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Combat Vets Battle an Enemy Within: Addiction – Military.com
Combat Vets Battle an Enemy Within: Addiction – Military.com
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Combat Vets Battle an Enemy Within: Addiction
Military.com In 12 years after 9/11, prescriptions of four primary opiate painkillers — oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, and methadone — rose 270 percent at VA hospitals, according to internal VA records obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting. Last … |
Protesters call for more services for addicted Islanders – The Guardian Charlottetown
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Protesters call for more services for addicted Islanders
The Guardian Charlottetown “I'm so proud of him, and he's even off the methadone now,” she said to cheers from the crowd. “Please help our children.” Greg MacKinnon spoke of his own personal struggles … “Thank god I got treated how I did when I did because if I had gone to … |
Disease of the mind – Ledger Independent
Combat Vets Battle an Enemy Within: Addiction – Military.com
Combat Vets Battle an Enemy Within: Addiction – Military.com
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Combat Vets Battle an Enemy Within: Addiction
Military.com In 12 years after 9/11, prescriptions of four primary opiate painkillers — oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, and methadone — rose 270 percent at VA hospitals, according to internal VA records obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting. Last … |
Recent jail deaths raise questions about detox protocols – Newsworks.org
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Recent jail deaths raise questions about detox protocols
Newsworks.org Detox lasts seven to 10 days, and medical staff are supposed to check in regularly. Staff members do not administer methadone, except in the case of pregnant women, or Suboxone, a newer narcotic used in the treatment of heroin addiction. Bryan Kennedy … |
Disease of the mind – Ledger Independent
Recent Jail Deaths Raise Questions About Detox Protocols – Newsworks.org
Recent jail deaths raise questions about detox protocols – Newsworks.org
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Recent jail deaths raise questions about detox protocols
Newsworks.org Detox lasts seven to 10 days, and medical staff are supposed to check in regularly. Staff members do not administer methadone, except in the case of pregnant women, or Suboxone, a newer narcotic used in the treatment of heroin addiction. Bryan Kennedy … |
Disease of the mind – Ledger Independent
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Disease of the mind
Ledger Independent Getting access to a detox center, then a rehabilitation center, was hard and took perseverance on the part of Donna and her daughter. “Don't be afraid to question … On March 15, 2012, she died of a methadone overdose, Whitehead said. Her daughter … |
Heroin ‘filled the hole’: For kid from suburbs, pot was first stop on road to … – Omaha World-Herald
Drugging America’s Veterans: Painkiller Abuse Spreads as VA Becomes Vets … – Democracy Now
Drugging America’s Veterans: Painkiller Abuse Spreads as VA Becomes Vets … – Democracy Now
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Drugging America's Veterans: Painkiller Abuse Spreads as VA Becomes Vets …
Democracy Now … which were prescribed to treat a myriad of mental health and other physical injuries. According to the investigation, VA prescriptions for four opiates — hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and morphine — have surged by 270 percent in the past 12 … |
Drug addict cannot forgive herself because her daughter was born a heroin addict – Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
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Drug addict cannot forgive herself because her daughter was born a heroin addict
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am The newborn girl went through a detox, and doctors had to give her methadone orally to help prevent her suffering from withdrawal symptoms. “The midwives had been lovely during my labour but all that changed after Georgia was born and I was moved to … |
WWMT Newschannel 3 :: Search Results – WWMT-TV
WWMT Newschannel 3 :: Search Results – WWMT-TV
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WWMT Newschannel 3 :: Search Results
WWMT-TV They are for-profit businesses, and making money because while other things are being cut in Michigan, money for methadone therapy for drug addiction keeps increasing. Every morning before dawn, they pull into the parking lot and line up outside the … |
Patrick declares opioid health emergency – The Recorder
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Patrick declares opioid health emergency
The Recorder Patrick said how that money will be apportioned will depend on the recommendations made, highlighting outpatient treatments like the monthly opioid blocking injection commonly known as Vivitrol, a lesser-known cousin of methadone and Suboxone … Overdoses Prompt Health Emergency in Mass. |
Nursing strike staffing plan in works – TheChronicleHerald.ca
Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST – WWMT-TV
Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST – WWMT-TV
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Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST
WWMT-TV They are for-profit businesses, and making money because while other things are being cut in Michigan, money for methadone therapy for drug addiction keeps increasing. Every morning before dawn, they pull into the parking lot and line up outside the … |
Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts – Palladium-Item
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Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts
Palladium-Item “After Nick's crash, he went to the methadone clinic to try to get off the pain medicine, but methadone doesn't help anyone get off drugs, it is just a substitute that is legal that people make money off of,” Rains said. “Heroin users who go there are … |