The Kolmac School

Join Us For a March Kolmac School Event

Title

• Double Edged Sword: The Use of Medications to Treat Addiction

Description

• Medications have historically been a mainstay of medical treatment.  Addiction medicine has relatively few useful medications and those that have been available have sometimes complicated rather than improved patients’ substance use disorders.                                              

  This presentation will review the basics of using medications in these disorders as well as identifying past and current controversies, such as the use of stimulants, benzodiazepines, and buprenorphine.  The goals will be to provide accurate information about generally accepted ways to use medications and also to stimulate discussion about those areas where there is less agreement. 

Presented By

• George Kolodner, M.D.

Medical Director

Kolmac Clinic

Date

• Friday, March 16, 2012

Time

• 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Location

• Kolmac Clinic

1003 Spring Street

Silver Spring, MD 20910

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Cost

• Free

Registration

• To register for this event, please fill out the registration form

About The Kolmac School

• Kolmac School Programming includes presentations on topics addressing substance abuse, substance abuse treatment programs and addiction treatment programs. The Kolmac School is run by the Kolmac Clinic with outpatient drug and alcohol treatment and rehabilitation centers in Maryland (Baltimore, Columbia, Gaithersburg, Silver Spring, Towson,) and Washington, D.C.

• Presentation open to treatment professionals and referral sources
• Cost is free and lunch will be served

• This program is approved by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for 1.5 Category I CEUs for Maryland Social Workers

• This program has been approved for 1.5 CEU's by the District of Columbia Certification Board for Professional Alcohol and Drug Counselors
• This CE Program has been approved by the Maryland Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists for Category A
• This program has been approved by the EACC for 1.5 PDHs
• The Kolmac Clinic is a NAADAC Approved Education Provider
• For more information on Kolmac School events, contact Lynne Peterson, (301) 589-0255 or lpeterson@kolmac.com

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