Oversight--methadone Maintenance Program, Buffalo, N.Y.: Hearing, Ninety-second Congress, Second Session ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1972 - 82 pages |
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3-day supply Addiction Control Commission analgesic barbiturates basis BELLIZZI BNDD Buffalo Bureau of Narcotics CARLSON Chairman committee concern CONGRESS THE LIBRARY daily Department of Mental Director dispensing diversion dosage Drug Abuse ECOAR effect enforcement Erie County Department facilities Federal going GOSHIN gram HAISLIP HASTINGS heroin addicts individual JOSEPH KEMP KYROS Lackawanna Community Health legislation LEHOTAY LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS marihuana Masten Park ment metha methadone clinics methadone deaths methadone maintenance program methadone program milligrams modality months Narcotic Addiction Control Neuropharmacological Drug operating opiate overdose percent PERITO person pharmacy prescription present problem procedures protocol question RARY OF CONGRESS registry regulations rehabilitation Rejent SCOVILLE Sister MARY CHARLES Sisters Hospital Special Action Office staff subcommittee supply of methadone testimony Thank therapeutic tion urinalysis urine urine specimens WARDE week WILLIS York City York State Narcotic
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Page 72 - I'm going to be very brief as I realize you are running behind schedule. First of all, I would like to express my gratitude for the cooperation of the local press in reporting the statistics on the drug-related deaths in Erie County. Last July and this past February attempts were made to point out the dangers of the use of methadone to the public, which apparently they were not aware of.
Page 10 - Warde, thank you very much for your testimony. It has been very helpful to the committee.
Page 3 - ... levels. The methadone is to be administered under the close supervision of the investigator or responsible persons designated by him. Initially, the subject is to receive the medication under observation each day.
Page 21 - ... heroin. I hope that heroin maintenance would not be added. I would hate to see that. Mr. KEMP. You don't think that the American Bar Association's idea was to use heroin to lure them into a program and substitute once they are in the program, methadone for heroin ? You don't see that as a substitute ? Sister MARY CHARLES. No. Mr. KEMP. Well, I have no further questions, Mr. Chairman, except to say that I do appreciate the work that is being done at Sisters Hospital and the efforts that you personally...
Page 2 - Subsequently, the dosage is to be adjusted individually, as tolerated and as required, up to 160 milligrams per day. In exceptional cases, investigators may find it essential to exceed this dosage to obtain the intended effect. If such cases are encountered, the initial protocol or an amended protocol should include the maximum dosage to be administered, the number of patients for whom such dosage is required, and a description of the considerations leading to such dosage levels.
Page 46 - If we are going to make a real determination throughout this country as to whether or not there are a great number of deaths attributed to methadone, are we going to have to have some authority for you to be able to have access to those records? Mr.
Page 47 - ... STATEMENT OF GENE R. HAISLIP, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE; ACCOMPANIED BY MARINO H. MILANO, SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE, BUFFALO DISTRICT OFFICE; AND MICHAEL F. BERK, SPECIAL AGENT, BUFFALO DISTRICT OFFICE Mr. HAISLIP. Mr. Chairman, and members of the committee, I am certainly pleased to have this opportunity to be before you today and to comment on a matter of great concern to the public health and safety. I would also like to...
Page 2 - After demonstrating adherence to the program, the subject may be permitted twice weekly observed medication intake with no more than a 3-day supply routinely allowed in his possession.