Posts Tagged ‘drug overdose’
Triangle Firefighters, Police Train to Revive Drug Overdose Victims – News & Observer
Triangle firefighters, police train to revive drug overdose victims – News & Observer
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Triangle firefighters, police train to revive drug overdose victims
News & Observer The surge in heroin use follows what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called a nationwide epidemic of overdose deaths involving opioid pain relievers such as OxyContin, methadone and hydrocodone. Carrboro is not immune, … If they … |
Methadone Withdrawal Symptoms – Google News
New clinic to provide outpatient treatment to opiate addicts – Northern Virginia Daily
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New clinic to provide outpatient treatment to opiate addicts
Northern Virginia Daily The goal of the clinic is to get patients started on methadone as soon as possible to begin treatment, Singer said. Patients must have been addicted to an opiate for more than a year and be experiencing withdrawal symptoms when they contact the clinic. |
Crimea Side-Effect: Addicts Deprived of Methadone – U-T San Diego
Crimea side-effect: Addicts deprived of methadone – U-T San Diego
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Crimea side–effect: Addicts deprived of methadone
U-T San Diego Across the Black Sea peninsula, some 800 heroin addicts and other needle-drug users take part in methadone programs, seen as an important part of efforts to curb HIV infections by taking the patients away from hypodermic needles that can spread the … |
Methadone Side Effects – Google News
Triangle firefighters, police train to revive drug overdose victims – News & Observer
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Triangle firefighters, police train to revive drug overdose victims
News & Observer The drug counteracts the effects of heroin, OxyContin and other powerful painkillers and has been routinely used by ambulance crews and emergency rooms in the U.S. and other countries for decades. But in the past few years … The surge in heroin use … |
Triangle Firefighters, Police Train to Revive Drug Overdose Victims – News & Observer
Triangle firefighters, police train to revive drug overdose victims – News & Observer
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Triangle firefighters, police train to revive drug overdose victims
News & Observer The drug counteracts the effects of heroin, OxyContin and other powerful painkillers and has been routinely used by ambulance crews and emergency rooms in the U.S. and other countries for decades. But in the past few years, public health officials … |
Methadone Symptoms – Google News
Decorated Bay City soldier says he’s on the cusp of putting opiate addiction … – The Bay City Times
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Decorated Bay City soldier says he's on the cusp of putting opiate addiction …
The Bay City Times "I paused a few times when I really felt a lot of withdrawal symptoms," he said. "I would pause for a week at a time to let me stabilize where I was at. Ever since I started on methadone over four years ago, I haven'™t gone back to opiates at all. It … |
Mothers of Opioid-Exposed Newborns Find Treatment at Vermont Clinic – NBCNews.com
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
NBCNews.com Kayana Pearson, 29, is a single mother and recovering addict who says she also abused prescription drugs, heroin and other opioids. Pearson takes methadone to stay clean. She gave birth to Ammanuell three months ago. Ammanuell has also been … |
Doctor’s license suspended after clinic raided – Daily Inter Lake
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Doctor's license suspended after clinic raided
Daily Inter Lake HAMILTON (AP) — A state board has indefinitely suspended the medical license of a Florence physician after two of his patients who were prescribed methadone died from overdoses. Dr. Chris A. Christensen prescribed his patients “excess pills” in … |
Limerick homeless shelter hit by drug overdoses – Limerick Post
R.I. Senate Panel Considers Bills to Aid Treatment of Drug Addiction – the Providence Journal
R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction – The Providence Journal
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R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction
The Providence Journal Paul V. Jabour, D-Providence, would require coverage for all medications used to treat addiction, including methadone, buprenorphine (Suboxone) and naltrexone (Vivitrol). Practices among insurers vary on Suboxone and Vivitrol, but few cover methadone, … |
Heroin use, overdose deaths rising in Kansas – The State
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Heroin use, overdose deaths rising in Kansas
The State Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services has also tracked a growing number of patients at the state's nine methadone clinics seeking treatment for heroin dependence. Of the 198 people treated in 2013 primarily for heroin abuse, 119 were men. |
Increased heroin use draws attention in California – SFGate
R.I. Senate Panel Considers Bills to Aid Treatment of Drug Addiction – the Providence Journal
R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction – The Providence Journal
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R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction
The Providence Journal Paul V. Jabour, D-Providence, would require coverage for all medications used to treat addiction, including methadone, buprenorphine (Suboxone) and naltrexone (Vivitrol). Practices among insurers vary on Suboxone and Vivitrol, but few cover methadone, … |
Heroin at the ER: Medical professionals try to save people from overdoses – Beloit Daily News
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Heroin at the ER: Medical professionals try to save people from overdoses
Beloit Daily News … I think the prescription opioids are abused more heavily than the street drugs such as heroin,” Orendorff said. Opioids include hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and suboxone as well as the street drug heroin. … As people tend to increase their … |