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PLEASE NOTE:   The inclusion of the following links does not imply the endorsement by NAMA of any information or political perspective contained therein, nor is any guarantee made about the accuracy of such material. Some of the information provided is contrary to the neuropharmacological perspective upon which methadone maintenance treatment is based. Some is…

FALSE!   This may not be as common as the other myths in this test, but it comes from the same kind of thinking (or rather, lack of thinking…). When the person who first told us this one was asked why she thought this was true, she said the same thing we always hear after…

  Basic Pharmacology: How Methadone Works? Introduction To Three Part Series By J.T. Payte, Jeffrey Smith and Joycelyn Woods 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…

NAMA IS COMMITTED TO: Promoting quality methadone maintenance treatment as the most effective modality for the treatment of heroin addiction.  Working to dispel the ignorance regarding MMT which plagues both treatment professionals and the general public.  Fighting discrimination perpetrated against methadone maintenance patients.  Struggling to destigmatize the treatment which has given us back our lives. …

SAMHSA Press Release January 17, 2001 New federal regulations were issued today to improve the quality and oversight of substance abuse treatment programs that use methadone and other medication to treat heroin and similar addictions. The regulations create a new accreditation program managed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for…