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Methadone And Alcoholism in the News

Methadone And Alcoholism: Late Athlete's Parents Reach Out to Others with Addiction
Percocet contains five milligrams of oxycodone, which is an opioid drug similar to morphine, heroin and methadone. While Percocet relieves pain for roughly five hours, Oxycontin works for close to twelve. Tyler's addiction expanded from Percocet to …
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Methadone And Alcoholism: Mary's dream provides hope for women
Mary walks with Gustafson each day to pick up prescriptions such as methadone. They walk hand in hand through the neighbourhood where Gustafson spent her adult life buying drugs. It's hard, she says, but walking with her head held high through the …
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Methadone Detox Help in the News

Methadone Detox Help: Russell Brand Talks to MPs Committee on Addiction and Rehabilitation
Chip Somers, chief executive of the detox center Focus 12, where Brand sought help for addiction, shared: “Just to park people on methadone for four to seven years is criminal.” Brand called for “love and compassion” in society's response to addiction, …
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Methadone Detox Help: Charlottetown women's shelter now closed
She'd been in and out of detox for drug addiction and had nowhere else to turn. "I'm coming up to 15 months over now and without Grandmother's House, you know, I'd probably still be using." Church is now in the methadone program, is taking her GED …
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Mixing Methadone Alcohol in the News

Mixing Methadone Alcohol: Ayahuasca May Hold Key to Breaking Addiction, But Canada Is Forcing Doctor to …
All over Downtown Eastside there's also help available for junkies, addicts, alkies—detox programs, 12-step meetings, residential treatment centers, methadone clinics, safe-injection protocols. Some of the programs are sponsored by the local churches.
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Mixing Methadone Alcohol: Less harm, lower cost
“We offer methadone and suboxone programs and once again we know the longer people stay in the programs, the better the outcomes,” he said. “Heroin users are an older population and there is a lot of mixed drug use now.” During the needle exchange …
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Alcoholism Methadone: Malibu Horizon’s Addiction Treatment Innovator Dr. AR Mohammad Recognized As … – San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

Malibu Horizon's Addiction Treatment Innovator Dr. AR Mohammad Recognized As … San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Vivitrol And Dr. Mohammad Are Being Recognized By The Media As Game Changers In The Battle Against Opiate Abuse And Alcohol Dependency Malibu, California (PRWEB) April 30, 2012 Dr. Akikur Mohammad, Founder of Malibu Horizon, recognized by many as one … and more »

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Alcoholism Methadone: Addiction: 60 Minutes’ first live Facebook chat – CBS News

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Read more... Addiction: 60 Minutes' first live Facebook chat CBS News Dr. Volkow: Hi Patty – Yes alcoholism is an addiction just like that for other drugs. We have very few medications available for the various addictive substances, currently only for alcohol, nicotine and heroin. The use of methadone as a maintenance … and more »

Methadone Detox: Smoking Thwarts Positive Outcomes in Opioid Addiction – Medscape

Smoking Thwarts Positive Outcomes in Opioid Addiction Medscape April 29, 2012 (Atlanta, GA) — Opioid-addicted patients who were also nicotine dependent achieved better outcomes if they did not smoke during methadone detoxification, new research shows. Paolo Mannelli, MD, from the Department of Psychiatry, … and more »

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Methadone Detox: Another group wants to open Duluth methadone treatment clinic – Duluth News Tribune

Another group wants to open Duluth methadone treatment clinic Duluth News Tribune The Center for Alcohol and Drug Treatment, perhaps best known for running the county's only detoxification center for alcohol and drug abuse, is proposing what it calls a Medication Assisted Treatment Program, where methadone would be one of several … and more »

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Methadone Detox: Smoking Thwarts Positive Outcomes in Opioid Addiction – Medscape

Smoking Thwarts Positive Outcomes in Opioid Addiction Medscape April 29, 2012 (Atlanta, GA) — Opioid-addicted patients who were also nicotine dependent achieved better outcomes if they did not smoke during methadone detoxification, new research shows. Paolo Mannelli, MD, from the Department of Psychiatry, … and more »

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Methadone Detox: ‘Booze had her by the throat’ – The Telegram

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'Booze had her by the throat' The Telegram Chrissy Pearce died after cheking out of detox. Her loved ones say the system failed her many times Chrissy Pearce was stunningly beautiful. Tall, blond hair, blue eyes, a magnetic smile. The kind of woman a stranger might glance at and think she was …

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