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The inclusion of the following links does not
imply the endorsement by NAMA of any information, material or
political perspective contained therein, nor is any guarantee
made about the accuracy of such material. Some of the
information provided is contrary to the neuropharmacological
perspective upon which methadone maintenance treatment is
based. Some is not. Evaluate with
caution. 

 

  Submissions and Corrections

NAMA cannot be responsible for the
content of linked websites.  Please use this resource at your own
risk.

 

Methadone Specific
Sites 
Center for Addictive Problems

Marc Shinderman MD

Dr.
Thomas Payte’s Site  

International Center for the Advancement of Addiction
Treatment

Dr. R.
Newman
Director

American Association For The Treatment of Opioid
Dependencies

Mark Parrino, MPA
President

 CSAT Facility Locator  
 AT Forum
Clinic Locator		 FDA
US Methadone Treatment Directory  Requires  Adobe
Acrobat Reader
Generic
Methadone Information Sheet 		   MMT
Factbook 
  Regarding
Methadone Treatment From NYS
Providers

We
Speak Methadone Forum
 Methadone
Side Effects		 METHADONE INTERACTIONS WITH HIV ANTIVIRAL
DRUGS 		Canadian 
Methadone
and HIV  		 DRCNet’s
Special
Report on Methadone
Focus on
Methadone 
From the
Lindesmith Center 		  Consumer’s Union
Report on Methadone		 Dr.
Mary Jeanne Kreek’s Home Page 
       
Substance Abuse-Harm Reduction-Drug
Policy 
Harm Reduction
Project		 Canadian Foundation for Drug
Policy 		 Drug
Reform Coordination Network
(DRCNet)  		 DrugText Site  
 TRIMBOS 
(Netherlands) 
And a
direct link to their 
Factsheet on Dutch Opiate
Policy 		 DRCNET Online Library of Drug
Policy		 HabitSmart’s Harm
Reduction Site   		 New York
State  
Syringe Exchange
List 
 Schaffer Drug
Library 
Extensive		 Media Awareness
Project 		    
       
Federal Agencies 
National Institutes of
Health  		 National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and
Drug Information  		 Pulse
Check  U.S. government analysis
of drug trends.		 National Institute on
Drug Abuse  

NIDA Notes on
the Web 
 
Canadian Centre on Substance
Abuse   		 SAMSHA 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration 		 CSAT’s Opioid
Addiction Treatment Improvement Project
CSAT- Center for Substance Abuse
Treatment
   NIH Consensus Statement “Effective Medical Treatment
of Opiate Addiction“
.        
Medical and Scientific References 
National Library of
Medicine  		 Free
Medline and Other Databases 		 Talarian
Map  
Excellent
clinical guidelines for the management of cancer pain. Could be more
explicit regarding the needs of methadone
patients. 		 [Opioid]  
Neuropeptides
and Their Receptors  
(a brief abstract). 
Opioid
Antagonists  
(a brief
overview). 		 Benzodiazapines
and Endogenous Opioids 		 Roxane Pain
Institute 		 American Society
of Addiction Medicine  
Opioid
Analgesics CHEMICAL
STRUCTURES		 Chemistry
of Opioid Analgesics		 Center for
Opioid Research and Design

  
Tools for Concerned Citizens 
The Electronic
Activist  
Educate your
representatives via e-mail!  		 US
House of Representatives  Addresses 		 US Senator’s  Addresses Library of
Congress 
and a direct link
to their 
Thomas  
congressional archive. 


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