Heroin Epidemic Challenges Nonprofits and Health Insurance Alike
Heroin Epidemic Challenges Nonprofits and Health Insurance Alike
According to AP, “Because withdrawal is not directly deadly, most insurance companies won't pay for inpatient heroin detoxification or rehab…They either claim that the addict does not meet the 'criteria for medical necessity'—that inpatient care …
Read more on The Nonprofit Quarterly
Doctor's license suspended after clinic raided
Methadone is commonly used for pain management or to aid in the withdrawal from heroin. One pharmacy refused to fill Christensen's narcotics prescriptions until the doctor filled out a treatment plan for that patient. All 43 treatment plans Christensen …
Read more on Daily Inter Lake
Approval of drug is long overdue
Narcon sends the victim into immediate withdrawal and reverses the effects of the drug by helping the person regain ability to breathe. … Narcon can counter overdoses of opiates including heroin, morphine, oxycodone (Oxycontin), methadone …
Read more on New Jersey Hills
More Treating Methadone Withdrawal Information…