Robert G. Newman
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
15 Papers
73 Citations
Robert G. Newman is an academic researcher from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Methadone & Buprenorphine. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 15 publications. Previous affiliations of Robert G. Newman include Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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Papers
Another Wall That Crumbled— Methadone Maintenance Treatment in Germany
TL;DR: The German accomplishments in the past 6 years in treating addicts with methadone confirm the experience elsewhere: Methadone treatment is a highly desired alternative to many who wish to escape the life of the street addict; it is very effective in benefiting the individual patient as well as the general community; and it can be expanded rapidly and on a large scale.
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Advocacy for methadone treatment.
TL;DR: A comparison study on the applicability of methadone treatment on a very broad scale in the context of a youth-services agency found it to be applicable to both young people and adults with learning disabilities.
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Appropriateness of methadone maintenance treatment for opiate addiction: evaluation by an expert panel. Commentaries. Authors' reply
John-Paul Vader,Robert Hämmig,Jacques Besson,Christopher Eastus,Christina Eggenberger,Bernard Burnand,Wim van den Brink,Maristela Monteiro,Uwe Verthein,Christian Haasen,Dieter Naber,Marina Davoli,Carlo A. Perucci,Robert G. Newman +13 more
TL;DR: The RAND Appropriateness Method proved to be an accepted and appreciated method to assess the appropriateness of methadone maintenance treatment for opiate addicts and must be combined with those of the Swiss and international literature reviews and the survey of current attitudes and practices in Switzerland, to be synthesized into formal practice guidelines.
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Comment on "A Comparison of Buprenorphine + Naloxone to Buprenorphine and Methadone in the Treatment of Opioid Dependence During Pregnancy: Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes"
Robert G. Newman,Susan G. Gevertz +1 more
- 26 May 2013
TL;DR: Supporting evidence for the alleged “reduced abuse liability” appears to be lacking, however, and evidence cannot be located in the two references cited by Dr. Lund and his co-authors, which in fact are silent on the subject of abuse potential.
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