Several countries
are using opiates for maintenance treatment,
including:
* codeine
* morphine
* palfium
* buprenorphine
* injectable
methadone
Presenters
of these pharmacotherapies will include leading clinicians
and health
officials from the Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain,
Canada, France,
Australia, Spain, Israel and the United States
These conferences
are sponsored by:
Beth Israel
Medical Center
Columbia University
School of Public Health
The Lindesmith
Center of the Open Society Institute
Montefiore
Medical Center
The New York
Academy of Medicine
Yale University
Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
Fee: $40 June
6 conference
$50 September 25 conference
lunch included
For on-line
registration: www.nyam.org/meded/announcements/heroin.html
For further
information contact the New York Academy of Medicine at
212-822-7237,
fax at 212-987-4735, or e-mail [email protected]
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