Pain of losing a loved one, love of country, merged in work of lawyer
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by Addiction Treatment Forum
2w ago
By Robert Kent If you have lost someone to drug or alcohol use, my heart aches for you!  If you have not been impacted, I hope you never experience such a loss!   I have been impacted by such loss and it is a pain that never ends, one I wish on no one! That pain is felt by so many more every year as we are losing more than 100,000 individuals to drug overdose and we are losing more than 140,000 individuals to alcohol related causes! I love this country!  I have always believed that the United States is a place with a big heart and a helping hand.  I ..read more
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Rapid Methadone Induction: A Viable Alternative to Standard Therapy?
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by Barbara Goodheart, ELS
1M ago
Treatment guidelines for methadone in patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) call for a low starting dose, usually not more than 40 mg, and gradual upward titration. But ever-rising opioid death rates and the dangers posed by illicit fentanyl underscore the need to help patients reach therapeutic methadone levels as quickly and safely as possible. Achieving therapeutic dose ranges—60 mg to 100 mg daily or higher— can take weeks, given concerns about respiratory depression and overdose in unmonitored settings. In a hospital setting this results in opioid withdrawal symptoms which drive many pa ..read more
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New methadone rules allow telehealth induction, eliminate one-year history requirement, make treatment friendlier to patients and OTPs
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by Alison Knopf
1M ago
For a thorough article on the new methadone regulations from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, including comments from Allegra Schorr, Linda Hurley, and Mark Parrino, see the February 12 issue of Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly.  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adaw.34028 ..read more
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Hikma announces agreement in principle to resolve opioid claims
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by Addiction Treatment Forum
1M ago
Feb. 1, 2024: Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC, along with its wholly owned subsidiary Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., today announced that it has reached an agreement in principle to resolve the vast majority of the opioid related cases brought against the Company by U.S. states, their subdivisions, and tribal nations. These cases relate to the manufacture and sales of prescription opioid medications. If all conditions are satisfied and depending on the number of states and local governments that elect to opt into the agreement, Hikma agrees to pay up to $115 million in cash and $35 million  in dona ..read more
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AATOD on new OTP regs: Increasing admissions
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by Addiction Treatment Forum
1M ago
On February 2, AATOD released the below. The American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) represents over 1,300 OTPs in the United States. We commend HHS / SAMHSA in releasing their final regulations, which provide guidance to OTPs. These enlightened and thoughtful regulations have been in preparation for over one year and we appreciate the fact that these regulations have been reviewed by the Drug Enforcement Administration. These final regulations will increase access to treatment admission to OTPs by eliminating the one-year requirement of opioid use disorder history ..read more
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It is not the critic who counts!!
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by Addiction Treatment Forum
1M ago
By Rob Kent, J.D. “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievemen ..read more
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Press Release, HHS / SAMHSA Releases New OTP Regulations – AATOD
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by Addiction Treatment Forum
1M ago
(New York, New York – February 2, 2023) — The American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) represents over 1,300 OTPs in the United States. We commend HHS / SAMHSA in releasing their final regulations, which provide guidance to OTPs. These enlightened and thoughtful regulations have been in preparation for over one year and we appreciate the fact that these regulations have been reviewed by the Drug Enforcement Administration. These final regulations will increase access to treatment admission to OTPs by eliminating the one-year requirement of opioid use disorder histor ..read more
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SAMHSA issues final rule for OTPs, liberalizing methadone take-homes and more
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by Addiction Treatment Forum
1M ago
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will publish its final rule on Part 8, methadone reform, February 2 in the Federal Register. The final rule, like the proposed rule, makes it clear that opioid treatment programs (OTPs) are in charge of methadone treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), and undercuts many criticisms of the proponents of office-based methadone by making OTPs so flexible. It makes permanent COVID-era changes, such as liberalizing take-homes, and also eliminates the one-year requirement for an opioid use disorder for admission, enhances access ..read more
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Happy Holidays
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by Addiction Treatment Forum
3M ago
Happy Holidays from all of us at ATForum ..read more
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MOTAA passes out of HELP committee
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by Alison Knopf
3M ago
This week, the Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act (MOTAA), which would allow certified physicians (by the American Society of Addiction Medicine [ASAM] or the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry [AAAP]) who are registered with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to prescribe methadone for opioid use disorder (OUD). Patients could then pick up these medications at a pharmacy. The provision has been long in the making (see: Everything You Need To Know About MOTAA), and there is no certainty that it will pass the full Congress, but it is getting closer. It means that opioi ..read more
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