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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

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Drug Methadone – Google News

Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County – WZZM

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 Methadone – Google News

Drug addict destroyed a clinic window after being refused a methadone … – Llanelli Star

The Heroin Addiction Scourge – the Daily News of Newburyport

The heroin addiction scourge – The Daily News of Newburyport

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

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Alcoholism Methadone – Google News

New state regulations make heroin treatment challenging – Taunton Daily Gazette

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

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Alcoholism Methadone – Google News

Boston’s only public methadone clinic may shut – Boston Globe

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

Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County – WZZM

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 Abuse Methadone – Google News

The heroin addiction scourge – The Daily News of Newburyport

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

Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County – WZZM

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 Abuse Methadone – Google News

The heroin addiction scourge – The Daily News of Newburyport

Annexation Bad News for Crimea's Rehab Patients

Annexation Bad News For Crimea's Rehab Patients
Perhaps no Crimeans will feel these changes more keenly than the 800 heroin addicts currently undergoing methadone treatment on the peninsula. On March 26, less than a week after formally completing its annexation, Russia announced it was banning the …
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What professionals say about pain pills and addiction
Dr. Frank Filippelli, a Des Moines addiction treatment specialist, said it should be no surprise that Americans have a serious problem with painkiller abuse. "We have 5 percent of the world's population, and we use 75 percent of the world's …
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Student faces Facebook page probe
According to a report from the HCM City AIDS Prevention Committee, at least 1,461 addicts out of 16,000 addicts were treated with methadone between 2011 and 2013. The existing methadone treatment centres are located in the districts of 4,6, 8, Binh …
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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

and more »

Drug Methadone – Google News

Drug addict destroyed a clinic window after being refused a methadone … – Llanelli Star

Drug addict destroyed a clinic window after being refused a methadone
Llanelli Star
A DRUG addict told police "I was off my nut" after destroying a clinic window and medical equipment because he was refused a methadone prescription. Patrick Wayne Lewis, 25, from Cae Cottages in Llwynhendy, was jailed for 10 weeks after pleading guilty …

Drug Methadone – Google News