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NAMA IS COMMITTED TO: Promoting quality methadone maintenance treatment as the most effective modality for the treatment of heroin addiction.  Working to dispel the ignorance regarding MMT which plagues both treatment professionals and the general public.  Fighting discrimination perpetrated against methadone maintenance patients.  Struggling to destigmatize the treatment which has given us back our lives. …

The Pharmacology of Methadone Ignorance about methadone abounds. Professionals working in the field receive very little or no training at all about the very medication that they will be administering. Rarely is addiction viewed as a disease and under the domain of the medical profession. Even the medical profession does not understand addiction, and most…

Join Together Online January 21, 2003 While 616 physicians nationwide are now authorized to prescribe buprenorphine, its widespread use is still an issue, the Baltimore Sun reported on January 15. Product availability is the first problem. Despite receiving FDA approval in October, the manufacturer did not ship the product to pharmaceutical warehouses until last week….

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates Inc. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    July 25, 1998 435 Second Avenue, New York, NY  10010 Contact: Joycelyn Woods              Policy Statement (212) 595-6262   Press Release     Mayor Guilianis Announcement About Plan to Close Methadone Programs in New York City Uses a Misunderstood Drug Treatment to Promote Celebrity at the…

Basic Information About Buprenorphine Federal Law For the first time in nearly a century physicians may now treat opiate addiction. On October 17, 2000 Title XXXV of the Children’s Health Act of 2000 was enacted that permits the prescribing of certain medications to treat opiate addiction. Physicians may now prescribe Schedule III, IV, and V…

American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence Washington, D.C. ~ April 13-16, 2003 Hot Topic: Administrative Detox Facilitator: Joe Neuberger Delaware NAMA Bitch and Gripe.Com Administrative Detox is our subject. It is a policy whereby methadone patients in treatment are banished from their programs for the umbrella term of “non-compliance.” Now we’re not talking…