Methadone: ‘Liquid Handcuffs’ – Sunday Star Times

Methadone: ‘Liquid handcuffs’ – Sunday Star Times


Sunday Star Times

Methadone: 'Liquid handcuffs'
Sunday Star Times
He had grown dependent on methadone after swallowing it daily for more than 20 years and in the last few weeks of his life, as his health failed and he suffered nightmarish withdrawal symptoms, Dave became "a dead man walking", his daughter told The …

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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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BPHS proposes closing sole public methadone clinic – Daily Free Press (subscription)

BPHS proposes closing sole public methadone clinic
Daily Free Press (subscription)
Methadone is a synthetic narcotic that is used to reduce the craving for opiates, such as heroin, and the effects of withdrawal symptoms. In a state where heroin addiction, which methadone is used to combat, has caused 185 deaths in the past four

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EMA – Meeting highlights from the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment … – DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)

EMA – Meeting highlights from the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
Methadone-containing medicines are used in rehabilitation programs in patients dependent on opioids, such as heroin, to prevent or reduce withdrawal symptoms in order to decrease the chance of relapse. The review was started following a number of …

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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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