Six Steps to Zero Deaths
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Six Steps to Zero Deaths
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Methadone maintenance treatment has been the most effective treatment for addiction to heroin resulting the cessation of heroin use and criminal behavior. Prior to the development of methadone maintenance treatment over 28 years ago narcotic addiction was considered incurable and a behavioral disorder under the control of law enforcement. Drs. Dole and Nyswander brought the…
by Thomas D’Aunno, PhD; Harold A. Pollack, PhD Journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 288, No. 7 August 21, 2002 Context Results from several studies conducted in the early 1990s showed that the majority of US methadone maintenance programs did not use treatment practices that met established standards for the care of heroin users….
The National Alliance of Methadone Advocates supports the NIH Consensus Statement on Effective Treatment of Heroin Addiction that was facilitated by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute of Health. The imprecate of this special statement should be understood in order to realize the impact that it can have on methadone maintenance…
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…
Treatment INDEX OBOT PUBLICATIONS- Federal Code, Manuals, Teaching Packets, and other OBOT information. BASIC INFORMATION FOR PHYSICIANS NAMA’s Comments to the Federation of State Medical Boards Physicians’ Guide: Opioid Agonist Medical Maintenance Treatment Using Buprenorphine for Office Based Opioid Treatment (pdf file) Manual For Methadone Medical Management (pdf file)
HCV Info Fact 9 Nov 2003 Antiviral therapy has steadily improved over the last decade. The side effect profile of interferon-based therapies has remained largely unchanged. Recent data have suggested that improved adherence to combination regimens will favorable affect sustained virologic response rates. The minimal criteria recommended by the National Institutes of Health for candidates…
