Methadone Program

Additional Resources

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• Alberta Methadone Clinics

  Calgary

  • Alberta Health Services (AHS) Opioid Dependency Program
    • Phone (403) 297-5118; Fax: (403) 297-4985
  • Second Chance Recovery
    • Phone (403) 232-6990; Fax (403) 232-6992

  Edmonton

  • Alberta Health Services (AHS) Opioid Dependency Program
    • Phone: 780-422-1302; Fax: 780-427- 0777
  • Metro City Medical Clinic
    • Phone: 780- 429-3991; Fax 780-429-3988
  • Panorama Medical Clinic
    • Phone 780-471-4434; Fax 780-471-4438

  Lethbridge 

  • North Side Medical Clinic 
    • Phone (403) 942-3003; Fax: (403) 942-4848

  Medicine Hat

  • Chinook Alberta Methadone Program
    • Phone: 403-504-1874; Fax: 403-504-5038

  Red Deer

  • Central Alberta Methadone Program
    • Phone: 403-309-3652; Fax: 403-309-6701

• Patient Chart Forms

  • Agreement to Methadone Maintenance Treatment
  • Assessment and Medical Examination 
  • CPSA Admission and Discharge
  • MMT Medication Record 
  • MMT Patient Transfer Form  Interactive PDF | Non-interactive PDF
  • MMT Urine Toxicology Testing Results Record
  • Urine Toxicology Testing - Scheduling and Coordinating

• Addiction Organizations

  • Addiction Centre Network
  • Alberta Health Services (AHS) Opioid Dependency Program
  • American Society of Addiction Medicine
  • Canadian Centre for Substance Abuse
  • Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine
  • Centre for Addictions and Mental Health
  • Medical Education and Training on Addictions
  • National Institute for Drug Abuse
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration
  • The Lindesmith Centre

• Addiction Publications

  • A Framework for the Delivery of Opioid Dependency Treatment in Alberta. The Opioid Dependency Treatment (ODT) Subcommittee of the Addiction Task Group, (2004)www.aadac.com/documents/odp_delivery_framework.pdf 
  • Benzodiazepines: How they work and how to withdraw, Professor C Heather Ashton DM, FRCP, Revised August 2002 - www.benzo.org.uk/manual/
  • Centre for Addiction and Mental health, Methadone Maintenance Treatment: A Community Planning Guide. Toronto, Ontario http://sano.camh.net/methadone/how.htm
  • Centre for Substance Abuse Treatment-Treatment Improvement Protocols Series www.treatment.org/Externals/tips.html
  • Community Treatment of Drug Misuse: More than Methadone Seivewright, Nicholas, , New York: Cambridge, 2000, ISBN: 0-521-66562-0.
  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision. American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.
  • Drug Treatment: What Works? Bean, Philip, and Nemitz, Teresa (eds.), New York: Routledge, 2004, ISBN: 0-415-26817-6.
  • Health Canada: Best Practices: Concurrent Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders. Order by email at publications@hc-sc.gc.ca or by telephone at 613-954-5995.
  • Health Canada: Best Practices Methadone Maintenance Treatment www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/pubs/adp-apd/methadone-bp-mp/index-eng.php  
  • Health Canada, The Use of Opioids in the Management of Opioid Dependence (1992).
  • Methadone: A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and, Annotated Research Guide to Internet References. Parker, James N and Parker, Philip M. (eds.),  San Diego: ICON Group International Inc., 2003, ISBN: 0-597-83716-3.
  • Methadone Matters: Evolving Community Methadone Treatment of Opiate Addiction. Tober, Gillian, and Strang, John (eds.) , Scarborough: Taylor and Francis Group, 2003, ISBN: 1-84184-365-2.
  • Principles of Addiction Medicine 3rd edition. (2003) Edited by Graham AW, Schultz TK, Mayo-Smith MF, Ries RK, and Wilford, BB. American Society of Addiction Medicine. Chevey Chase, Maryland.
  • Substitution Maintenance Therapy in the Management of Opioid Dependence and HIV/AIDS Prevention. WHO/UNODC/UNAIDS position paper - www.who.int/substance_abuse/  

• Associated Organizations

  • Alberta College of Pharmacists
  • Alberta Health and Wellness
  • Alberta Medical Association
  • Alberta Health Services 
  • Alberta Solicitor General 
  • College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta
  • Correctional Services of Canada
  • Health Canada: Office of Controlled Substances

• Related Information

  Harm Reduction 

  • Canadian HIV/AIDS Information Centre
  • List of HIV/AIDS/Hepatitis C and Non Prescription Needle Use Resources in Alberta - www.johnhoward.ab.ca/PUB/res_list/cover.htm#usebook
  • The Canadian Harm Reduction Network

  Hepatitis

  • Canadian Hepatitis C Information Centre 
  • Canadian Hepatitis Information Network
  • Canadian Liver Foundation

  Misc

  • Drug Interactions- Cytochrome P450 Drug Interaction Table www.drug-interactions.com
  • Drugs of Abuse Data Sheet www.dynalifedx.com/web/Portals/0/pdf/74453_Drug_Testing_Guide.pdf
  • Universal Precautions in Pain Medicine: A Rational Approach to the Treatment of Chronic Pain Gourlay, D.L., Heit, H.A. and Almahrezi, A. (2005)

• Related Articles (2006 - present)

  • Analgesia for Acute Pain  (The Messenger - Issue 125 April 2006)
  • Buprenorphine Prescribing (The Messenger - Issue 125 April 2006)
  • College acts on inquest's recommendations for MMT (CPSO Dialogue, September 2006)
  • Effective Management of Chronic Pain (The Messenger - Issue 126 May 2006)
  • Harm Reduction & Medical Practice (The Messenger - Issue 124 February 2006)
  • Prescribing Methadone - What You Need to Know (The Messenger - Issue 123 January 2006)
  • Problematic Opioid & Benzodiazepine Use (The Messenger - Issue 127 June 2006)