Mindfulness: New Treatment for Opioid Abuse

Mindfulness: New Treatment for Opioid Abuse
Due to the drugs' effectiveness in relieving pain, large swathes of the population receive a prescription for opiates at one time or another. Nearly one … Medications, such as Naltrexone, methadone and Buprenorphine are common treatments for opiate …
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Stuart Kloda, MD Discusses Philip Seymour Hoffman and Suboxone
Buprenorphine is a medication used to treat addiction to heroin and other narcotic pain killers. It was found in Mr. Hoffman's apartment. Buprenorphine is the opioid, or narcotic part of the medications Subutex and Suboxone. It is used for what is …
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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 Symptoms – Google News

Methadone: ‘Liquid handcuffs’ – Sunday Star Times


Sunday Star Times

Methadone: 'Liquid handcuffs'
Sunday Star Times
A heavy-handed culture at the Christchurch Methadone Programme (CMP) is condemning addicts to a world of suicide, accidental overdose, crime and prostitution, according to a damning review. Methadone, or opioid substitution treatment, helps wean …

Methadone Symptoms – Google News

Leaked review blows whistle – Manawatu Standard

Russia Bans Methadone in Crimea – ITAR-TASS

Russia bans methadone in Crimea – ITAR-TASS

Russia bans methadone in Crimea
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 criminal business in Ukraine. Ivanov …

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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

FDA, States Mount War on Kratom

FDA, States Mount War on Kratom
In the recall by SNI National, the company said it was unaware of any adverse effects associated with the kratom products, which were sold to wholesale distributors in Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts …
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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

Methadone: ‘Liquid handcuffs’ – Sunday Star Times


Sunday Star Times

Methadone: 'Liquid handcuffs'
Sunday Star Times
A heavy-handed culture at the Christchurch Methadone Programme (CMP) is condemning addicts to a world of suicide, accidental overdose, crime and prostitution, according to a damning review. Methadone, or opioid substitution treatment, helps wean …

Methadone Symptoms – Google News

Leaked review blows whistle – Manawatu Standard

Russia Bans Methadone in Crimea – ITAR-TASS

Russia bans methadone in Crimea – ITAR-TASS

Russia bans methadone in Crimea
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 criminal business in Ukraine. Ivanov …

and more »

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