A Narcotic Treatment Program is a program for chronic opiate drug users that administers or dispenses agents under a narcotic treatment physician's order, either for detoxification purposes or for maintenance.  A comprehensive range of medical and rehabilitative services is also provided as appropriate and necessary.  Agents currently being used in Pennsylvania are methadone and buprenorphine.

 

 

Narcotic treatment programs are addressed in Chapter 715 of the Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility Regulations.

 

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