Posts Tagged ‘opiate addicts’
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 … |
Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News
New clinic to provide outpatient treatment to opiate addicts – Northern Virginia Daily
R.I. Senate Panel Considers Bills to Aid Treatment of Drug Addiction – the Providence Journal
R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction – The Providence Journal
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R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction
The Providence Journal Paul V. Jabour, D-Providence, would require coverage for all medications used to treat addiction, including methadone, buprenorphine (Suboxone) and naltrexone (Vivitrol). Practices among insurers vary on Suboxone and Vivitrol, but few cover methadone, … |
Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News
Crimea side-effect: Addicts deprived of methadone – Daily Astorian
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Crimea side-effect: Addicts deprived of methadone
Daily Astorian Across the Black Sea peninsula, some 800 heroin addicts and other needle-drug users take part in methadone programs, seen as an important part of efforts to curb HIV infections by taking the patients away from hypodermic needles that can spread the … |
Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News
Caught dealing painkillers at Seattle Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, Vietnam … – seattlepi.com
R.I. Senate Panel Considers Bills to Aid Treatment of Drug Addiction – the Providence Journal
R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction – The Providence Journal
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R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction
The Providence Journal Paul V. Jabour, D-Providence, would require coverage for all medications used to treat addiction, including methadone, buprenorphine (Suboxone) and naltrexone (Vivitrol). Practices among insurers vary on Suboxone and Vivitrol, but few cover methadone, … |
Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News
Caught dealing painkillers at Seattle Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, Vietnam … – seattlepi.com
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Caught dealing painkillers at Seattle Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, Vietnam …
seattlepi.com Among the drugs Shepard sold were narcotics – oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine and methadone – that many of the treatment clients were presumably hoping to break away from. Law enforcement agents searched the center in March 2013, seizing drugs as well … |
Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News
Fighting Drug Addiction With ‘Flash Jobs’ and High Fashion – The Atlantic
Growing Concerns Over Heroin Use in Metro Area
Growing concerns over heroin use in metro area
"Many people feel like once they've made it through withdrawal, they're golden. They're not going to have any other problems. But the biggest issue is the cravings that … "We have good treatments. It's getting people into treatment. Certainly there …
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Could Drug-Replacement Therapy Have Saved Philip Seymour…
Which is why long-term opiate-replacement therapy—that is, taking a small amount of an opiate under the supervision of a doctor indefinitely—may be an answer for the most intractable addict or for the recently relapsed addict. For many opiate addicts …
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Ocean County’s First Drug Detox Facility to Open in Toms River – Patch.com
Ocean County’s First Drug Detox Facility to Open in Toms River – Patch.com
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Ocean County's First Drug Detox Facility to Open in Toms River
Patch.com Officials are hoping a new, privately-owned detox center, where patients usually stay for five to seven days before being placed in a long-term rehabilitation facility, will be a key piece of the puzzle to getting help for those who are addicted. "It's … |
Vancouver forum touts alternatives to Insite – Vancouver Courier
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Vancouver forum touts alternatives to Insite
Vancouver Courier Although Berner said abstinence is the best method to break a drug habit, he pointed out that prescription drug alternatives such as methadone help with recovery. “Many people don't use that but there's a lot of ways to get clean,” he said. “We're not … |
Israeli Oncologist: Palliative Care Neglected in Developing World
Israeli oncologist: Palliative care neglected in developing world
But a the first-ever global survey by the European Society for Medical Oncology – headed by an Israeli palliative medicine specialist – has found that a “pandemic of untreated cancer pain” caused by too strict regulation of pain medication has become a …
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In a World of Opiate Addicts, the Internet Plays Doctor and Therapist
“Good luck tomorrow, and although I don't want you to be in pain, I hope things go well in getting something that is helpful *and* that you can have a bit of fun with,” one member posted in response to JonnyM's question. Some are struggling with …
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