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Volumn 2, Number 1 February 15, 2000 Organizational News by Joycelyn Woods The big news as this year and the Millennium closes is that methadone is slowly moving to being an accepted medical treatment. This is only the beginning THE FIRST STEP – and there is still an immense amount of work to be done….
DOJ publishes guidance on Opioid Use Disorder and the Americans with Disabilities Act April 15, 2022 “The opioid crisis poses an extraordinary challenge to communities throughout our country. The Department of Justice (the Department) has responded with a comprehensive approach prioritizing prevention, enforcement, and treatment. This includes enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act (Ada), which…
USE OF HIGHER-DOSE METHADONE By Sarz Maxwell MD & Marc Shinderman MD Center for Addictive Problems 609 N Wells Chicago IL 60610 Abstract Using signs, symptoms and serum methadone levels to guide evaluation, we treated 188 patients in a methadone maintenance program with doses of methadone exceeding 100 mg/d. The mean dose…
2009 National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. NAMA Announces New Name. Press Release, April 26, 2009. 2004 National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. National Alliance of Methadone Advocates Calls on Advocates To Remind Policy Makers To Include Medication Assisted Treatment in Access to Recovery Grants. Press Release, June 14, 2004. Curley, B. Recovery Advocates Sharpen Their Skills. Join Together, June…
National Methadone Conference AMTA 2001 Tuesday, October 9th 2 P.M. Administrative Detox: Necessary Use or Abuse Joe Neuberger, Delaware NAMA James DePasquale, Long Beach Patient Committee This roundtable examined the practice of “administrative detoxification” from programs, and explored the conflicts between what programs often perceive as a necessary evil and patients often perceive as a…
NAMA wishes to thank the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) for their Support of Certified Methadone Advocate Training at the 2003 AATOD Conference in Washington DC. NAMA wishes to offer special thanks to Mallinckrodt and American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD).