As Pills Killed Kids, Florida Shrugged

As pills killed kids, Florida shrugged
Oxycodone, Xanax, methadone and other prescription meds were found in the stomachs of deceased infants and toddlers or in the urine of their parents. Parents accidentally smothered their babies in bed while under the influence. They left pills where …
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Bain Capital Sees Opportunity in Methadone Clinics – Boston Globe

Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics – Boston Globe


Boston Globe

Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics
Boston Globe
Methadone is often stigmatized, he acknowledged, but for some addicts — when it's used in combination with counseling and other treatments — the substitute drug makes a dramatic difference in their lives. “Methadone will allow you to go from a

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Methadone Addiction – Google News

It takes more than methadone to treat addiction – Boston Globe

It takes more than methadone to treat addiction
Boston Globe
I write as the former director of the methadone clinic originally operated by the Tufts-New England Medical Center's Department of Psychiatry and later by Bay Cove Human Services (“Drug clinic may shut,” Page A1, April 7). Brian MacQuarrie's excellent …

Methadone Addiction – Google News

City’s methadone funds could cover broader addiction plan – Boston Globe

Jared Evely Says the Methadone Program Is an Uphill Battle – Newfoundland and Labrador Compass

Jared Evely says the methadone program is an uphill battle – Newfoundland and Labrador Compass

Jared Evely says the methadone program is an uphill battle
Newfoundland and Labrador Compass
Those people usually turn back to opiates to avoid the withdrawal symptoms. There are currently some 1,000 people taking methadone provincewide, but the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador refused to release information …

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Methadone Withdrawal Symptoms – Google News

Novel Nonopioid Approach Promising for Opioid Dependence – Medscape

Novel Nonopioid Approach Promising for Opioid Dependence
Medscape
"We were trying to find a way of dealing with opiate withdrawal and facilitate people to the next stage of addiction treatment," lead author Gregory Rudolf, MD, from the Swedish Addiction Recovery Service, in Seattle, Washington, told Medscape Medical

Methadone Withdrawal Symptoms – Google News

Methadone: ‘Liquid handcuffs’ – Sunday Star Times

Crimea Side-Effect: Addicts Deprived of Methadone – Anchorage Daily News

Crimea side-effect: Addicts deprived of methadone – Anchorage Daily News

Crimea sideeffect: Addicts deprived of methadone
Anchorage Daily News
In this photo taken Tuesday, April 1, 2014, Sergei, a patient of treatment for drug addiction, poses at a bus stop with an advert reading "Rehabilitation of drug and alcohol addicts" in Sevastopol, Crimea. Across the Black Sea peninsula, some 800

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Methadone Side Effects – Google News

Police armed to fight overdoses – LaSalle News Tribune


LaSalle News Tribune

Police armed to fight overdoses
LaSalle News Tribune
Narcan blocks the effects of opiate drugs including morphine, heroin and prescription painkillers such as oxycodone, hydrocodone and methadone. … An overdose victim brought back with Narcan might show side effects such as aggression, Ruban said.

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Methadone Side Effects – Google News

‘Plagued with a scourge’: Opioid abuse worries neighboring Middlesex … – Wicked Local Reading

Bain Capital Sees Opportunity in Methadone Clinics – Boston Globe

Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics – Boston Globe


Boston Globe

Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics
Boston Globe
Habit OPCO charges patients $ 135 a week for methadone treatment. That includes daily doses of liquid medication, access to doctors and nurses, therapists, and other services. Some people have private insurance; others use Medicaid, the government …

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Methadone Symptoms – Google News

Boston’s only public methadone clinic may shut – Boston Globe

Boston's only public methadone clinic may shut
Boston Globe
Despite assurances that methadone treatment will be uninterrupted if the city clinic closes, the possibility of a shutdown has raised fears among current and former staff that uninsured and indigent clients will be set adrift. Mimi Vitale, a nurse who

Methadone Symptoms – Google News

Jared Evely says the methadone program is an uphill battle – Newfoundland and Labrador Compass

What Professionals Say About Pain Pills and Addiction

What professionals say about pain pills and addiction
Filippelli is medical director at United Community Services, which offers methadone replacement therapy. The clinic … The body can become accustomed to such stimulation, leading to cravings for more and withdrawal symptoms if it is removed. This …
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