City’s Methadone Funds Could Cover Broader Addiction Plan – Boston Globe

City’s methadone funds could cover broader addiction plan – Boston Globe

City's methadone funds could cover broader addiction plan
Boston Globe
The city clinic, on Frontage Road in the South End, has operated for 40 years, since methadone first won approval as a treatment for heroin addiction. Methadone reduces cravings for heroin and helps stave off withdrawal symptoms. The drug was a giant
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Mothers of Opioid-Exposed Newborns Find Treatment at Vermont Clinic – NBCNews.com


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Mothers of Opioid-Exposed Newborns Find Treatment at Vermont Clinic
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Every morning at 10 a.m., Blair gives a very small dose of Methadone to Xzavier. The medication is kept under lock and key at her mother's home nearby. Blair says access to Methadone is helping her baby through withdrawal symptoms and urges other …

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Boston’s only public methadone clinic may shut – Boston Globe

Boston's only public methadone clinic may shut
Boston Globe
Methadone is a synthetic narcotic that has been used for decades to reduce the craving for opiates, such as heroin, and their withdrawal symptoms. Treatment is sometimes needed for years to help prevent a relapse. The cost of treatment varies, because …

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Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures – The Intelligencer

Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures
The Intelligencer
Other common opiate withdrawal symptoms, such as vomiting and diarrhea, can also create dangerous medical complications, such as aspiration (breathing in regurgitated food and liquids), dehydration and chemical imbalances in the body that can be …

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Mass. Elected Officials: Turn In Those Old Pills – New England Public Radio

Mass. Elected Officials: Turn In Those Old Pills
New England Public Radio
Also at the event, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh defended his administration's decision – reported in the Boston Globe – to close the city's only public methadone clinic. Methadone is a drug used to ease withdrawal symptoms for heroin addicts. Walsh says

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