LePage’s Drug-Battle Plan Pared Down, Gets Bipartisan Backing – Morning Sentinel

LePage’s drug-battle plan pared down, gets bipartisan backing – Morning Sentinel


Morning Sentinel

LePage's drug-battle plan pared down, gets bipartisan backing
Morning Sentinel
In February, the state imposed a two-year limit on MaineCare payments to people who are being treated for opiate addiction with suboxone and methadone, with certain exceptions. About 12,000 Mainers had suboxone prescriptions in 2010, according to the …

Methadone Abuse – Google News

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


Social Justice Solutions

The Invisible Monster: Heroin Invades Our Community
Social Justice Solutions
Harm reduction strategies include substance abuse treatment and opiate replacement therapy such as Suboxone or methadone. Another crucial piece of harm reduction is peer administration of the heroin overdose antidote Naloxone (Narcan), which helps …

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Methadone Abuse – Google News

Bain Capital company buys Brattleboro methadone clinic – Brattleboro Reformer

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

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

County OKs .1M for family of woman who died in MCSO custody – Arizona Republic

County OKs $ 1.1M for family of woman who died in MCSO custody
Arizona Republic
Health-care workers also started Johnson on the Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale, a "pen-and-paper instrument" that rates common symptoms of opiate withdrawl, according to the National Institute of Health. The suit states that Johnson was not seen by a …

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Methadone Withdrawal Symptoms – Google News

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

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


Social Justice Solutions

The Invisible Monster: Heroin Invades 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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Methadone Side Effects – Google News

Footsteps charity: ‘More than 4000 in St Helens battling drug abuse’ – St Helens Star


St Helens Star

Footsteps charity: 'More than 4000 in St Helens battling drug abuse'
St Helens Star
One mother, who was grateful for the support she received from Footsteps, explained how her son had become an heroin addict, then gone on methadone but turned to alcohol to combat the side effects. At one stage he was drinking nine litres of cider a day.

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

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

Dentist was writing prescriptions in exchange for drugs for his own use … – The Jackson Citizen Patriot

Dentist was writing prescriptions in exchange for drugs for his own use
The Jackson Citizen Patriot
Cook said Purmell, 59, had a drug problem himself and wrote prescriptions for Vicodin, methadone and codeine, all pain medications, and promethazine, used to relieve the symptoms of allergic reactions and to relax and sedate patients. He was doing so

Effectiveness of Methadone Treatment for Heroin Addiction – British Journal of Psychiatry

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

Russia bans methadone in Crimea – ITAR-TASS

Russia bans methadone in Crimea
ITAR-TASS
MOSCOW, March 26. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia will ban methadone, a narcotic drug used in the treatment of drug addiction, in Crimea, Russia's Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) chief Viktor Ivanov said on Wednesday, March 26. Methadone has become a …

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Methadone Addiction – Google News

Kicking Methadone With Johnny Winter – Pacific Standard

LePage’s Drug-Battle Plan Pared Down, Gets Bipartisan Backing – Press Herald

LePage’s drug-battle plan pared down, gets bipartisan backing – Press Herald


Press Herald

LePage's drug-battle plan pared down, gets bipartisan backing
Press Herald
In February, the state imposed a two-year limit on MaineCare payments to people who are being treated for opiate addiction with suboxone and methadone, with certain exceptions. About 12,000 Mainers had suboxone prescriptions in 2010, according to the …

and more »

Methadone Abuse – Google News

Super Mom let life get away – LimaOhio.com

Super Mom let life get away
LimaOhio.com
At 47 years old, Becky is seemingly a text book case of an addict who first became hooked on prescription pain pills and then graduated to full-blown heroin addiction in a matter of years. … “The methadone got me even higher than the pain pills,” she

Methadone Abuse – Google News

Bain Capital company buys Brattleboro methadone clinic – Brattleboro Reformer