Letter: Methadone Programs Can Beat Addiction – Newsday

Letter: Methadone programs can beat addiction – Newsday

Letter: Methadone programs can beat addiction
Newsday
There is an ongoing misconception that methadone treatment just hooks the addict on a new drug. This is false. Technically, it's a drug, but if it's administered in the correct manner, it has extremely beneficial medicinal qualities. Therefore, I

Methadone Addiction – Google News

Effectiveness of methadone treatment for heroin addiction – British Journal of Psychiatry

Effectiveness of methadone treatment for heroin addiction
British Journal of Psychiatry
… 'Injectable opioid treatment for chronic heroin addiction more cost-effective than oral methadone', and claimed that 'total cost savings of providing injectable opiate treatment for this chronic group in England could be between £29 and £59 million

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Methadone Addiction – Google News

Kicking Methadone With Johnny Winter – Pacific Standard

My View: Fighting Heroin Will Take the Whole Community – Rockford Register Star

My View: Fighting heroin will take the whole community – Rockford Register Star

My View: Fighting heroin will take the whole community
Rockford Register Star
The goal of Opioid Maintenance Therapy with Methadone is substance abuse abstinence and recovery. While an individual is receiving medication, they are given the gift of time — time to reject negative people, places and things in order to rebuild a

Methadone Abuse – Google News

Cases of newborns with addictions soaring – Boston Globe


Boston Globe

Cases of newborns with addictions soaring
Boston Globe
Most of them were exposed in utero to methadone or buprenorphine, drugs commonly prescribed for those in treatment for addiction. Many parents work hard to fight their addictions and get better, he said. Unfortunately, Sege's own hospital data shows

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Methadone Abuse – Google News

Curbing painkiller abuse is key to preventing the spread of addiction – Wicked Local Fall River

Cases of Newborns With Addictions Soaring – Boston Globe

Cases of newborns with addictions soaring – Boston Globe


Boston Globe

Cases of newborns with addictions soaring
Boston Globe
At Boston Medical Center, which treated 106 children last year who suffered drug withdrawal, about 85 percent return to their parents, he said. Most of them were exposed in utero to methadone or buprenorphine, drugs commonly prescribed for those in …

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Methadone Withdrawal Symptoms – Google News

Dosage errors may have tilted clinical heroin trial, BC court hears – The Globe and Mail

Dosage errors may have tilted clinical heroin trial, BC court hears
The Globe and Mail
In a sworn affidavit, Dr. Kahan said methadone dosages administered during the North American Opiate Medication Initiative (NAOMI) might not have been enough to relieve withdrawal symptoms and cravings. The study, led by researchers from Providence …

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Methadone Withdrawal Symptoms – Google News

Kicking Methadone With Johnny Winter – Pacific Standard

Flesh-Eating Drug Could See Walking Dead Prowl Irish Streets – Sunday World

Flesh-eating drug could see walking dead prowl Irish streets – Sunday World

Flesh-eating drug could see walking dead prowl Irish streets
Sunday World
Heroin has long been the scourge of many Irish communities, but now a new, more deadly, version of the drug has hit the european market – krokodil. The new zombie opiate may sound like it belongs in a horror movie, but its side effects have been known

Methadone Side Effects – Google News

The Invisible Monster: Heroin Invates Our Community – Social Justice Solutions


Social Justice Solutions

The Invisible Monster: Heroin Invates Our Community
Social Justice Solutions
Here is a link to a story I wrote about Heroin invading Fargo, ND area and efforts being made on a legislative level to effect social change. The story features two local social … Suboxone is a slow-release, long lasting “opiate substitute” like

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Cases of Newborns With Addictions Soaring – Boston Globe

Cases of newborns with addictions soaring – Boston Globe


Boston Globe

Cases of newborns with addictions soaring
Boston Globe
Most of them were exposed in utero to methadone or buprenorphine, drugs commonly prescribed for those in treatment for addiction. Many parents work hard to fight their addictions and get better, he said. Unfortunately, Sege's own hospital data shows

and more »

Methadone Symptoms – Google News

Dosage errors may have tilted clinical heroin trial, BC court hears – The Globe and Mail

Dosage errors may have tilted clinical heroin trial, BC court hears
The Globe and Mail
In a sworn affidavit, Dr. Kahan said methadone dosages administered during the North American Opiate Medication Initiative (NAOMI) might not have been enough to relieve withdrawal symptoms and cravings. The study, led by researchers from Providence …

and more »

Methadone Symptoms – Google News

Why Mentally Ill People Should Have Access to E-Cigarettes – Pacific Standard

Letter: Methadone Programs Can Beat Addiction – Newsday

Letter: Methadone programs can beat addiction – Newsday

Letter: Methadone programs can beat addiction
Newsday
There is an ongoing misconception that methadone treatment just hooks the addict on a new drug. This is false. Technically, it's a drug, but if it's administered in the correct manner, it has extremely beneficial medicinal qualities. Therefore, I

Methadone Addiction – Google News

Effectiveness of methadone treatment for heroin addiction – British Journal of Psychiatry

Effectiveness of methadone treatment for heroin addiction
British Journal of Psychiatry
… 'Injectable opioid treatment for chronic heroin addiction more cost-effective than oral methadone', and claimed that 'total cost savings of providing injectable opiate treatment for this chronic group in England could be between £29 and £59 million

and more »

Methadone Addiction – Google News

Kicking Methadone With Johnny Winter – Pacific Standard