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Codeine addiction a growing problem as Aussies abuse over-the-counter pain …
Too much codeine is not good; symptoms include nausea, constipation, memory problems, sedation and, in large amounts, cardiac and respiratory arrest. You can die, but it's rare. However, the human body … He is now on Suboxone – "I don't think I would …
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Think-tank claims UK has drink epidemic and drug addiction levels threatening …
It says alcohol dependence among British women is the highest in western Europe while men lie in 2nd after Norway. One in … The CSJ criticised the government for what it calls an "inadequate response to heroin addiction", saying that more than 40,000 …
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Methadone May Be Beneficial for Dialysis Patients With Pain
“We don't know for sure yet but in the future, after randomized controlled trials are completed, methadone may be the opioid of choice for dialysis patients who have chronic pain,” Dr. Perlman told Pain Medicine News. … N.C. “I've used methadone as …
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Royal Mail turned into unwitting drug couriers – report
Scottish Conservative chief whip John Lamont said: “It is a damning indictment of the SNP's six years in power that they are no closer to getting to grips with Scotland's drug epidemic. A substance originally given out to wean people off drug addiction …
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TGA considers UK model where over-the-counter codeine pill packets carry …
… potentially deadly dependency to the codeine contained in these medicines. Hospitals report an increase in patients with burst peptic ulcers and intestinal damage requiring colostomies because they gobbleover-the-counter drugs for codeine but …
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Cocaine may affect the way the body stores fat
Most of those who were dependent on opiates were prescribed methadone (31%) or buprenorphine (9%). The non-drug users had to have no history of substance … and had more impulsive and compulsive traits. None of the cocaine users reported using cocaine …
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E-cigarette use penalized
“Nobody knows what the ingredients really are, and they have not been approved as a recognized and safe method for cessation like nicotine replacement therapy patches have or nicotine gum.” Wood said no data have been … Employers' application of …
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Medical marijuana moves closer to reality in the Boston area
On an interesting note, Salem officials voted down a proposed Methadone clinic that was looking for a site to treat opiate addicts in Salem just last year. The law and its implementation have been … The State Department of Health has been tasked with …
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Codeine addiction a growing problem as Aussies abuse over-the-counter pain …
That's higher than those who come to him hooked on opioid and benzodiazepine prescription drugs that have been under the media spotlight, such as OxyContin, MS-Contin and Xanax (about 15 per cent), while illicit drug addiction makes up about 40 per …
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Reynolds: Time to make overdose antidote readily available
… Saturday, and if it's like every other day in recent history, another 100 Americans — at least one of them a Long Islander — will struggle to take their last breaths while under the influence of opioid painkillers, heroin, methadone, cocaine …
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