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FALSE! Methadone patients feel the normal range of pain, and due to cross tolerance with methadone may need significantly _higher_ doses of narcotic analgesics administered _more_ frequently. Reference: Dole, V.P.; Nyswander, M.E. & Kreek, M.J. Narcotic blockade. Archives of Internal Medicine, 1966(October) 118: 304-309 Back to the Methadone Test

New Methadone Regulations The comment period is now over. CSAT has formed a committee to review the comments and the regulations. A short meeting is planned for January 31, 2000. Two NAMA officers are on the committee Lisa Torres, Esq. and Joycelyn Woods. Buprenorphrine Committee A federal committee has been formed to review the guidelines…

Policy Statement Number 9 August 2002 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 contact the Food and Drug Administration…

The Writer Asks to Have Their Name Withheld for Fear of Retaliation Imagine — a young woman is in the Ladies Room stall, the Door is being held open by a worker whose job it is to observe the woman (any female patient) give a urine sample. This sample is tested for any drugs that…

 Vol. 66, No. 11 / Wednesday, January 17, 2001 / Rules and Regulations (i)                 Unsupervised or take-home use.   To limit the potential for diversion of opioid agonist treatment medications to the illicit market, opioid agonist treatment medications dispensed to patients for unsupervised use shall be subject to the following requirements.   (1)   Any patient…