Bain Capital Sees Opportunity in Methadone Clinics – Boston Globe
Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics – Boston Globe
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Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics
Boston Globe Many patients take methadone, an opiate that's safer than heroin, for months or years. It doesn't cure addiction, but relieves withdrawal symptoms and allows many people to function and work without getting high. While Habit OPCO follows up with … |
Decorated Bay City soldier says he’s on the cusp of putting opiate addiction … – The Bay City Times
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Decorated Bay City soldier says he's on the cusp of putting opiate addiction …
The Bay City Times In January 2010, he started taking methadone six days a week at a clinic in Saginaw County's Carrollton Township, hoping to get control of, and then exorcise, his addiction. He's also a medical marijuana patient and says pot has aided him in dealing … |
New state regulations make heroin treatment challenging – The Patriot Ledger
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New state regulations make heroin treatment challenging
The Patriot Ledger "As written, this could dramatically reduce access to care for patients," Dr. Jacquelyn Starer, president of the Massachusetts Society of Addiction Medicine, said of a proposed bill that seeks to put more oversight on doctors prescribing the heroin … |
Combat vets battle an enemy within: Addiction – Philly.com
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Combat vets battle an enemy within: Addiction
Philly.com In 12 years after 9/11, prescriptions of four primary opiate painkillers – oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, and methadone – rose 270 percent at VA hospitals, according to internal VA records obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting. Last … |
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