R.I. Senate Panel Considers Bills to Aid Treatment of Drug Addiction – the Providence Journal

R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction – The Providence Journal

R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction
The Providence Journal
Paul V. Jabour, D-Providence, would require coverage for all medications used to treat addiction, including methadone, buprenorphine (Suboxone) and naltrexone (Vivitrol). Practices among insurers vary on Suboxone and Vivitrol, but few cover methadone, …

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Raided Florence doctor’s medical license suspended – Ravalli Republic


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Raided Florence doctor's medical license suspended
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“In such cases, Dr. Christensen failed to properly counsel patients on the risks of these drug combinations and quantities and failed to adequately monitor the patients' use of these drugs. The patient records document not only high doses of methadone
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Mom of 2 Heroin Addicts: ‘This Is Not the Life I Want’ – NBCNews.com

Mom of 2 Heroin Addicts: 'This Is Not the Life I Want'
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So as soon as Denise saw Ben using heroin again, she enrolled him in a treatment program covered by that health plan, which provides Ben with Suboxone — a stabilizing medicine similar to methadone that allows recovering addicts to function normally
Heroin addicts face barriers to treatmentOlean Times Herald

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Patient drug history to be scrutinized before narcotics prescriptions – CBC.ca

Patient drug history to be scrutinized before narcotics prescriptions
CBC.ca
For Grant, the immediate goal is to make sure doctors prescribe narcotics to patients who need the drugs for pain relief, rather than someone with a drug addiction or who may be looking to sell the substances on the streets. "We know that many diverted

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