Opiate Abuse on Rise
Opiate abuse on rise
As the New England region sees a rise in opiate abuse, the towns of Pepperell and Townsend too are getting caught up in the trend.
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City’s Methadone Funds Could Cover Broader Addiction Plan – Boston Globe
City’s methadone funds could cover broader addiction plan – Boston Globe
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City's methadone funds could cover broader addiction plan
Boston Globe The city clinic, on Frontage Road in the South End, has operated for 40 years, since methadone first won approval as a treatment for heroin addiction. Methadone reduces cravings for heroin and helps stave off withdrawal symptoms. The drug was a giant … BPHS proposes closing sole public methadone clinic |
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Boston’s only public methadone clinic may shut – Boston Globe
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Boston's only public methadone clinic may shut
Boston Globe Methadone is a synthetic narcotic that has been used for decades to reduce the craving for opiates, such as heroin, and their withdrawal symptoms. Treatment is sometimes needed for years to help prevent a relapse. The cost of treatment varies, because … |
Crimea Side-Effect: Addicts Deprived of Methadone – ABC News
Crimea Side-Effect: Addicts Deprived of Methadone – ABC News
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Crimea Side–Effect: Addicts Deprived of Methadone
ABC News Every morning, Sergei Kislov takes the bus to the rundown outskirts of this port city for the methadone doses that keep him off heroin without suffering withdrawal. Now that Russia has taken over Crimea, the trips are about to end. "For a month and a … |
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Crimean side-effect: Heroin addicts deprived of methadone because Russia … – Newser
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Crimean side–effect: Heroin addicts deprived of methadone because Russia …
Newser SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (AP) — Every morning, Sergei Kislov takes the bus to the rundown outskirts of this port city for the methadone doses that keep him off heroin without suffering withdrawal. Now that Russia has taken over Crimea, the trips are about … |
Drugging America's Veterans: Painkiller Abuse Spreads as VA Becomes Vets …
Drugging America's Veterans: Painkiller Abuse Spreads as VA Becomes Vets …
… and other physical injuries. According to the investigation, VA prescriptions for four opiates — hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and morphine — have surged by 270 percent in the past 12 years. … GREG WAGONER: The last thing you would think …
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Boston’s Only Public Methadone Clinic May Shut – Boston Globe
Boston’s only public methadone clinic may shut – Boston Globe
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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
City’s methadone funds could cover broader addiction plan – Boston Globe
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City's methadone funds could cover broader addiction plan
Boston Globe The city clinic, on Frontage Road in the South End, has operated for 40 years, since methadone first won approval as a treatment for heroin addiction. Methadone reduces cravings for heroin and helps stave off withdrawal symptoms. The drug was a giant … BPHS proposes closing sole public methadone clinic |
'We'Re All Paying:' Heroin Spreads Misery Across US
'We're all paying:' Heroin spreads misery across US
With heroin use rising across the U.S., The Associated Press queried state health departments, medical examiner's offices and law enforcement agencies across the nation for statistics related to use, overdoses and treatment to obtain a more detailed …
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Ethan's story, Part 1: The slide from drug experimentation to full-blown …
Deval Patrick said that Massachusetts is in the grips of an "epidemic of opiate abuse." For this reason … “It is a crisis bubbling just beneath the surface that may be invisible to many but is already highly visible to law enforcement, medical …
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