Methadone Spoken Here

Sunday, October 17, 2004 Special Meeting In September 2000, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment brought together the leading national patient support and education organizations for a 2 day meeting to discuss the escalation of opioid dependency and the stigma associated with its related medication assisted treatments. Through this effort, the Methadone Patient Support and…

            Book of the Month Didn’t Find a Book? Search Amazon.Com’s Catalog 2.5-Million Titles Enter Keyword Or Browse by Subject And Press Go. NAMA is a proud affiliate of Amazon.Com Your purchase helps NAMA! A Classic and the book that started it…… Federal Regulation of Methadone Treatment by Richard A. Rettig and Adam…

FALSE!   This is a very commonly believed myth. While it is true that methadone was first synthesized by German pharmacologists before WWII began, its properties were not discovered until after the war. “Dolophine” the original trade name for methadone hydrochloride, was not derived from the name “Adolph”, but from the Latin “dolor” (pain) and…

FALSE!   Extensive research has demonstrated that stabilized methadone maintenance patients are indistinguishable from control groups in cognitive functioning and motor skills. Stable MMT patients can not be distinguished from control groups by way of anything short of a toxicological screening. References: Gordon, N.B.: The functional status of the methadone maintained person; In: Simmons, L.R.S….

J. Thomas Payte, M.D. is Medical Director and Founder of Drug Dependence Associates in San Antonio, Texas, Chair of the Maintenance Medications Committee of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and a member of NAMAs Advisory Board. Jeffrey Smith, Ph.D. has a degree is central nervous system pharmacology. Joycelyn Woods, M.A. is President of NAMA….