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 for buprenorphrine prescribing. Joycelyn Woods will be the consumer representative on the committee. The first meeting is scheduled in February.
Patient’s Bill of Rights
NAMA has been asked to be a Steakholder in a group that will develop documents about Patient’s Rights.
New England NAMA is very close to making methadone a reality in Vermont and New Hampshire. Contact Alice Diorio as to how you can help in this last push.
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…
Ira Sobel, M.A. is Staff Writer and Researcher for Methadone Awareness, Editor-at-Large for The Ombudsman and has written articles for the newsletters of many of NAMA’s affiliates.Sobel, I. 1995. Methaphobia: Us and Them. The Ombudsman (Spring/Summer) No. 3/4: 5-6. Have you ever been discriminated against because of being on methadone? Were you ever blackballed by…
How much do you really know about methadone? Take NAMA’s Methadone Awareness Test and find out! Is methadone maintenance trading one addiction for another? True or False. Answer References If you got the answer correct give yourself 10 points. Pregnant women should withdraw or at least lower their dose of methadone so that the baby…
LetterTo The Editor Birminghan Post-Herald, October 28, 2004 435 Second Avenue New York, NY 10010 (212) 595-6262 October 28, 2004 Re: Residents oppose a private methadone clinic in Saginaw by DANIEL Jackson (10/27/04). To the editor: It is wonderful to see an objective article about methadone treatment. The tendency is for the media to sensationalize…
Resources Office Based Opioid Treatment Federal Code U.S. Federal Code. Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records. Public Law 106-310, 106th CongressSec. 3502. Controlled Substances Act, October 17, 2000. Physician Waiver to Prescribe, Dispense Schedule III-V Narcotic Drugs in the Treatment of Narcotic Addiction. Ammendment to Section 303(g) of the Controlled Substances Act (21…
Physicians’ Guide: Opioid Agonist Medical Maintenance Treatment D R A F T G U I D E L I N E S Prepared for the Office of Pharmacologic and Alternative Therapies (OPAT) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Andrea Grubb…
