The National Alliance of Advocates
for Buprenorphine Treatment
Buprenorphine (Suboxone®, Subutex®) is an opioid medication used to treat opioid
addiction in the privacy of a physician's office.1 Buprenorphine can be dispensed
for take-home use, by prescription.1 This, in addition to the pharmacological
and safety
profile of buprenorphine, makes it an attractive treatment for patients addicted to opioids.2
Links
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Featured Sites
Watch HBO's "Addiction" segments on your computer
http://www.hbo.com/addiction/thefilm/index.html?current=5
Buy your own copy of the 14-part, 4 DVD set from HBO for $24.98
http://addictionaction.org HBO's groundbreaking 14-part series ADDICTION premieres March 15. AddictionAction.org is a grassroots partnership to help communities mobilize around it, bringing the hope of treatment and long-term recovery to individuals and families affected by addiction to alcohol and drugs.
(PCSS) Physician Clinical Support System - A National Mentoring Network for Physicians Treating Opioid Dependence - http://www.PCSSmentor.org
Alcohol Answers--New website that focuses on evidence-based treatments for Alcohol dependence --www.AlcoholAnswers.org
Benzodiazepine Addiction, Withdrawal & Recovery
Join Together Online – Drug treatment awareness advocacy, news www.jointogether.org
Buprenorphine Bibliography--List of publications about buprenorphine http://www.coretext.org/
Government Buprenorphine website http://buprenorphine.samhsa.gov/
Probuphine, continuous delivery of buprenorphine Titan Pharmaceuticals ,Inc.
NIDA: National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/
Interesting opioid time line; very comprehensive website.
http://www.Opioids.com/timeline/
Medical Assisted Treatment- The website's aim is to raise awareness and understanding of substance abuse, the problems it creates, and the ways to deal with these problems. -- This is a VERY comprehensive site with answers to many questions and myths-- http://www.medicalassistedtreatment.org/
Suboxone Assisted Treatment, a subsidiary of Medical Assisted Treatment of America. (above) Part of their mission is : Educate the patient about the disease of opioid addiction by providing an understanding of the pharmacology of addiction and how this relates to rehabilitation. http://www.SuboxoneAssistedTreatment.org
Government: Office of Applied Studies statistics and studies SAMHSA http://oas.samhsa.gov/
Partners for Recovery (PFR) is an initiative sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) http://www.pfr.samhsa.gov/about.html
Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) The ATTC Network transmits the latest knowledge, skills and attitudes of professional addiction treatment practice. Our goal is to enhance clinical practice. http://www.nattc.org/aboutUs.html
Government website: Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov
Methadone Support Anonymous. " We of the Methadone Anonymous community believe that methadone is a therapeutic tool of recovery that may or may not be discontinued in time, dependent upon the needs of the individual." http://www.methadonesupport.org/index.html
DEA website: http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/
ASAM: American Society of Addiction Medicine: http://www.asam.org/
A Collection of Articles That Address Heroin Prevention, Treatment and Research http://www.drugabuse.gov/NIDA_Notes/NN0023.html
Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) 1993-2003- National Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment Services- http://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/teds03/teds_2003_rpt.pdf
List of all prescription drugs Generic/Brand (Excel) http://oas.samhsa.gov/DAWN/Final2K1Edtrends/Indexes/Published_Indexes2.xls
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Harrison Narcotics Tax Act 1914
APA Online Buprenorphine Training Course brochure:
TIP 40 PDF (Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Buprenorphine)
TIP 41 PDF (Substance Abuse Treatment: Group Therapy)
TIP 43 PDF (Medication- Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction in OTPs)
DEA Articulates Policy on the Use of Buprenorphine for Pain Letter to Dr. Heit
Suboxone®/Subutex® FDA Drug Label
FDA Talk Paper (buprenorphine hydrochloride and naloxone hydrochloride)
Practical Considerations for the Clinical Use of Buprenorphine
DEA Pub. "Drugs of Abuse" 2005
PET scan of brain recovering from addiction
Power point slides "How Buprenorphine Works"
Hi-Res picture of buprenorphine tablets
NAABT Literature Downloads Here
Other Sites of Interest
Addiction Technology Transfer Center (National) www.nattc.org
Alcoholics Anonymous www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
Allegheny County Coalition for Recovery (Pennsylvania) The mission of ACCR is to increase awareness of behavioral health recovery and to promote the use of recovery principles and practices in behavioral health services in Allegheny County www.coalitionforrecovery.org
American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry www.aaap.org
American Osteopathic Academy www.do-online.org
American Psychiatric Association www.psych.org
American Psychological Association (Addictions Newsletter) www.apa.org
American Society for Addiction Medicine www.asam.org
Buprenorphine Website www.buprenorphine.samhsa.gov
California Society of Addiction Medicine www.csam-asam.org
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention prevention.samhsa.gov
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment www.csat.samhsa.gov
Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse www.casacolumbia.org
Faces and Voices of Recovery-- is a national campaign of individuals and organizations joining together with a united voice to advocate for public action to deliver the power, possibility and proof of recovery. www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org
Hepatitis Association http://www.hepcassoc.org/
MOAR- Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery
www.moar-recovery.org
NA-- Narcotics Anonymous "is an international, community-based association of recovering drug addicts"- 12 step based http://www.na.org/
NAADAC --National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors-- The largest membership organization serving addiction counselors, educators and other addiction-focused health care professionals who specialize in addiction prevention, treatment and education. http://naadac.org
NAMA-- National Alliance of Methadone Advocates-- is an organization composed of methadone patients and health care professionals that are supporters of quality opiate agonist treatment. http://www.methadone.org/
National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors
www.nasadad.org
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Information
www.health.org
Online Counseling, 12 step based www.egetgoing.com
Partnership for Drug Free America www.drugfreeamerica.org
(PCSS) Physician Clinical Support System - A National Mentoring Network for Physicians Treating Opioid Dependence - http://www.PCSSmentor.org
Rational Recovery, one alternative to 12 step www.rational.org
Recovery Solutions Magazine--The magizine for understanding addiction and discovering new recovery stategies --www.recoverysolutionsmag.com
Remoxy, Oxycodone anti-abuse gelcap phase III trials Pain Theraputics, Inc.
SMART Recovery www.smartrecovery.org
Voices for Recovery (Recovery Month – September). An initiative of the US Dept. of Health and Human Services, SAMHSA, CSAT www.recoverymonth.gov
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA Talk Paper, T0238, October 8, 2002, Subutex and Suboxone approved to treat opiate dependence.
- Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Buprenorphine in the Treatment of Opioid Addiction. Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 40. DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 04-3939. Rockville, Md: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2004.