Posts Tagged ‘opiate addiction’
Deadly Addiction: Heroin Use, a Tragic Wrong Turn for Prescription Drug … – TheDay.com
Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug … – TheDay.com
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Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug …
TheDay.com 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 are hooked on painkillers. Local detox … |
Recovery advocate: ‘We don’t have a cure for addiction’ – Worcester Telegram
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Recovery advocate: 'We don't have a cure for addiction'
Worcester Telegram "You get a case manager that helps you navigate welfare, Social Security or housing applications or job applications, or admitting into detox or a halfway house — they're called recovery homes now." Ms. Parkinson loves to talk about the recovery … |
It Takes More Than Methadone to Treat Addiction
It takes more than methadone to treat addiction
Brian MacQuarrie's excellent overview of the critical need to respond to an opiate epidemic is timely and informative. Most important, he notes that treatment clinics can offer not only methadone but also individual and group counseling. Continue …
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Highland County drug deaths at state average
“There is nothing sadder than a newborn child on a methadone (treatment) drip because mom did drugs for the whole pregnancy,” said Collins. She said that drug-addicted parents will feed their habit before feeding their children. … that court-ordered …
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Council hears pros and cons of city's methadone clinics
Evans said that while there is room for improvement in how medication is administered, methadone is the most regulated treatment for opiate dependencies. “It's very heavily regulated and we include them as Medicaid providers. It's in our best interest …
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Millennium Treatment Group Offers Great Treatment Option for Recent Increase …
Millennium Treatment Group Offers Great Treatment Option for Recent Increase …
Opiate addiction is on the rise in the Tampa area. Millennium Treatment Group has seen a recent increase in the number of patients needing treatment. Because of this, Millennium Treatment Group is offering a great addiction treatment option for those …
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Editorial: Patrick tackles opiate addiction
This last step, if not implemented carefully, risks unfairly branding as conspirators physicians who specialize in treating chronic pain. But it has been clear to addiction experts for years that opiate-based prescription drugs are the leading cause of …
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Roseville woman trying to overcome 10-year heroin addiction
She was released from inpatient drug treatment in January and entered the Macomb County Circuit Drug Court program. … She tried rehab a few times while in the midst of her addiction, including going on and being weaned off methadone. Now she …
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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
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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 … |
Pregnant Prisoners Are Losing Their Shackles – Boston Globe
Pregnant prisoners are losing their shackles – Boston Globe
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Pregnant prisoners are losing their shackles
Boston Globe Once the pregnancy was discovered, Carter was not allowed to stay in the detox program. On the advice of her obstetrician, she started that October on methadone, a synthetic opioid used to treat dependence. Her baby would have to detox from the drug … |
At 21, recovering heroin addict gets a new start – Canton Repository
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At 21, recovering heroin addict gets a new start
Canton Repository Lewis completed rehab and started taking methadone. But after six months, he says, he realized he'd replaced one addiction with another, so he entered a detox program. He has been clean since Oct. 12. He's severed all connections with drug-using … |
Freeholders debate possible meth detox clinic in West Ward – The Trentonian