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 … |
Kentuckiana faces rising problem of drug abuse and addiction – IU Southeast Horizon
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Kentuckiana faces rising problem of drug abuse and addiction
IU Southeast Horizon But Mullins said that access to medicines like Suboxone, methadone, and naloxone (an opiate antidote) are crucial to recovery. Currently, medicines like naloxone are only covered by Medicaid under very specific criteria, which usually results in … |
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 … |
Medical marijuana ballot item debated – Palm Beach Daily News
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Medical marijuana ballot item debated
Palm Beach Daily News Jeff Kadel, director of the Palm Beach County Substance Abuse Coalition, warns that legalizing medical marijuana in Florida could lead to more traffic and workplace accidents, as well as addictions to destructive drugs such as heroin and cocaine. Al … |
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