Heroin Deaths Throughout Western Pennsylvania Put Treatment Centers on Alert
Heroin deaths throughout Western Pennsylvania put treatment centers on alert
Instead of pharmaceutical-grade fentanyl, which is used to treat severe pain such as that experienced by cancer patients, the kind being found mixed with heroin likely came from clandestine labs, said Dr. Neil Capretto, medical director of Gateway …
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What Drug Relapse Has To Do With Accidental Overdose Risk
Sadly, many addicts leave treatment with higher hopes for themselves, as do their families. Dr. Sack has become a huge proponent of the new drug Naltrexone, which can be given in monthly injected doses under the name Vivitrol. Unlike Methadone or …
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Heroin is tightening its grip of destruction
The emotions are still “too raw,” she said. But if anyone knows how she feels, … For McIntyre, educating people, particularly parents, about the warning signs of heroin use they need to watch for in children is the motivation behind forming a group …
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