Complete Your Training and CertificationDownload Forms
Download the Application and the CMA Test below. Complete both forms and return by mail or email.
For more information contact. Walter Ginter, CMA, Director of Training |
Complete Your Training and CertificationDownload Forms
Download the Application and the CMA Test below. Complete both forms and return by mail or email.
For more information contact. Walter Ginter, CMA, Director of Training |
Seven Policies Required to Conquer Addiction in our Lifetime By Johnny Allem, The Johnson Institute (2004). Know Your Rights a Center for Substance Abuse Treatment publication (2007). Recovery Month Resources for Recovery Month. What does recovery mean to you Lessons from the recovery experience for research and practice by Alexandre B. Laudet. Published in the Journal of Substance Abuse…
If you do one thing for methadone patients this year…. DO THIS! Write to your representative in Congress and tell them that methadone saved your life and that it works. You do not have to sign your name you can make up a name like “Mary Methadone” or “Tommy Treatment” and say that you cannot…
FALSE! Current research shows that doses below 60 mg/day are “not effective and hence not appropriate” and that low dose policies for pregnant and non-pregnant patients are associated with increased drug use as well as reduced program retention. Medical withdrawal of opioid dependent women is not recommended in pregnancy because of increased risk to the…
A Commentary on Federal Policy for Patients Receiving Over 100 mgs (Revised) There are many misperceptions and misunderstanding about the federal regulations and particularly when it comes to issues regarding raising the dose over 100 mgs. Prior to the HIV epidemic in order to raise a patient’s dose it was required for the physician to…
You have to register for the Certified Methadone Advocate Training course through NAMA. The training course is one day. The first training will be at the AATOD Conference in Washington on Saturday April 12, 2003. The cost of course is $100 and includes 2003 membership in NAMA. Everyone who pre-registers and completes the requirements will…
HCV Info Fact 9 Nov 2003 Antiviral therapy has steadily improved over the last decade. The side effect profile of interferon-based therapies has remained largely unchanged. Recent data have suggested that improved adherence to combination regimens will favorable affect sustained virologic response rates. The minimal criteria recommended by the National Institutes of Health for candidates…
