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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
Waiting lists for addiction treatment grow, as region sees increase in heroin use – Elmira Star-Gazette
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Waiting lists for addiction treatment grow, as region sees increase in heroin use
Elmira Star-Gazette Today, the recovering addict climbs into a taxi cab at 5 a.m. every weekday for a 60-mile drive to Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, where he receives methadone treatment. And that came only after a two-month delay on the program's waiting list, which is … Health Officials Call for Better Access to Addiction Treatment |
Addicted to Profits: Insurance Companies Adjust Coverage of Methadone Clinics
Addicted to Profits: Insurance companies adjust coverage of methadone clinics
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 addiction treatment. Last month, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick declared opiate abuse a public health emergency in Massachusetts, citing potent […]
Methadone Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Ex-clinic owner appeals in pain pill case
A Louisiana businessman convicted of distributing oxycodone and methadone pills in eastern Kentucky will get a chance to argue for his freedom before a federal appeals court.
Methadone Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
How to See the Pitfalls in Alcoholism with Dr Rodriquez and Delray Center – Pitfalls in Alcoholism Now lets talk about some of the common pitfalls in alcoholism. One of the common pitfalls is a resurgence of denial. Denial is somethi…
Fatal Methadone Overdoses Soar in Kent County – WZZM
Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County – WZZM
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Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County
WZZM Would seem to make more sense to substitute medical marijuana for methadone to treat addicts. Methadone can be just as lethal as the drug for which it's being substituted. I saw far more economic and personal damage from alcohol than from pot during my … |
Methadone Addiction – Google News
City’s methadone funds could cover broader addiction plan – Boston Globe
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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 … BPHS proposes closing sole public methadone clinic Boston officials looking to transfer operations of only city-run methadone clinic |
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 … |
Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County – WZZM
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Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County
WZZM Methadone entered the public consciousness in the 1950s when American doctors began using it to treat heroin addiction. Today, about 500,000 people are participating in methadone treatment programs nationwide, including several hundred locally. |
Boston to shutter drug treatment facility – Boston Globe
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 … |
Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County – WZZM
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Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County
WZZM Methadone entered the public consciousness in the 1950s when American doctors began using it to treat heroin addiction. Today, about 500,000 people are participating in methadone treatment programs nationwide, including several hundred locally. |
Waiting lists for addiction treatment grow, as region sees increase in heroin use – Press & Sun-Bulletin
Addiction Research Looks Toward Opiate Blockers – Worcester Telegram
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 … |
Methadone Withdrawal Symptoms – Google News
Waiting lists for addiction treatment grow, as region sees increase in heroin use – Press & Sun-Bulletin
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Waiting lists for addiction treatment grow, as region sees increase in heroin use
Press & Sun-Bulletin The 29-year-old Ithaca man, whose name is being withheld because of the stigma attached to addiction, injected heroin off and on for about six months until not using the drug meant withdrawal symptoms. … Not all kinds of drug treatment involve using … |