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Conference Presentations
State Licensure Overview - "What's Going On Out There?" Patients, Problems, Drug Use TrendsArvida Wanner, MS
Treatment of Opiate Dependence: Clinical Needs and Care Coordination Opportunities to Enhance Patient SafetyJames Schuster, MD, MBA
Patient Respect, Patient Advocacy, Hedonic Tone and Destitution
-Tony Stile.PPT -Edwin Salsitz.PPT
Sabato A. (Tony) Stile, MD
Edwin A. Salsitz, MD, FASAM
Opioid Addiction Medication Assisted Treatment: Part 1 - Clinical Pharmacology, Patient Assessment, Treatment Protocols, Patient Monitoring Trusandra Taylor, MD, FASAM, MPH
Charles Morgan, MD, FASAM, FAAFP
Opioid Addiction Medication Assisted Treatment: Part 2 - Drug Interactions, Special Populations, Co-morbidity, Risk Management/Liability
-Trusandra Taylor1.PPT -Trusandra Taylor2.PPT
Laura McNicholas, MD, PhD
Trusandra Taylor, MD, FASAM, MPH
Psychiatric Aspects of MMT: Integrating Medical Model with RecoveryFred Baurer, MD
Buprenorphine Treatment Induction/Stabilization Update/Diversion
-Adam Gordon.PPT -James Schuster.PPT
Adam J. Gordon, MD, MPH, FACP
Laura McNicholas, MD, PhD
James Schuster, MD, MBA
Reference Materials
TIP 40 - Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Buprenorphine in the Treatment of Opioid Addiction - A Treatment Improvement ProtocolSAMHSA/CSAT
TIP 43 - Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction and Opioid Treatment Programs - A Treatment Improvement ProtocolSAMHSA/CSAT
Acute Pain Management for Patients Receiving Maintenance Methadone or Buprenorphine TherapyAnnals of Internal Medicine
Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH
Peggy Compton, RN, PhD
Jeffrey H. Samet, MD, MA, MPH
Methadone Hydrochloride Tablets, USP Black BoxCebert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Dolophine Hydrochloride Tablets Black BoxRoxane Laboratories, Inc.
Anti-HERG activity and the risk of drug-induced arrhythmias and sudden deathEuropean Heart Journal
M. L. De Bruin
M. Pettersson
R. H. B. Meyboom
A. W. Hoes
H. G. M. Leufkens
When "Enough" Is Not Enough: New Perspectives on Optimal Methadone Maintenance DoseStewart B. Leavitt, PhD
Marc Shinderman, MD
Sarz Maxwell, MD
Chin B. Eap, PhD
Philip Paris, MD
Methadone Dosing & Safety in the Treatment of Opioid AddictionAddiction Treatment Forum
Stewart B. Leavitt, PhD, AT Forum
Summary Report of the Meeting: Methadone Mortality - A ReassessmentU. S. Department of Health and Human Services, SAMHSA/CSAT
Guidelines for the Accreditation of Opioid Treatment ProgramsSAMHSA
Practice Pointers - Safety Starting Methadone in MMTAddiction Treatment Forum
The pharmacokinetics of methadone in healthy subjects and opiate usersK. Wolff
A. Rostami-Hodjegan
S. Shires
A. W. M. Hay
M. Feely
R. Calvert
D. Raistrick
Geoffrey. T. Tucker
Population pharmacokinetics of methadone in opiate users: characterization of time-dependent changesAmin Rostami-Hodjegan
Kim Wolff
Alastair W. M. Hay
Duncan Raistrick
Robert Calvert
Geoffrey T. Tucker
Prevalence and Characteristics of Chronic Pain Among Chemically Dependent Patients in Methadone Maintenance and Residential Treatment FacilitiesJAMA
Andrew Rosenblum, PhD
Herman Joseph, PhD
Chunki Fong, MS
Steven Kipnis, MD
Charles Cleland, PhD
Russell K. Portenoy, MD
Protocol for Informing Patients of Serious Events or Incidents 
Interindividual Variability of the Clinical Pharmacokinetics of Methadone. Implications for the Treatment of Opioid DependenceChin B. Eap
Thierry Buclin
Pierre Baumann


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