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The War Within: Portraits of Vietnam Veterans Fighting Heroin Addiction – TIME

The War Within: Portraits of Vietnam Veterans Fighting Heroin Addiction TIME It wasn't clear whether the drug-and-therapy combination could truly wean an addict off of both methadone — which is itself addictive — and heroin. While today's doctors, psychologists and therapists have a firmer understanding of mental health and …

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Amsterdam Puts Alcoholics To Work – For Beer – AOL Jobs

Amsterdam Puts Alcoholics To Work – For Beer AOL Jobs The new strategy is is reminiscent of the one used to help heroin addicts, who are given free needles and methadone in a controlled environment. The United States has similar programs for heroin addicts. "I think now that we are only successful when we …

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Murder cases set for 2014
Heading into 2014, homicide cases in Huron, Ottawa and Sandusky counties are set for court action, starting with a bizarre allegation against a Fremont man who allegedly overdosed his wife on a methadone prescription. The trial for Jason Risenburg, 38 …
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St. Johnsbury Forum Takes Aim At Drug Addiction
Right now to get a detox bed you have to go to Burlington, or Rutland, which is at least a two-hour drive, either way, and so the bottom line there are just more resources for treatment,” he said. Providers echoed that need—and not just for …
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Man arrested in connection with death
The child later died due to complications of having ingested the methadone. Bailey has not been arrested in the case. Bailey had been prescribed methadone during substance abuse treatment and was caring for the child in Bettendorf during the time of …
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Question by Bob: I don”t understand how methadone helps heroin addicts? Could someone explain? I don’t understand.?

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Answer by the_only_solorose
withdrawing from heroine can be fatal, while withdrawal from methadone is not. So the heroine addict is gradually changed over to methadone, and then safely weaned off of it.

Answer by surfjax32
Because it helps reduce the effects from withdraw from the heroin. Heroin withdraw can be fatal and very dangerous for a person to go through by supplmenting the addiction to that with methadone they can safely help the person withdraw from the herion. Here is some more info on why it was made and the make up of it also what is is used for I hope this helps you. Just as a side note most insurance companies will not cover this type of treatment.
Methadone/dolophine, was first synthesized in 1937 by German scientists Max Bockmühl and Gustav Ehrhart at IG Farben (Hoechst-Am-Main, now part of Frankfurt, Germany) during their search for an analgesic that would be easier to use during surgery (and less potentially addictive, post-op) than morphine. Methadone is a Schedule II drug under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.[1]    Read more...

Just 11 doctors licensed to treat rural heroin addicts – Irish Independent

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Just 11 doctors licensed to treat rural heroin addicts Irish Independent And gardai say the lack of treatment for drug addicts outside the capital is now the main cause of break-ins and robberies in the countryside. There are 53 GPs in Dublin trained and authorised to prescribe methadone, but less than a dozen to cater for …

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Communities help fight heroin
Many people think that you can't abuse methadone, which is prescribed to combat heroin withdrawal symptoms. Methadone can be sold … If you believe a loved one is using heroin, seek medical treatment and rehabilitation services. If you believe someone …
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Ex-users help heroin addicts out of death spiral
Larry Soper is a residential manager at the Interval Brotherhood Home in Coventry Township, Ohio, where many of the area's heroin addicts go for residential treatment. It's a facility funded by taxpayers through the county Alcohol Drug … “Opiate …
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