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 U.S.C. 823(g)) The Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000.
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Summary Physician Waiver to Prescribe, Dispense Schedule III-V Narcotic Drugs in the Treatment of Narcotic Addiction (Sec 3502).
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Status of Buprenorphine (pdf format). Letter, September 1, 1999.
U.S. Federal Code. 21 CFR Part 291, 42 CFR Part 8. Department of Health and Human Services.New Federal Regulations Issued to Improve Methadone Treatment (New Rule) Federal Register January 17, 2001. (pdf format)
New Federal Regulations Issued to Improve Methadone Treatment, Press Release January 17, 2001.
Manuals and Basic Information
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Overview Effective Medical Treatment of Opiate Addiction. Consensus Statement November, 1997; Vol. 15. No. 6. National Institute of Health.
National Institute on Drug Abuse. Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment – A Research-Based Guide. Report, 1999. NIH Publication No. 99-1180.
Trachtenberg, A., Fleming, M.F. Diagnosis and Treatment of Drug Abuse in Family Practice. American Family Physician. February 9, 1999 (Web Presentation). National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Using Buprenorphine for Office-based Treatment of Opiate Addiction
(PDF download). September 15, 1999, Unpublished manuscript.
Fiellin, D., Pantalon, M.V., O’Connor, P.G. Manual for Methadone Medical Management. (PDF download). Manual, September 15, 2000.
Teaching Packets
National Institute on Drug Abuse. Introduction to the Brain. Slide Teaching Packet I (Section I), For Health Practitioners, Teachers and Neuroscientists. National Institute on Drug Abuse. Internet Teaching Packet.
National Institute on Drug Abuse. The Brain & the Actions of Cocaine, Opiates, and Marijuana. Slide Teaching Packet I, For Health Practitioners, Teachers and Neuroscientists. Internet Teaching Packet.
National Institute on Drug Abuse. Introduction to the Reward System. Slide Teaching Packet I (Section II) , For Health Practitioners, Teachers and Neuroscientists. Internet Teaching Packet.
National Institute on Drug Abuse. Introduction to Drugs of Abuse: Cocaine, Opiates (Heroin) and Marijuana (THC). Slide Teaching Packet I (Section III) , For Health Practitioners, Teachers and Neuroscientists. Internet Teaching Packet.
National Institute on Drug Abuse. Introduction to Drugs of Abuse: Cocaine, Opiates (Heroin) and Marijuana (THC) Continued. Slide Teaching Packet I (Section III), For Health Practitioners, Teachers and Neuroscientists. Internet Teaching Packet.
OBOT Information
Novick, D.M. and Joseph, H. Medical Maintenance: The Treatment of Chronic Opiate Dependence in General Medical Practice. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 1991 8: 233-239.
American Medical Association. Methadone Maintenance in Private Practice. Report 2 of the Council on Scientific Affairs (I-94), 1994.
San Francisco Dept. of Public Health Physician Prescription Working Group. Program for Physician Prescription of Methadone in San Francisco . (PDF download). Report, May 21 1999.
Salsitz, E.A., Joseph, H. Frank, B., Perez, J., Richman, B.L. Salomon, N. Kalin, M.F., Novick, D.M. Methadone Medical Maintenance (MMM): Treating Chronic Opioid Dependence in Private Medical Practice – A Summary Report (1983-1998). MT Sinai Journal of Medicine 1999 5: 388-397. (pdf format)
Addiction Treatment Forum. MMT & Beyond Office-Based Methadone Prescribing. A.T.Forum Vol X #2, Spring 2001.
International Information
van Brussell, G. Methadone Treatment by General Practitioners in Amsterdam. Bulletin of the NY Academy of Medicine 1995.
Latowsky, Mark and Kallen, Evelyn. Mainstreaming methadone maintenance treatment: the role of family physician. Canadian Medical Association Journal 1997 Vol. 157(4): pp. 395-398.