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Can Hospital Adjust to Provide Detox-Like Care? – the Recorder

Can hospital adjust to provide detox-like care? – The Recorder

Can hospital adjust to provide detox-like care?
The Recorder
But opioid withdrawal management in hospitals is, well, haphazard. Tessier reluctantly uses the phrase “Wild West.” Opioid detox facilities often ease the patient off their drug(s) with tapered doses of buprenorphine or methadone, tailored opioids, and …

Methadone Detox – Google News

Her Newborn In Withdrawal, A Young Mother Faces Her Own Recovery – Rhode Island Public Radio

Her Newborn In Withdrawal, A Young Mother Faces Her Own Recovery
Rhode Island Public Radio
Jonathan has been on a steadily decreasing dose of morphine to help him withdraw safely from the methadone he was exposed to in the womb. Ellen takes methadone to curb cravings and keep from going into withdrawal herself, from heroin. It's an opioid …

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Insured often wrestle with insurers to get longer rehab care – The Recorder

Officer: Heroin in Marshalltown Just a Matter of Time

Officer: Heroin in Marshalltown just a matter of time
While heroin may be the drug of choice on the coasts and in larger Midwest cities, local law enforcement officers say heroin is not a problem in Marshalltown – yet.
Drug Abuse Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

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Police Arrest Drug-Addicted Parents of Toddler Dead ‘From a Heart Attack After … – Daily Mail

Police arrest drug-addicted parents of toddler dead ‘from a heart attack after … – Daily Mail


Daily Mail

Police arrest drug-addicted parents of toddler dead 'from a heart attack after
Daily Mail
'We believe this substance to be methadone and we believe it may have been given to a friend or an associate of the detained persons or hidden in the area near Jameson Street. 'I would like to appeal to the friends and associates of the detained
Blackpool toddler Sophie Jones 'died taking methadone'BBC News
Toddler, 2, died after drinking heroin substitute "given to her to keep her quiet"Mirror.co.uk

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Drug Methadone – Google News

AAPM: Methadone Not First Drug of Choice for Chronic Pain – Monthly Prescribing Reference

MaineCare Sees 30 Percent Drop in Patients on Prescription Opiates With New Emphasis on Alternative Therapies

MaineCare sees 30 percent drop in patients on prescription opiates with new emphasis on alternative therapies
OxyContin is a recreational drug of choice in Maine. Posted Feb. 27, 2014, at 6:08 p.m. At Acadia Hospital in Bangor, individuals suffering from chronic pain, many of them for years, gather once a week to find relief in their thoughts, rather than a pill bottle.
Methadone Clinics – Yahoo News Search Results

Methadone & Opiate Addiction – stopopiateaddiction.com — Examining initial steps for someone suffering from opiate addiction. http://stopopiateaddiction.com.


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Anti-Addiction Drugs Found in Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Apartment – KTIC

Anti-Addiction Drugs Found in Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Apartment – KTIC


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Anti-Addiction Drugs Found in Philip Seymour Hoffman's Apartment
KTIC
Also sold under the brand names, Suboxone and Zubsolv, buprenorphine has fewer side effects compared to some of the older anti-addiction drugs such as methadone. And taking larger doses doesn't produce a bigger high so there's a lower risk of overdose 
'Miracle drug' touted in fight against heroin deathsnwitimes.com
Actor's death spotlights heroin epidemicChannel 24
We can prevent fatal ODs like Hoffman'sCNN

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Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

Could Drug-Replacement Therapy Have Saved Philip Seymour… – The New Republic

Could Drug-Replacement Therapy Have Saved Philip Seymour…
The New Republic
For years, buprenorphine and methadone have been prescribed for opiate addiction. Opiates that are less addictive and produce a less-intense high, these drugs offer a substitute for the addict's drug of choice, replacing the effects and limiting

How to Stop My Opiate Addiction?

Question by Bob Job: How to stop my Opiate addiction?
I have been using opiates for over a year now, sometimes with a perscription sometimes with out. Oxycontin has been my main obsticle and being that it nearly costs a dollar a milligram it can cost up to $ 100 just for one day. I have not been using everyday but every chance I get money thats where almost all of it goes. My mom is aware of this addiction and I have been trying to stress to her that this is a very hard one to break. I have used marijuana, adderall, benzodiazapines, and other perscription medicine. Opiates have this grab on me that is very hard to quit.