Get Ready for National Recovery Month in SeptemberNAMA declares 2003 THE YEAR OF RECOVERY FOR METHADONE PATIENTS Methadone patients have never been allowed to think of themselves as in recovery. This year the National Alliance of Methadone is declaring Recovery Month “The Year of Recovery for Methadone Patients.” What can you do to make this happen?
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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)
Alabama Division of Substance Abuse Services Home Page http://www.mh.state.al.us/services/sa/sa-main_html Alaska Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Home Page http://health.hss.state.ak.us/dada/ Alaska Regulations http://www.touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/acc/title07chapter033.htm Arizona Bureau of Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Services Home Page http://health.state.az.us/ Index http://www.hs.state.az.us/bhs/index.htm Arkansas Division of Treatment Services Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Home Page http://www.healthyarkansas.com/ Arkansas Regulations http://www.healthyarkansas.com/index.html…
Chair: Dr. P. Kishore, MD, MPH, CMA (Boston NAMA) Committee Members Paul Bowman, CMA Cheri Jarvis, CMA Hepatitis C Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. Although in many people the diseased liver is able to repair itself and regain function, it may progress to scarring of the liver and chronic liver disease. Hepatitis can…
NAMA produces materials for education and disemination. You are free to use them in your publications, or to discribute them. These are intended only as examples. Education Series author, name of document. Education Series, Number X, date. Available from National Alliance of Methadone Advocates, 435 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Policy Statement name of…
Treatment Facility Locator Buprenorphine Physician Locator Center for Substance Abuse Treatment US government search engine to locate all forms of drug treatment. Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) US government search engine to locate physicians prescribing Buprenorphine. Code of Federal Regulations Federal Register, January 17, 2001 CRF 42 Part 8 in text and…
It must be emphasized that methadone maintenance treatment is a medical treatment for narcotic addiction. Recent research has found that abstinent former heroin users have irregularities within their immune and endocrine systems. However, these irregularities are normalized with methadone maintenance. This further underscores that methadone maintenance is a medical treatment for a medical condition that…
