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Bain Capital Sees Opportunity in Methadone Clinics – Boston Globe
Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics – Boston Globe
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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 … |
Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News
Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County – WZZM
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Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County
WZZM (WZZM) – A drug introduced 75 years ago to wean addicts off heroin is now the leading cause of prescription overdose deaths in Kent County. The drug is methadone. It is widely prescribed as an inexpensive pain killer, but has become a killer in its own … |
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 … |
Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County – WZZM
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Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County
WZZM (WZZM) – A drug introduced 75 years ago to wean addicts off heroin is now the leading cause of prescription overdose deaths in Kent County. The drug is methadone. It is widely prescribed as an inexpensive pain killer, but has become a killer in its own … |
Drug addict destroyed a clinic window after being refused a methadone … – Llanelli Star
Recovering Heroin Addict Starting Over — at Age 21
Recovering heroin addict starting over — at age 21
About a month after his release from a court-ordered, 8½-month residential treatment program, Lewis, then 17, reverted to his old ways. “I just gave in when I got out,” he … Lewis completed rehab and started taking methadone. But after six months, he …
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Letter: Methadone programs can beat addiction
There is a mental aspect to any addiction, but with opiates there is also a physical withdrawal that is unbearable. There is an ongoing misconception that methadone treatment just hooks the addict on a new drug. This is false. Technically, it's a drug …
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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 … |
Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News
Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County – WZZM
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Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County
WZZM (WZZM) – A drug introduced 75 years ago to wean addicts off heroin is now the leading cause of prescription overdose deaths in Kent County. The drug is methadone. It is widely prescribed as an inexpensive pain killer, but has become a killer in its own … |
The Heroin Addiction Scourge – the Daily News of Newburyport
The heroin addiction scourge – The Daily News of Newburyport
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The heroin addiction scourge
The Daily News of Newburyport Methadone, a powerfully addictive synthetic opiate, was prescribed for heroin addicts. It still is. But methadone “treatment” is a little like “curing” the alcoholic who drinks a 12-pack of beer every day by giving him a quart of rum to drink every … |
Alcoholism Methadone – Google News
New state regulations make heroin treatment challenging – Taunton Daily Gazette
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New state regulations make heroin treatment challenging
Taunton Daily Gazette That appealed to many addicts from suburban or professional backgrounds – people who didn't want the stigma of attending methadone clinics, which require daily oral treatment. "I am without a doubt certain that if I didn't have Suboxone, I would be … |
Alcoholism Methadone – Google News
Boston’s only public methadone clinic may shut – Boston Globe
The Heroin Addiction Scourge – the Daily News of Newburyport
The heroin addiction scourge – The Daily News of Newburyport
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The heroin addiction scourge
The Daily News of Newburyport Methadone, a powerfully addictive synthetic opiate, was prescribed for heroin addicts. It still is. But methadone “treatment” is a little like “curing” the alcoholic who drinks a 12-pack of beer every day by giving him a quart of rum to drink every … |
Alcoholism Methadone – Google News
New state regulations make heroin treatment challenging – Taunton Daily Gazette
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New state regulations make heroin treatment challenging
Taunton Daily Gazette That appealed to many addicts from suburban or professional backgrounds – people who didn't want the stigma of attending methadone clinics, which require daily oral treatment. "I am without a doubt certain that if I didn't have Suboxone, I would be … New proposed regs make heroin treatment challenging |