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

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

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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

Curbing painkiller abuse is key to preventing the spread of addiction – Fall River Herald News

Curbing painkiller abuse is key to preventing the spread of addiction
Fall River Herald News
Southcoast Hospital Group reported that it has treated 14 opioid-related overdoses this year so far and has seen 74 cases of opioid abuse. The system has also treated 116 heroin overdoses and seven methadone overdoses so far this year, according to a …
Modern-day addicts defy the 'junkie' stereotypeWicked Local Fall River

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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
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 …

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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St. Elizabeth Embraces a New Clinic to Fight Heroin

St. Elizabeth embraces a new clinic to fight heroin
Methadone: A synthetic opiate that completely fills the mu-opioid receptors in the brain. It reduces cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. It is regulated in the body to stabilize the patient so he or she functions well without euphoric effects …
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