Fatal Methadone Overdoses Soar in Kent County – WZZM
Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County – WZZM
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Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County
WZZM Methadone entered the public consciousness in the 1950s when American doctors began using it to treat heroin addiction. Today, about 500,000 people are participating in methadone treatment programs nationwide, including several hundred locally. |
Opioid abuse worries Wakefield, neighboring communities – Wicked Local Wakefield
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Opioid abuse worries Wakefield, neighboring communities
Wicked Local Wakefield Penelope Funaoile, the Mystic Valley Opioid Abuse Prevention Coordinator, which includes all of the aforementioned communities, noted most overdose patients are between 21-29 and between 30-49. She noted the demographics for admissions are fairly … |
Opiate abuse on rise – Nashoba Publishing
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Opiate abuse on rise
Nashoba Publishing Dr. Traci Kasparian is the clinic director for Habit OPCO, a methadone clinic in Fitchburg. She said that while she has seen an uptick in the number of patients coming from Pepperell recently, Pepperell is really no different from any other town in the … |
Second Opinion: Doc Says Blue Cross Opioid Policy Is Flawed – WBUR
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Second Opinion: Doc Says Blue Cross Opioid Policy Is Flawed
WBUR … pain safely, they would increase access to new, yet more expensive, abuse-deterrent opioids (e.g., reformulated OxyContin, Opana and Embeda) rather than continuing to prefer (Tier 1) easily altered and abused opioids such as methadone and morphine. |
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