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The National Treatment System: Outpatient Methadone
Facilities (Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS)) PDF format, 763
KB Highlights
- Methadone is an opioid agonist
medication used to treat heroin and other opiate addiction. Methadone reduces
the craving for heroin and other opiates by blocking the receptor sites that are
affected by heroin or other opiates.
- This
report provides national estimates for facilities that offer outpatient methadone
treatment. It describes the relationship between methadone treatment practices
and facility characteristics by examining facility size, ownership, amount of
public revenue, urbanicity, level of facility affiliation, licensure, setting,
services, and staffing composition. It provides information on treatment practices
such as methadone dosing level and staffing patterns, and describes the characteristics
of clients in treatment.
- This
is currently a web-only report. If there are sufficient numbers of people interested,
we will print hard copies. If you would like a published copy of this report,
send your name and mailing information with "methadone report" in the
subject line to oasPUBS@SAMHSA.gov
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