Target2: Heroin Epidemic, a Lengthy Recovery
Target2: Heroin Epidemic, A Lengthy Recovery
But our Target 2 investigation discovered many addicts who want to get better are priced out. There are more than a dozen treatment options available in Northeast Wisconsin ranging from in and out-patient programs to dosing of methadone which is a drug …
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Her Newborn In Withdrawal, A Young Mother Faces Her Own Recovery
“This is my second son, my first son was also born when I was on methadone, so I had an idea of how it worked.” “It” is neonatal abstinence syndrome, or NAS, and it's a collection of symptoms a baby develops going into withdrawal from the opioids his …
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Accused Rapist Kicked Off Team for Theft
Accused Rapist Kicked Off Team for Theft
But regulatory approval for the drug, made difficult by its dangerous and unpredictable effects, was never won. In 1967 … On his last leg, Mugianis remembered a Lower East Side anarchist and musician talking about a drug he'd been introduced to in …
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Pharmacist in central Appalachia addresses the problems that hit her community …
She wants to ensure that patients let her know about any adverse effects or other issues with their medication without the additional barrier of coming in to see her. “It's an easy way for patients … substance use disorder.” Perhaps the hardest part …
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Reno Mayoral Candidate Perri Died of Accidental Methadone Overdose – the Republic
Reno mayoral candidate Perri died of accidental methadone overdose – The Republic
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Reno mayoral candidate Perri died of accidental methadone overdose
The Republic Methadone is prescribed to relieve pain and can be used to treat withdrawal symptoms from opiate drugs. Perri told the Reno Gazette-Journal earlier this year that he had battled a past cocaine addiction but had been sober for a decade. He intended to … |
Methadone Symptoms – Google News
Addicts benefit from Vancouver’s medicinal marijuana dispensaries – Straight.com
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Addicts benefit from Vancouver's medicinal marijuana dispensaries
Straight.com What they found, according to a May 2013 paper published by the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, is that marijuana could actually be beneficial to methadone users, decreasing opiate-withdrawal symptoms in MMT patients. “The present findings … |
Methadone Symptoms – Google News
The Truth About Heroin: Not Just A ‘Tenement’ Drug Or What You’ve Seen On … – Huffington Post UK
Addicted to Profits: Insurance Companies Adjust Coverage of Methadone Clinics – Daily Free Press (Subscription)
Addicted to Profits: Insurance companies adjust coverage of methadone clinics – Daily Free Press (subscription)
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Addicted to Profits: Insurance companies adjust coverage of methadone clinics
Daily Free Press (subscription) With lives at stake, methadone clinics play an integral role in treating opiate addicts. However, the actions of city and state government, insurance companies and private equity firms may impose financial difficulties on patients seeking opiate … |
Methadone Addiction – Google News
Boston to shutter drug treatment facility – Boston Globe
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Boston to shutter drug treatment facility
Boston Globe In a 6-to-1 vote last week, Boston's Board of Health decided to end more than 40 years of city-run methadone treatment, which uses the narcotic to wean addicts from heroin and other opiates. The addiction services will now be handled by Community … |
Methadone Addiction – Google News
Parents using methadone to pacify children, charity warns – The Guardian
Bain Capital Sees Opportunity in Methadone Clinics – Boston Globe
Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics – Boston Globe
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Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics
Boston Globe Many patients take methadone, an opiate that's safer than heroin, for months or years. It doesn't cure addiction, but relieves withdrawal symptoms and allows many people to function and work without getting high. While Habit OPCO follows up with … |
Parents using methadone to pacify children, charity warns – The Guardian
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Parents using methadone to pacify children, charity warns
The Guardian Some children are being given methadone by parents with a serious drug addiction to "pacify" them, warns a charity working with families coping with narcotic abuse. In the first detailed examination of the risks to children of drug treatment … |
Boston to shutter drug treatment facility – Boston Globe
‘I’M Pregnant and I’m a Heroin Addict:’ Cincinnati Mother Describes Struggle … – WCPO
‘I’m pregnant and I’m a heroin addict:’ Cincinnati mother describes struggle … – WCPO
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'I'm pregnant and I'm a heroin addict:' Cincinnati mother describes struggle …
WCPO According to St. Elizabeth Healthcare NKY, there were 26 babies treated for drug withdrawal in 2011 at its Edgewood, Covington, Ft. Thomas, Florence and Grant County emergency rooms. In 2012, there were 63. And in 2013, that number surged to 80 … |
Methadone Withdrawal Symptoms – Google News
Addiction research looks toward opiate blockers – Worcester Telegram
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Addiction research looks toward opiate blockers
Worcester Telegram Methodone is an opiate agonist that blocks craving and withdrawal symptoms so users can concentrate on their recovery. "The only problem is methadone treatment slots in the U.S. aren't enough for what's needed," Dr. Gonzalez said. Suboxone is a partial … |