Posts Tagged ‘health officials’

Research and Markets: Drug Addiction – Pipeline Review, H1 2014: 17 Companies and 34 Drugs Profiled

Research and Markets: Drug Addiction – Pipeline Review, H1 2014: 17 Companies and 34 Drugs Profiled
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Drug Addiction – Pipeline Review, H1 2014" report to thei
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

Prescription abuse skyrocketing, leading to more heroin addicts, experts say
SAN FRANCISCO — Prescription drug abuse in the Bay Area and nationwide is a growing problem, outpacing illegal drugs and creating a new generation of heroin addicts, law enforcement, public health officials and substance abuse specialists said during a regional summit Wednesday.
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

Related Drug Methadone Information…

Bain Capital Sees Opportunity in Methadone Clinics – Boston Globe

Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics – Boston Globe


Boston Globe

Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics
Boston Globe
Methadone is often stigmatized, he acknowledged, but for some addicts — when it's used in combination with counseling and other treatments — the substitute drug makes a dramatic difference in their lives. “Methadone will allow you to go from a

and more »

Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

RI Senate approves bills to fight drug abuse, overdose deaths – The Providence Journal

RI Senate approves bills to fight drug abuse, overdose deaths
The Providence Journal
Significantly, it specifies that insurers must cover medications to treat addiction, such as methadone and Suboxone. Currently, most cover Suboxone but not methadone. The bill requires that health insurance “provide coverage for the treatment of mental …

Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County – WZZM

Bain Capital Sees Opportunity in Methadone Clinics – Boston Globe

Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics – Boston Globe


Boston Globe

Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics
Boston Globe
Methadone is often stigmatized, he acknowledged, but for some addicts — when it's used in combination with counseling and other treatments — the substitute drug makes a dramatic difference in their lives. “Methadone will allow you to go from a

and more »

Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

RI Senate approves bills to fight drug abuse, overdose deaths – The Providence Journal

RI Senate approves bills to fight drug abuse, overdose deaths
The Providence Journal
Significantly, it specifies that insurers must cover medications to treat addiction, such as methadone and Suboxone. Currently, most cover Suboxone but not methadone. The bill requires that health insurance “provide coverage for the treatment of mental …

Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County – WZZM

Boston to Shutter Drug Treatment Facility – Boston Globe

Boston to shutter drug treatment facility – Boston Globe

Boston to shutter drug treatment facility
Boston Globe
More than 400 opiate addicts in Boston who receive daily doses of methadone from a public clinic on Frontage Road will be steered to a for-profit facility by summer, health officials said. In a 6-to-1 vote last week, Boston's Board of Health decided to

Methadone Clinics – Google News

Addicted to Profits: Insurance companies adjust coverage of methadone clinics – Daily Free Press (subscription)


Daily Free Press (subscription)

Addicted to Profits: Insurance companies adjust coverage of methadone clinics
Daily Free Press (subscription)
With lives at stake, methadone clinics play an integral role in treating opiate addicts. However, the actions of city and state government, insurance companies and private equity firms may impose financial difficulties on patients seeking opiate

Methadone Clinics – Google News

Parents Using Methadone to Pacify Children, Charity Warns – the Guardian

Parents using methadone to pacify children, charity warns – The Guardian


The Guardian

Parents using methadone to pacify children, charity warns
The Guardian
The charity said: "Although methadone is effective in treating drug addiction, child ingestions happen with depressing regularity and national lessons are not being learned from serious case reviews. We are seeing a rare but real use of methadone as a …

Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

Boston to shutter drug treatment facility – Boston Globe

Boston to shutter drug treatment facility
Boston Globe
More than 400 opiate addicts in Boston who receive daily doses of methadone from a public clinic on Frontage Road will be steered to a for-profit facility by summer, health officials said. In a 6-to-1 vote last week, Boston's Board of Health decided to

Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics – Boston Globe

Parents Using Methadone to Pacify Children, Charity Warns – the Guardian

Parents using methadone to pacify children, charity warns – The Guardian


The Guardian

Parents using methadone to pacify children, charity warns
The Guardian
… a pacifier for small children." The charity also warned that many of cases were of preventable deaths where children died after accidently drinking methadone – and called for the synthetic opioid to be kept in "strong boxes" to prevent a fatal

Alcoholism Methadone – Google News

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug … – Insurance News Net (press release)

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug
Insurance News Net (press release)
Suboxone clinics, which provide an alternative to methadone for opioid withdrawal, treat an increasing number of patients in the privacy of a clinician's office. Many of those seeking treatment at suboxone clinics … A 20-bed detox facility on Coit

and more »