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Publication Index

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Journal
Articles


Anderson, J. Methadone, history, pharmacology, outcomes, clinical issues and future trends. Advance 2002 April: 42-48. (PDF Format)


Coates, E.A.; Brennan, D.; Logan, R.M.; Goss, A.N.; Scopacasa, B.; Spencer, A.J.; Gorkic, E. Hepatitis c and associated health problems. Australian Dental Journal 2000 45(2): 108-114. (PDF Format)


D’Aunno, T.; Pollack, H.A. Changes in Methadone Treatment Practices: Results From a National Panel Study, 1988-2000 (Abstract).
Journal of the American Medical Association August 21, 2002, Vol. 88, No. 7.


Joseph, H; Woods, J.

Stigma: The Invisible Barrier. Excerpted from Herman Joseph’s dissertation Methadone Medical Maintenance: The Further Concealment of a Stigmatized Condition, 1994.


Maxwell,S.; Shinderman,M.
Optimizing response to
methadone maintenance treatment: Use of higher dose methadone. Journal Psychoactive Drugs 1999 31: 95-102.


Maxwell,S.; Shinderman,M. Optimizing long-term response to methadone maintenance treatment: A 152-week follow-up using higher-dose treatment. Journal of Addictive Diseses 2002 21(3) 12p. (PDF Format)


Salsitz, E.A.; Joseph, H.,; Frank, B.; Perez, J.; Richmond, B.; Salomon, N.; Kalin,M.F.; Novick, D.M.
Methadone medical maintenance: Treating chronic opiate dependence in private medical practice a summary report 1983-1998. Mt. Sinai Journal of Medicine 2000 67(5&6) 388-396. (PDF Format)

Press Releases and Alerts

NIDA Research and SAMHSA Physician Training Combine to Put Care for Opiate Dependence in Hands of Family Doctor. NIDA News Advisory October 9, 2002.


Orlaam(LAAM) Alert! FDA Warns About Orlaam. FDA Alert April 20, 2001.

Other Documents


Fact Sheet: Improving Quality and Oversight of Methadone Treatment. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), January 16, 2001.


Drug Court Fact Sheet. American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence, 2001.

REISINGER, M.
Methadone as Normal Medicine. Presented at the European Methadone Association Forum,
AMTA Methadone Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, October 31, 1995.

Joseph, H.; Woods, J.

Comparison Chart of Illicit Heroin Addiction and Stabilized Methadone Maintenance. METHADONE TREATMENT WORKS 1994.


The supervised consumption of methadone (leaflet). Methadone Alliance. 2002. (PDF Format)


Patient’s Rights.
Medication Assisted Treatment. Patient Support and Community Education Project, 2002. (PDF Format)

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