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PROFILE: Duchy Trachtenberg
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SPECIFIC TOPICS & RESOURCES:
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GW Topic Course: Substance Abuse
Papers from GW Drug Abuse Course
NIDA Phantom Monograph on Pain
NIH "Chantilly Report" on AltMed
Evidence Based Medicine (EBM)
Other Epidemiology
Chronic Pain
OAT (Methadone) Patient Advocacy
Confidentiality (42CFR2)
Addiction Treatment / Prevention
Co-Occurring Disorders
Drug Abuse Medical Complications
Rate Hypothesis (Pk & Reward)
Medical Risk Management & NSEP
Hallucinogens, etc.
Drug Pricing/Costs
Drug Testing
Addiction Research
Drug Policy
Drugs & Pregnancy
Marijuana
GHB/GBL/etc.
Qt Prolongation,TdP,Cardiac&LAAM
Acamprosate
Buprenorphine
Salvia
AA and 12-Step Self Help
Cannabinoid Therapeutics
Self Help (alternative)
MDMA Neurotox (Brain Damage)?
Drug Diversion
PharmacoFacilitatedPsychotherapy
Toxicology (NonBehavioral)
Environmental Health
Bioterrorism
"Weeds"
Botanical Medicine
Herbs & Drug Abuse
Other Diet Supplements
Traditional Healing, Native &etc
Other Nutrition
Naturopathic Medicine (NDs)
Acupuncture & TCM
Homeopathy
Gen Alternative Health(CAM/ACHP)
Osteopathic/Chiroprac/Stretching
Muti-Cultural
Humor/Laughter
Methadone Associated Deaths(MAD)
Medical Organizations
International
Regulatory Bookmarks
History & Politics of AltMed
Holistic Nursing
EMF (Electric & Magnetic Fields)
Cyber-Psychology Mind&Meditation
Placebo/Nocebo
Treatment Behind Bars
Other Mental Health
Other Health/Science Policy
Lymphedema
Other General Health
Internet Utilities & Resources
Other/Misc/orNotYetClassified
Brief History of Medicine
Liver transplant in OAT Patients
Dual Diagnoses
INFORMED CAM CONSENT FORM
Alternative Rx & Public Health
Religion OR Healthcare?
Psychoactive Botanicals
Useful Medical Links
Animal Research
Online Analysis of Drug Data
Alan Trachtenberg, MD
Dr. Trachtenberg
Practice Members: 
Alan I. Trachtenberg, MD, MPH, FAAFP, AHG, FNAAOM 

Our Philosophy 

Practice Locations 
Medicinal Garden and Private Office (To Create, Inc.)  See map
112 Empire Lane
Office Door on Edson Lane
North Bethesda, Maryland  20852
301-984-8843
2create.yourmd@gmail.com


Specialties 

Patient Education Resources

& Student and Professional Education Resources
GW SPHHS "Topics" course - Substance Abuse: Prevention, Intervention & Public Health / WebLink
2Create Blog by Dr. Alan Trachtenberg (http://2createyourmd.blogspot.com/) / WebLink

NEWEST Items
Drug and Alcohol Findings (UK): bridges the divide between research on the effectiveness of responses to drug and alcohol problems and the practitioners who provide those interventions (http://findings.org.uk) / WebLink
Assessing Drug Abuse Within and Across Communities: Community Epidemiology Surveillance Networks on Drug Abuse (http://www.drugabuse.gov/pubs/assessing/) / WebLink
Urban Institute Report on Drug Courts:Evidence on the Prospects of Expanding Treatment to Drug-Involved Offenders (http://www.urban.org/publications/411645.html) / WebLink
Child Welfare Information Gateway Page on Substance Abuse (http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/service_array/substance/overview/) / WebLink
Alcohol and Other Drug Problems among Hospitalized Trauma Patients: Controlling Complications, Mortality, and Trauma Recidivism-Conference Proceedings (http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/Spotlight/JrnTraumaSupl.htm) / WebLink
CSAP's National Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies Resources for Evidence-Based Prevention Programs (http://captus.samhsa.gov/national/resources/evidence_based.cfm) / WebLink

Selected Publications from Alan Trachtenberg
Alternative Health Practices In Mental Health / (Plain Text) Kiresuk TJ, Trachtenberg AI.
Alternative Health Practices In Mental Health /  (PDF file) Kiresuk TJ, Trachtenberg AI.
ALTERNATIVE HEALTH PRACTICES IN ADDICTION TREATMNT / Boucher, Kiresuk, & Trachtenberg
Medicolegal Death Investigation System: IOM Workshop-8/22/03: Toxicology Issues and Infrastructure (http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/4937/6360.aspx) / WebLink
National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) Local 286 Website (maintained as a public service by Dr. Trachtenberg at http://www.nteu286.medem.com/) / WebLink
Skin Lesions of Injection Drug Users / Cagle et al, Implemented as Govt. Pub by Dr. T
Methadone-Associated Mortality: Report of a National Assessment and Background Briefing Paper by A. Trachtenberg & S. Leavitt (http://www.dpt.samhsa.gov/medications/methreports.htm) / WebLink
Methadone Associated Mortality (SAMHSA publication, Local Copy)  / WebLink
Bibliography prepared for the NIH Consensus Development Conference on Acupuncture, in Bethesda, MD, November 3-5, 1997 (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/archive/20040823/pubs/cbm/acupuncture.html) / WebLink
Acupuncture. NIH Consensus Statement 1997 Nov 3-5; 15(5):1-34 (http://consensus.nih.gov/1997/1997Acupuncture107html.htm) / WebLink
Hepatitis in Opioid Addiction Treatment: Medical Management of Hepatitis Infection and Pharmacologic Therapy for Substance Abuse (http://www.dpt.samhsa.gov/pdf/HepC_draft_monograph_5-8-2006.pdf) / WebLink
Hepatitis in Opioid Addiction Treatment:  /  (Local Copy) Trachtenberg, Leavitt, et al
Acupuncture, Ch 49 in Lowinson Addiction Text 2004 / Han, Trachtenberg & Lowinson
Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) Model Policy Guidelines for Opioid Addiction Treatment in the Medical Office (http://buprenorphine.samhsa.gov/model.html) / WebLink

Selected Publications by Duchy Trachtenberg
Am J Pub Health: Alternative Health Practices / Crisis OR Opportunity? by Duchy Trachtenberg, MSW
Role of CAM in Public Health Practice & Training / BURKE, GINZBURG, COLLIE, TRACHTENBERG & MUHAMMAD
Alternative Therapies and Public Health: Crisis or Opportunity? by Duchy Trachtenberg-AJPH 2002 October; 92(10):1566-67 (http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1447279) / WebLink

Opioid Agonist Treatment (Methadone/LAAM/Bup)
42CFR8 (OTP or "Methadone" Regulations - http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/05dec20031700/edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2003/octqtr/42cfr8.12.htm) / WebLink
FOR CREDIT: AAAP 8 Hour Buprenorphine Course for Qualification under the Drug Addiction Treatment Act (DATA) of 2000 / WebLink
New in Annals of Int Med from Krantz et al: Torsade de Pointes [a dangerous ventricular (heart) arhythmia] Associated with Very-High-Dose Methadone. Note: This is probably a very rare, dose-related complication / WebLink
Consent to Release of Information Under 42CFR2  / Buprenorphine Patient
Facilities Providing Methadone/LAAM Treatment / SAMHSA Office of Applied Studies (12/06/2002)
42CFR2 Release Consent for Suboxone Rx / FDA Approved Information for MD's (Product Label)
Methadone Overdoses, Deaths on Rise in U.S. / NY Times 2/2/2003
2/9/2003 NY Times on Methadone / NY Times
AJE article on NM opioid OD Deaths / Nolte et al.
Methadone, QTp & Torsades de Pointes / Krantz et al
ARCOS: the DEA's Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System / WebLink
LAAM: Gone but not Forgotten / Roxane Laboratories
Methadone Mortality Final Report (local copy) / SAMHSA Consensus Group (Trachtenberg et al)
Methadone Mortality Final Report - SAMHSA 2004 (http://www.dpt.samhsa.gov/medications/methreports.htm) / WebLink
Excellent & FREE Web-based CME for Primary Care Providers on Addiction Treatment (http://www.addictioncme.com) / WebLink
Confusion between methylphenidate and methadone / FDA
Hepatitis C infection and injection drug use:  / Thomas F. Kresina, Leonard B Seeff, Henry Francis
New, useful Methadone label (http://www.fda.gov/cder/foi/label/2006/006134s028lbl.pdf) / WebLink
Fatal Heroin 'Overdose': A Review by Darke, S and Zador, Deborah - Addiction. 1996; 91(12): pp. 1765-1772. (http://www.drugpolicy.org/library/darke2.cfm) / WebLink
Methadone Mortality ? A Reassessment - Friday, July 20, 2007 ? Washington, DC (http://www.dcprovidersonline.com/catalog.php?event_id=SAMHSA1 ; key= sdfh8h) / WebLink
Detailed Historical Timline for Opioids (http://opioids.com/timeline/index.html) / WebLink
FDA: Avoiding Accidental Overdoses when Methadone is Prescribed for Pain (http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/psn/transcript.cfm?show=72#3) / WebLink

General Addiction Medicine
Drug & Alcohol Problem Assessment Screening System (Danya International) / WebLink
Other Drug & Alcohol Screening Instruments / WebLink
Table of Commonly Abused Drugs / NIDA
New Ibogaine Program in Mexico / WebLink
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Ontario, CA) Resources / WebLink
Website of Elizabeth F. Howell, MD, President-Elect , ASAM / WebLink
A CONVERSATION WITH | NORA VOLKOW (NIDA Director): NY Tmes 8/19/ 2003 Science Section / WebLink
UN Report on Terminology and Definitions of Drugs & Abuse: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/report_1998-10-01_1.html / WebLink
Controlled Substance Schedules & DEA info (http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/schedules/index.html) / WebLink
AAFP/NIDA Monograph on Diagnosis & Treatment of Drug Abuse in Family Practice (http://www.nida.nih.gov/Diagnosis-Treatment/diagnosis.html) - by Trachtenberg & Fleming  / WebLink
(LOCAL COPY) / WebLink
World Health Organization > (WHO) sites > Substance abuse home (http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/en/) / WebLink
WHO > Substance abuse home > Publications (http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/psychoactives/en/) / WebLink
NIDA Meeting Summary: Psychoactive Botanical Products Workshop: (http://www.drugabuse.gov/whatsnew/meetings/psychoactivemtgsumm.html) / WebLink
Research on Anti-Drug Advertisements (http://www.utexas.edu/features/archive/2004/anti_drug_ads.html) / WebLink
Legal Issues for Outpatient Drug Treatment (TIP 8; Ch 7 - http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/govpubs/bkd139/8i.aspx) / WebLink
Skin Lesions of Drug Injection / CSAT (local Copy)
Treatment Principles and Alternatives / APA
Prescription Drug Addiction ( from the Primary care Network at: http://www.primarycarenet.org/issues/04-July2004%20PI.pdf) / WebLink
MEDICAL CONSEQUENCES OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE / Stein, MD. Psych Clin Nor Amer 1999. 22; 351-70.
SAMHSA/CSAP Medical Review Officer Manual (http://dwp.samhsa.gov/DrugTesting/Level_1_Pages/HHS%20MRO%20Manual%20(Effective%20November%201,%202004).aspx) / WebLink