Drug Methadone

Vivitrol successfully used to treat heroin addiction at Washington County …
Hogamier said inmates who agree to the treatment must wait 10 days so they can finish going through withdrawal. After that 10-day period, a nurse gives the drug user an injection of Vivitrol in the buttocks, she said. The drug's effects last for a …
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Heroin's Euphoric High Makes It Hard to Quit
Medications like methadone and buprenorphine, which activate the same brain receptors as heroin, can help reduce cravings and dampen withdrawal symptoms. But for some, the treatments are no match for heroin's addictive high. "The research shows that …
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