Community Detox Scheme Goes National – Irish Medical Times

Methadone Detox: Community detox scheme goes national – Irish Medical Times


Irish Medical Times

Community detox scheme goes national
Irish Medical Times
It is for patients who are prescribed methadone or those who are taking prescribed or illicitly-sourced benzodiazepines and want support to reduce or cease their use of these substances, but can't or don't want to go into residential detox. Background

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Methadone Detox: Dad reveals he has been on methadone for 30 years – Scottish Daily Record


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Dad reveals he has been on methadone for 30 years
Scottish Daily Record
FORMER addict Paul Innes was on methadone for years – but only got drug-free after going on a detox programme. The 33-year-old now works for addiction charity Team Challenge and runs an outreach centre for recovering addicts in Fraserburgh.

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Methadone Detox: Government failed to keep any methadone statistics – Scottish Daily Record

Government failed to keep any methadone statistics
Scottish Daily Record
And NHS-prescribed methadone was the biggest killer. The lack of action was slammed by campaigners and politicians. Anti-drugs campaigner and detox centre owner Maxie Richards said: “The Road to Recovery just hasn't worked. Methadone is more like

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Methadone Detox: From Addiction to Recovery – Did Russell Brand Contradict Himself? – Huffington Post UK (blog)


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From Addiction to Recovery – Did Russell Brand Contradict Himself?
Huffington Post UK (blog)
Methadone and OST treatments were given no time or credibility: there was a rather odious segment where Dr Clare Gerada, Chair of the Royal College of Practitioners, was edited to look out of touch and debased. It was around this point that I
Russell Brand shouldn't speak for everyone on drugs policiesThe Independent (blog)
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Methadone Detox: Methadone: Safe, Effective Management of the Painkiller Crisis



A massive wave of prescription painkiller addiction, 5.5% of people 12 years and over, and 6.8% in Oklahoma, is meeting with a rapidly reduced supply of these drugs. Conversion to heroin is very likely as it is more prevalent, purer, priced less than ever before. With that is crime, disease, broken families, homelessness, and death. Methadone treatment is the proven safe and effective way to manage this mass of destruction – especially when done in a SAMHSA evidenced-based best clinical practice model. ascs-okc.com http

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