Alison Knopf

Two treatment providers with many years’ experience using mobile methadone outlined their lessons learned and more in an August 11 webinar hosted by the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD). The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) okayed methadone dispensing from vans – which are actually more like RVs – provided that the vehicles are … [Read more...] about Details on How to Use Methadone Vehicles: Two OTPs’ Experience

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Kloxxado, approved by the Food and Drug Administration in April for treatment of opioid overdose (see https://atforum.com/2021/06/naloxone-nasal-spray/), is now officially on the market. And the timing is good; this naloxone 8-mg nasal spray, launched August 4 by manufacturer Hikma Pharmaceuticals, comes at a time when naloxone is in short supply. It is approved for both adult … [Read more...] about Kloxxado: Nasal Spray Naloxone Launched

Last week, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a new Treatment Improvement Protocol 63 (TIP 63) on treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD). Certain parts of the TIP 63 were revised to include updates in the following areas: statistics from SAMHSA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health authorities on … [Read more...] about SAMHSA Issues New and Revised TIP 63 on Medications to Treat OUD

The new Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) regulations allowing brick-and-mortar opioid treatment programs (OTPs) to dispense methadone in vans took effective July 28. The American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) is holding a free webinar on how to use “mobile vans,” as the lingo goes, on August 11. “The expanded use of mobile vans will extend … [Read more...] about AATOD Sponsors August 11 Webinar: “How-to” on Mobile Methadone