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Here's What's New...
Spring 2008 AT Forum Newsletter (Vol. 17, #2)
In This Issue
- From the Publisher – This is YOUR Forum - We Look Forward to Hearing From You
- AATOD Responds to CSAT Guidance on Methadone Take-Homes
- OTPs: Past, Current, Future – Part II (Changing Patient Profiles in OTPs)
- MAT Restores IDU's Immune System
- Indiana Methadone Clinics to Get More Oversight
- Infection with Hepatitis C
- Action Campaign
- Window of Opportunity
- Events to Note
Go to Current Newsletter PDF (HTML Version available)
Now Available Online... Heroin Addiction and
Related Clinical Problems. 
2008(June), Vol. 10, No.2
- Evaluation of Therapeutic Alternatives to Imprisonment for Drug-Dependent Offenders. Findings of a Comparative European Multi-country Study
- Motivational Interventions for Methadone-Treated Patients
- Health Care Utilization and Morbidity Associated With Methadone and Buprenorphine Treatment
- GPs’ Office Based Methadone Maintenance Treatment
in Trieste, Italy.Therapeutic Efficacy and Predictors of Clinical Response - Use of Sertraline in Depressed Methadone Maintenance Patients
- Download PDF: HeroinAdd10-2.pdf <HeroinAdd10-2.pdf> (1.28MB, 44pp)
AATOD Issues Methadone Induction Advisory
On April 25, 2008, the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) issued an advisory on Dosage Induction with Methadone in the OTP.
The advisory excerpts references from SAMHSA/CSAT’s TIP 43 “Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction in Opioid Treatment Programs (2005),” in addition to SAMHSA/CSAT’s Guidelines for the Accreditation of Opioid Treatment Programs (July 20, 2007), and Dr. Westley Clark’s correspondence to the field (September 4, 2007) concerning this topic.
The advisory can be accessed at: http://www.aatod.org/dosage_induction.html