Question 7: How has the U.S. Government been involved in research on methadone maintenance treatment?
Answer: Through the extensive research grant programs administered by the National Institutes of Health, the Federal Government funds most major medical research conducted in the United States, including research on methadone maintenance treatment. In addition, some of the research on methadone maintenance treatment has been conducted by the Federal Government itself at research facilities like the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, where methadone was first shown to be effective in treating the symptoms of heroin withdrawal.
Research on methadone maintenance treatment is the responsibility of the following Federal agencies:
In This Section
- Certificate Programs
- Methadone Research Web Guide
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part A
- Question 1: When was opioid addiction first observed in the United States?
- Question 2: What is the history of opioid addiction in the United States?
- Question 3: What is the history of U.S. regulation of heroin?
- Question 4: How have U.S. regulations about treatment for heroin addiction evolved?
- Question 5: What is methadone?
- Question 6: When was methadone maintenance introduced to treat heroin addiction?
- Question 7: How has the U.S. Government been involved in research on methadone maintenance treatment?
- Question 8: What is the international approach to maintenance treatment for heroin addiction?
- Part B
- Part C
- Part D
- Methadone Research Web Guide Tutorial
- Questions: Methadone Research Web Guide
- Answers: Methadone Research Web Guide
- Methadone Research Web Guide
- Degree Programs
- Virtual Lectures
- Research Publications
Important Dates
NIDA International Forum
June 14–17, 2013
Online Registration Deadline:
May 6, 2013
FELLOWSHIPS
IAS/NIDA Fellowships
Application Deadline:
February 10, 2013
NIDA International Program Fellowships
Application Deadline:
April 1, 2013
Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars
Application Deadlines: Vary
GRANTS
Brain Disorders in the Developing World: Research Across the Lifespan
(Non-AIDS)
R01 PAR-11-030and R21 PAR-11-031
Application deadline:
February 14, 2013
MEETINGS
American Association for the Advancement of Science
February 14–18, 2013
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
International Drug Abuse Research Society (IDARS)
April 15–19, 2013
Mexico City, Mexico
2013 International Conference on Global Health: Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse and HIV
April 17–19, 2013
Taipei, Taiwan
Yih-Ing Hser, Ph.D.