Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) program is a cornerstone of an all-encompassing strategy to address opioid dependence. ASAM developed the National Practice Guideline to provide information on evidence-based treatment of opioid use disorder, and is the first to address all of the FDA-approved medications available to treat addiction involving opioid use and opioid overdose in a single document. Emergency Department Medication-Assisted Treatment of Opioid Addiction Updated: August 2016 About the Author Andrew A. Herring, MD, is an attending emergency physician at Highland Hospital-Alameda Health System in Oakland, California, and a clinical instructor at UCSF. He National Guidelines for Medication-Assisted Treatment of Opioid Dependence ii Acknowledgements xi Disclaimer xi Foreword xii Introduction 1 Opioid use in Australia 1 Nature of opioid dependence 1 Treatment approaches to opioid dependence 2 Structure of treatment in Australia 4 Clinical governance and the role of guidelines 5 About this document Nicholls L, Bragaw L, and Ruetsch C. Opioid dependence treatment and guidelines. a review of its use in the treatment of opioid dependence. Drugs. 2009; 69(5):577-607. 9. Drug Enforcement Administration Office of Diversion Control. (ASAM) National Practice Guideline for the Use of Federal legislation, regulations, and guidelines govern medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid addiction. SAMHSA's Division of Pharmacologic Therapies (DPT), part of the SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), oversees accreditation standards and certification processes for opioid treatment programs (OTPs). 3.7 Opioid dependence as a medical condition 6 3.8 Treatment of opioid dependence 7 3.8.1 Management of opioid withdrawal 7 3.8.2 Agonist maintenance treatment 7 3.8.4 Psychosocial assistance 7 4 Guidelines for health systems at national and subnational levels 8 4.1 International regulations 8 4.2 Opioid dependence as a health-care issue 8 Home » P