie, Elizabeth. Family Practice News 32(22): 7. November 15, 2002 The approval of the partial opioid agonist buprenorphine for treating opiate dependence has paved the way for office-based treatment of opioid addiction and far greater access to treatment for hundreds of thousands of heroin addicts across the country. Two sublingual formulations have been approved: Buprenorphine…
Sample Letter
________________________________ Your Name ________________________________ Address ________________________________ City, State, Zip Date____________________________ Honorable Senator ________________ United States Senate Washington, DC 20515 Dear Senator _____________________: On February 11, 1999 Senator McCain introduced S423 the Addiction Free Treatment Act. This legislation was intended as a political assault on the Office of National Drug Control Policy…
New Federal Regulations Issued to Improve Methadone Treatment
SAMHSA Press Release January 17, 2001 New federal regulations were issued today to improve the quality and oversight of substance abuse treatment programs that use methadone and other medication to treat heroin and similar addictions. The regulations create a new accreditation program managed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for…
Registering for Training and Certification
You have to register for the Certified Methadone Advocate Training course through NAMA. The training course is one day. The first training will be at the AATOD Conference in Washington on Saturday April 12, 2003. The cost of course is $100 and includes 2003 membership in NAMA. Everyone who pre-registers and completes the requirements will…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 9, 2002 NIDA Contact: Michelle Person 301-443-6245 SAMHSA Contact: Leah Young 301-443-8956 NIDA Research and SAMHSA Physician Training Combine to Put Care for Opiate Dependence in Hands of Family Doctor. Buprenorphine, a new medication developed through more than a decade of research supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), will now become…