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  • TRIPS Update

    Admin 08/29/2021

    TRIPS No Longer Operating This past Spring TRIPS the project that assists methadone patients to find an alternative site while traveling was closed. It happened very quickly and as you would expect created problems immediately. NAMA began receiving calls as early as March from patients trying to locate a program in the area that they…

  • Author: NAMA Recovery

    Admin 06/11/2022

    Herman Joseph, PhD 1931 – 2019 May 28, 2019 May 6, 2019 Dr. Joseph was one of the important influences on addiction and criminal justice during the latter 20th and early 21st century.  For more than 50 years he has worked as a social research scientist in the interrelated fields of addiction, treatment, criminal justice,…

  • NOTE:

    Admin 08/18/2022

    The Federal Regulations Pages are a work in progress. In coming weeks they will be better formatted, indexed, etc. But due to overwhelming demand, we have decided to place them up AS IS for the time being. Please inform us of typos, etc. PS- New York State regulations coming soon! If you have the methadone…

  • Basic Pharmacology

    Admin 04/10/2023

    Pharmacology is the study (ology) of drugs (pharmacy). Psychopharmacology is the study of (ology) drugs (pharmacology/y) that produce their effects on the mind or brain (psycho or psyche). There are five basic classes of psycho-active drugs: 1) the opioids (i.e., heroin and methadone), 2) the stimulants (i.e., cocaine, nicotine), 3) the depressants (i.e., tranquilizers, antipsychotics,…

  • FDA Announces Labeling Changes Following Cardiac Adverse Events With Addiction Drug

    Admin 03/17/2023

    FDA Talk Paper April 20, 2001 T01-15 Print Media: 301-827-6242 Broadcast Media: 301-827-3434 Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA The FDA is strengthening warnings to physicians about serious cardiac adverse events associated with Orlaam (levomethadyl acetate HC), a drug for opiate addiction treatment. FDA has changed the Orlaam labeling to increase the strength of the warnings and to…