Posts Tagged ‘opioid withdrawal’

Deadly Addiction: Heroin Use, a Tragic Wrong Turn for Prescription Drug … – Insurance News Net (Press Release)

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug … – Insurance News Net (press release)

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug
Insurance News Net (press release)
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

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Methadone Detox – Google News

Finding treatment for opiate addiction fraught with challenges – Worcester Telegram

Finding treatment for opiate addiction fraught with challenges
Worcester Telegram
Sometimes, people get an addicted family member into detox by having him or her committed by the court under Section 35 to a stay in a treatment center; or more likely, because beds aren't available in treatment centers, to Bridgewater State Hospital

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Methadone Detox – Google News

Deadly Addiction: Heroin Use, a Tragic Wrong Turn for Prescription Drug … – Insurance News Net (Press Release)

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug … – Insurance News Net (press release)

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug
Insurance News Net (press release)
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 … A 20-bed detox facility on Coit

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Alcoholism Methadone – Google News

Western Jihadists in Syria Threaten to Bring Their War Back Home – Daily Beast

Western Jihadists in Syria Threaten to Bring Their War Back Home
Daily Beast
Except for Art, the Nevilles were heroin addicts and alcoholics—hoodlums, even they have often said. Back in the neighborhood, it was ….. I went through a methadone program and it helped, but then you get hooked on that. What finally kicked it for

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

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 … A 20-bed detox facility on Coit

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Alcoholism Methadone – Google News

Health Officials Call for Better Access to Addiction Treatment – American News Report


American News Report

Health Officials Call for Better Access to Addiction Treatment
American News Report
“When prescribed and monitored properly, medications such as methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone are safe and cost-effective components of opioid addiction treatment,” said lead author Nora Volkow, MD, Director of the National Institute on Drug

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Alcoholism Methadone – Google News

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

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

and more »

Methadone Detox – Google News

Recovery advocate: ‘We don’t have a cure for addiction’ – Worcester Telegram

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

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Methadone Detox – Google News

Drug Addicted Babies Increasing in Boston

Drug addicted babies increasing in Boston
These babies experience what is called “neonatal abstinence syndrome,” suffering withdrawal pains as a result of exposure to illegal opiates such as heroin or prescription drugs such as Oxycontin or methadone, according to a first of its kind survey of …
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Zogenix Statement: Let's Get the Facts Straight About Zohydro ER
Prolonged use during pregnancy can result in life-threatening neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome. Instruct patients not to consume alcohol or any products containing alcohol while taking Zohydro ER because co-ingestion can result in fatal plasma …
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Opiates, a Love Story

Opiates, a love story
But the methadone soon ran out, and he spent 17 excruciating days in withdrawal. “It's like having the worst flu of your life,” he said. “I was bleeding out of every orifice. I barely slept those 17 days, and when I did, I had terrible nightmares. When …
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Opioid-addicted patients aren't from Mars
I work in a methadone clinic with people who are “opioid dependent,” as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). … This may be marked by vomiting, nausea and other symptoms of opioid withdrawal.
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Deaths from heroin in New London, Norwich doubled in 2013
The Glastonbury location recently started offering a new medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction known as buprenorphine or Suboxone treatment. The medication helps to prevent sickness from opioid withdrawal. Unlike methadone, Allen said …
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