Posts Tagged ‘prescription drug abuse’
‘It’S a Miracle I Survived’ – New Zealand Herald
‘It’s a miracle I survived’ – New Zealand Herald
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'It's a miracle I survived'
New Zealand Herald When I returned home I sought help with my drug addiction with a methadone programme. This New Zealand health-funded programme saved my life and I pay tribute to the nurses, doctors and counsellors who were part of it. Professional and public health … |
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Opiates claim Kiwi lives – New Zealand Herald
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Opiates claim Kiwi lives
New Zealand Herald Drug Foundation chief executive Ross Bell said users of the opioides heroin, methadone, morphine and codeine had the highest rates of overdose of any drug in New Zealand. Read more: Darien Fenton: 'It's a miracle I survived'. – NZ Herald. Read more by … |
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Lawyer’s manslaughter trial highlights addiction – Mississauga
Methadone or Buprenorphine for Maintenance Therapy of Opioid Addiction … – Medscape
Methadone or Buprenorphine for Maintenance Therapy of Opioid Addiction … – Medscape
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Methadone or Buprenorphine for Maintenance Therapy of Opioid Addiction …
Medscape In 2012, nearly 5 million people older than 12 years were reported to be nonmedical users of pain medications in the United States. Effective and predictable long-term treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), including addiction, is a major focus for … |
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Drug policy – The Economist
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Drug policy
The Economist Many governments have decriminalised personal use and provided free therapy programmes, using drugs such as methadone and buprenorphine that block heroin's high. Two other proven ways to reduce harm, however, are more politically controversial: … |
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A ‘blockade’ for opiates: Vivitrol offers hope for treatment – Wisconsin State Journal
A ‘blockade’ for Opiates: Vivitrol Offers Hope for Treatment – Wisconsin State Journal
A ‘blockade’ for opiates: Vivitrol offers hope for treatment – Wisconsin State Journal
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A 'blockade' for opiates: Vivitrol offers hope for treatment
Wisconsin State Journal It works by blocking the brain's receptors for those drugs: Rather than satisfying the appetite for opiates, as medications such as methadone and Suboxone do, it renders opiates ineffective. As prescription drug abuse and heroin addiction become more … |
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Cowlitz County Overdose Fatality Rate Remains Among State’s Highest – Longview Daily News
Cowlitz County overdose fatality rate remains among state’s highest – Longview Daily News
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Cowlitz County overdose fatality rate remains among state's highest
Longview Daily News Cowlitz County has the state's second-highest rate of deaths due to heroin or prescription drug abuse, at 17.1 deaths per 100,000 people between 2010 and 2012, the state Department of Health reported this week. The local rate is more than double the … |
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‘Bad heroin’ hits NH communities hard – The Daily News of Newburyport
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'Bad heroin' hits NH communities hard
The Daily News of Newburyport But shortly after that, the drug world shifted gears, transitioning to the illegal use of prescription drugs, like methadone, oxycodone, diazepam, fentanyl and morphine, and by those who would never have thought of using heroin. In Seabrook … |
Cowlitz County Overdose Fatality Rate Remains Among State's Highest
Cowlitz County overdose fatality rate remains among state's highest
Deaths from prescription drug abuse are dropping statewide, but not in Cowlitz County.
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Oregon, ACLU Argue Against Handing Over Prescription-Drug Information to DEA – OregonLive.com
Oregon, ACLU argue against handing over prescription-drug information to DEA – OregonLive.com
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Oregon, ACLU argue against handing over prescription-drug information to DEA
OregonLive.com Created in 2009 and designed to combat prescription drug abuse, the program requires pharmacies to submit the names, addresses and other information for patients who receive prescriptions containing oxycodone, methadone, codeine, testosterone and … |
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Heroin and pill abuse stir a battle cry in Vermont – Aiken Standard
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Heroin and pill abuse stir a battle cry in Vermont
Aiken Standard Many prescription painkillers belong to a class of drugs known as opioids, which also includes heroin, codeine and methadone. Many states are reporting increasing heroin problems as an unintended byproduct of efforts to crack down on painkiller abuse … |
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Heroin deaths quadrupled in Maine from 2011 to 2012 – Morning Sentinel