Archive for the ‘Methadone Abuse’ Category
Fighting Back Against Drug’s Stranglehold – Irish Examiner
Fighting back against drug’s stranglehold – Irish Examiner
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Fighting back against drug's stranglehold
Irish Examiner There are currently 250 people on methadone or drugs counselling programmes in Cork, according to HSE addiction services. The HSE and voluntary sector drugs workers estimate that another 250 heroin users are not in treatment, with some arguing there … |
How to Treat with Methadone with Dr Rodriquez and Delray Center – Pain management with Methadone “Lets talk about pain management with Methadone. Methadone is a well-tolerated very effective form of pain management for some…
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Medication-Assisted Treatment With Methadone: Assessing the Evidence – Psychiatric Services (Subscription)
Medication-Assisted Treatment With Methadone: Assessing the Evidence – Psychiatric Services (subscription)
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Medication-Assisted Treatment With Methadone: Assessing the Evidence
Psychiatric Services (subscription) Dr. Delphin-Rittmon is with the Office of Policy, Planning, and Innovation, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Rockville. This article is part of a series of literature reviews that will be published in Psychiatric … |
New York Times Panics Over Un-Risky Drug Buprenorphine – Reason (blog)
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New York Times Panics Over Un-Risky Drug Buprenorphine
Reason (blog) This very, very, very long story was about buprenorphine, a drug used to treat opioid addiction, and unlike methadone actually available by prescription in the form of "suboxone," where it is mixed with naloxone, an opiate-cancelling drug. (You know … |
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Prescription Drug Abuse Isn't Just for Rural Areas Anymore
Prescription Drug Abuse Isn't Just for Rural Areas Anymore
A new series of maps published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine shows that the prescription pill crisis has spread away from rural areas, and now reaches virtually every part of the country.
Methadone Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
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Flesh Eating Opiate, Krokodil, Reportedly Spreading Across US – WCTV
Flesh Eating Opiate, Krokodil, Reportedly Spreading Across US – WCTV
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Flesh Eating Opiate, Krokodil, Reportedly Spreading Across US
WCTV There are methods to treat opiate addiction, including taking other prescription opiates like methadone and suboxone. But opiate addiction is a chronic problem that comes with an extremely difficult withdrawal period. Grosso called for more education … |
Woman gets chance to defeat addiction – Southwest Times
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Woman gets chance to defeat addiction
Southwest Times Brown was in court on a probation revocation stemming from a 2012 conviction of possession of Methadone. “If you come back in here on another probation violation – I don't care if it's for spitting on the sidewalk – you'll have two and a half years to … |
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Court Dismisses South Burlington Appeal Over Methadone Clinic – BurlingtonFreePress.com
Court dismisses South Burlington appeal over methadone clinic – BurlingtonFreePress.com
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Court dismisses South Burlington appeal over methadone clinic
BurlingtonFreePress.com The clinic, one of a handful of regional substance abuse treatment hubs being created across the state to help people deal with opiate addiction problems, opened in September while the issue was under review by the court. The school district had filed … |
Rx for Abuse: Prescription drug use among teens on the rise – Timesonline.com
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Rx for Abuse: Prescription drug use among teens on the rise
Timesonline.com Examples of opioid-based drugs include hydrocodone (Vicodin), oxycodone (Oxycontin or Percocet), fentanyl, methadone and codeine. Benzodiazepines are central nervous system depressants used primarily as sedatives to treat sleeplessness, anxiety and … |
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Doctor’s Prescription of Methadone Causes 21 Shameful Deaths; Patients Abuse … – TopNews United States
Doctor’s Prescription of Methadone Causes 21 Shameful Deaths; Patients Abuse … – TopNews United States
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Doctor's Prescription of Methadone Causes 21 Shameful Deaths; Patients Abuse …
TopNews United States According to a coroner's verdict, Victorian patients are abusing the system as doctors are prescribing takeaway doses of methadone to them, which have caused a shameful number of deaths in the region. Methadone usually helps patients get rid of heroin … Call for rethink of Vic methadone program Abuse of methadone plan leads to Vic deaths 'Takeaway dosing' of methadone killing dozens of Victorians, coroner finds |
At Clinics, Tumultuous Lives and Turbulent Care – New York Times