Addiction Services Review Underway – Irish Medical News
Addiction services review underway – Irish Medical News
|
Addiction services review underway
Irish Medical News Currently, there is just one Level 2 GP prescriber in Dundalk who initiates methadone treatment for opioid/heroin addiction and three Level 1 GPs, the HSE said. “One of the Level 1 prescribers works very closely with the Level … “Working with Opiate … |
Legislators are told addiction services are fragmented, clients younger – Worcester Telegram
|
Legislators are told addiction services are fragmented, clients younger
Worcester Telegram Dr. DiLorenzo also called for more physicians who could administer Suboxone, a semi-synthetic opiod used to treat opiate addiction, which is considered to have lower risk for abuse than Methadone. The perverse byproduct of relatively few inpatient beds … |
Rise in heroin use leads to more patients at treatment centers – StarNewsOnline.com
|
Rise in heroin use leads to more patients at treatment centers
StarNewsOnline.com When their number is called, they move to a private window, where their methadone is measured by a computer and dispensed in a cup. Methadone has some of the same addictive qualities of opiates, but withdrawal is less severe and the euphoric effect is … |
Neuendorf: Heroin, other drugs viewed worse than they really are – Iowa State Daily
|
Neuendorf: Heroin, other drugs viewed worse than they really are
Iowa State Daily Supplying heroin addicts with heroin has proven to be more effective than the normal methadone and detox treatment; sometimes, utter abstinence is not the answer. Because of the current stigma, most users will avoid rehabilitation at all costs. If they … |
Treatment targets pregnant women – Chillicothe Gazette
|
Treatment targets pregnant women
Chillicothe Gazette The alternatives are both synthetic opioids designed for detox and to reduce withdrawal symptoms, but Subutex has only one active ingredient — buprenorphine — while Suboxone also has naloxone. The naloxone works to block opioid receptors to … |
More Methadone Detox Information…