DoD Widens Addiction Treatment Options
DoD widens addiction treatment options
The change involves medications such as buprenorphine and methadone, considered potentially addictive for prolonged detoxification or long-term maintenance therapy. The drugs work by easing cravings for painkillers and blocking their effects, as well …
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NH sees sharp increase in newborns who were exposed to drugs before birth
The exact symptoms depend on the drug to which the baby was exposed. The most-common drugs affecting newborns in New Hampshire are methadone and buprenorphine, according to State Maternal and Child Health Epidemiologist David Laflamme, who …
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Rutland copes with incarceration-addiction cycle
With a long wait-list for treatment behind bars, many inmates are released before they kick their addictions. Tallon says sometimes when addicts relapse, corrections will put them back in jail in an effort to get them help. "Many times people are at …
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