MaineCare Sees 30 Percent Drop in Patients on Prescription Opiates With New Emphasis on Alternative Therapies

MaineCare sees 30 percent drop in patients on prescription opiates with new emphasis on alternative therapies
OxyContin is a recreational drug of choice in Maine. Posted Feb. 27, 2014, at 6:08 p.m. At Acadia Hospital in Bangor, individuals suffering from chronic pain, many of them for years, gather once a week to find relief in their thoughts, rather than a pill bottle.
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Senator Casey Pushes for Legislation That Puts in Place Robust Plan to Address … – YourErie

Senator Casey Pushes for Legislation that Puts in Place Robust Plan to Address … – YourErie


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Senator Casey Pushes for Legislation that Puts in Place Robust Plan to Address
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Creating a grant program to states and non-profit entities to conduct consumer education on opioid abuse, including methadone abuse. The establishment of a Controlled Substances Clinical Standards Commission, which, among other things, would develop 

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Prescription Addiction: What Can Be Done About Rising Rx Overdoses? – Forbes

Prescription Addiction: What Can Be Done About Rising Rx Overdoses?
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In fact, 3 in 4 drug overdose deaths involve an “opioid analgesic” pain killer such as oxycodone, hydrocodone or methadone. Opioids can exact an enormous toll on human lives. Opioid use damages families and communities, and costs U.S. employers a 

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Home Deaths From Drug Errors Soar – States Chronicle

Home deaths from drug errors soar – States Chronicle


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Home deaths from drug errors soar
States Chronicle
Valid prescriptions taken in error, especially narcotics such as methadone and oxycodone, account for a growing number of deaths, said experts who reviewed the study. The analysis excluded suicides, homicides and deaths related to side effects.

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Tallie’s Mother Arrested in Methadone Death – Beloit Daily News

Tallie’s mother arrested in methadone death – Beloit Daily News

Tallie's mother arrested in methadone death
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Tina Strommen, the grandmother of K'Myah and mother of Tallie Strommen, was arrested Monday at the Janesville Police Department after allegedly giving her daughter some of her methadone prescription which ultimately led to the death of K'Myah.

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How to Slow Heroin’s Comeback – Bloomberg View

How to Slow Heroin’s Comeback – Bloomberg View

How to Slow Heroin's Comeback
Bloomberg View
Perversely, heroin use can be a side effect both of illicit trafficking in oxycodone and hydrocodone and of enforcement efforts against that traffic. Pills are more attractive than heroin to new users. Swallowing a pill of known Substitution

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Markets Live: Best Week in Two Years

Markets Live: Best week in two years
Market signals are giving us a mixed view, but we are mildly bullish in the short term given the strong technical picture, says ANZ's head of commodity strategy, Mark Pevan: While short-covering and additions to ETF (exchange-traded funds) …. “It's …
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