Posts Tagged ‘heroin addict’
The Battle for Kiev Begins – Daily Beast
The Battle for Kiev Begins – Daily Beast
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The Battle for Kiev Begins
Daily Beast And of course not all maintenance programs are created equal, and the opiate addiction drugs we already use regularly, such as methadone, have their problems, too, including being difficult to detox from. Many neighborhoods dislike having methadone … |
Heroin addicts who want help likely to be denied by insurers – Elmira Star-Gazette
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Heroin addicts who want help likely to be denied by insurers
Elmira Star-Gazette Demand for treatment is quickly outstripping supply, leaving addicts whose internal clocks revolve around their next fix to wait weeks in some cases for care ranging from scheduling counseling sessions to getting medicine to combat withdrawal. The … |
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'You'Re Playing With a Loaded Gun:' NC Heroin Use on the Rise
'You're playing with a loaded gun:' NC heroin use on the rise
Heroin addiction is on the rise across the nation and in North Carolina, according to law enforcement and health experts, who say the recent death of Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is a reminder that the drug knows no age or wealth limits.
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Before the Story Airs: Heroin Making a Comeback in NC – WRAL.com
Before the story airs: Heroin making a comeback in NC – WRAL.com
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Before the story airs: Heroin making a comeback in NC
WRAL.com Tad Clodfleter, who runs Southlight Healthcare, told me that every morning several hundred clients come to their facility to get methadone, a drug that helps people kick the heroin addiction, before going to work. He says Southlight's clients come from … |
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Pregnant and Addicted: An Awful Burden to Carry
Pregnant and addicted: An awful burden to carry
Their paths to recovery and ability to carry their pregnancies to term depend on careful, evidence-based approaches that may include medicated assisted treatment during pregnancy with methadone or buprenorphine – the opposite of what popular opinion …
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Special report: New start for the homeless that saves lives – and money
He lives in a flat with a garden, "the first place I've had in my life", is receiving methadone treatment for his heroin addiction and is gradually coming off the booze. The method that got him there is simple: assign a worker to the most hard-to-reach …
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Heroin Addicts ' Told to Leave Hospital'
Heroin addicts ' told to leave hospital'
Methadone is known to be extremely successful in the treatment of heroin, if dispensed correctly, but we don't think the department is even aware of this medication. We really feel the system has failed us and the thousands of drug-addicts in the …
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Science | Comment – Mephedrone, not for human consumption
Reasons stipulated for its success were its potency at low doses, low manufacture cost, short half life resulting in users requiring multiple doses in one night, the internet enabling easy purchasing and most importantly its initial legality. It …
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Could Cannabis Really Be an 'Exit Drug'?
But patients often report that they become seriously addicted to methadone and suffer a host of side effects, including anxiety, hallucinations, chest pain, insomnia, lack of appetite and sexual difficulties. Is it any wonder that patients would prefer …
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Vt. Spends Millions on Addiction-Fighting Drug That Is Diverted for Street Sale – Bennington Banner
Vt. spends millions on addiction-fighting drug that is diverted for street sale – Bennington Banner
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Vt. spends millions on addiction-fighting drug that is diverted for street sale
Bennington Banner The FDA made the drugs widely available because there weren't enough methadone clinics to accommodate the number of patients who wanted opiate addiction therapy. Buprenorphine is an opioid. It contains just enough of the narcotic so addicts won't … |
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Deaths from heroin in New London, Norwich doubled in 2013 – TheDay.com
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Deaths from heroin in New London, Norwich doubled in 2013
TheDay.com The number of people who died from heroin overdoses in New London and Norwich doubled last year, a jolting statistic that local hospital and substance abuse treatment officials attribute to what appears to be a rise in heroin use. At least 20 combined … |