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This chart was prepared by Herman Joseph and Joycelyn Sue Woods and is reprinted from METHADONE TREATMENT WORKS: A COMPENDIUM FOR METHADONE MAINTENANCE TREATMENT Topic Illicit Heroin Addiction Stabilized Methadone Maintenance Onset of action Immediate 30 minutes Duration of action 4 – 6 hours 24 – 36 hours or half-life Route of administration Injection, snorting,…
National Alliance of Methadone Advocates The President’s Office Joycelyn Woods Update on Regulations Countdown to Official Date 3-year Period of Transition Begins: May 17, 2001
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…
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)
Education Series Number 4 August 1994 Methadone, HIV Infection and Immune Function by Herman Joseph Studies undertaken over the past two decades, primarily by Dr. Mary Jeanne Kreek of The Rockefeller University, and corroborated by other scientists throughout the world have established the long-term medical safety of methadone maintenance treatment (Kreek, 1992; Kreek, 1987; Kreek,…
Education Series Number 5.3 February 2001 (Revised) Joycelyn Woods has a graduate degree in neuroscience and psychopharmacology. She has published in neuroscience journals and is recognized internationally for her methadone advocacy work. She is a recipient of the “Richard Lane Methadone Advocacy Award.” Methadone Metabolism Methadone was once considered to be pretty much the same…