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Methadone Treatment is one of the few treatments heroin or opiate addicts can seek if they want to detox. While it has its good points, Methadone Treatment can be difficult shake and does have some pitfalls. Many patients because of the difficulties stay on what is called a Methadone Maintenance Treatment Plan (MMT). Although this is not the only reason Methadone patients stay on the maintenance program, after doing some research, it seems that fear of the difficulties and the actual difficulties involved in getting off of Methadone keep patients from trying or they fail to make it all the way off.

There are an estimated 1 million heroin addicts in the USA with a growing trend of younger middle to upper class kids getting hooked on heroin. One of the options in seeking treatment is Methadone, which is another type opiate similar to that of heroin but dispensed at federally regulated clinics called Methadone Clinics. These clinics are scattered about United States Cities, but can be difficult to get to for rural patients. Some patients need to travel many miles to get to the clinic daily for their methadone dose.    Read more...

Methadone Clinics: Neighbors protest methadone clinic extension – Mail Tribune

Neighbors protest methadone clinic extension Mail Tribune By Damian Mann A methadone clinic in east Medford that was supposed to cease operations this month received a one-year reprieve Thursday from Medford City Council in a compromise to fend off potential lawsuits. Neighbors near the clinic, at 837 E. Main … and more »

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Methadone Clinics: Methadone clinic passes Sanford planning board – KeepMEcurrent.com

Methadone clinic passes Sanford planning board KeepMEcurrent.com By Sean Murphy [email protected] | 0 comments Members of the Sanford Planning Board voted unanimously last week to recommend approval of a proposal to build a methadone clinic on Eagle Drive in an industrial complex in town, clearing the way … and more »

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Methadone Clinics: Methadone clinic worries, not scares abutter – KeepMEcurrent.com    Read more...

Methadone Treatment For Opiate Addiction in the News

Methadone Treatment For Opiate Addiction: Methadone clinic before Sanford Planning Board
By Sean Murphy Staff writer | 0 comments SANFORD – The Sanford Planning Board was scheduled to hear a proposal Wednesday night from a nonprofit health care company that wants to build a substance abuse and methadone treatment clinic in town.
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Methadone Treatment For Opiate Addiction: Dispatches part 6: Inside Lynn's methadone clinic
Patricia Walsh, the vice chair of the department of Psychiatry for North Shore Medical Center, said methadone has been used for roughly 50 years, and is an effective and accepted way to treat opiate addiction. She noted that multiple studies conducted …
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Methadone Clinics: Warren board says proposed methadone clinic fails to meet town rules – Bangor Daily News
WARREN, Maine — The town’s planning board ruled Thursday night that the proposed methadone clinic off Route 1 failed to meet several town ordinances. The votes were taken during a raucous three-hour meeting in which the planning board …
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Methadone Clinics: Methadone clinic has too many patients, councillor says – CBC
Davenport Coun. Cesar Palacio says that a methadone clinic in his ward is unable to handle the high number of patients passing through its doors and he is calling on the province to reconsider its funding for the facility. Palacio says more than 150 people …
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Methadone Clinics: Will bill capping MaineCare reimbursement for methadone treatment jeopardize addicts’ recovery? – Bangor Daily News
said hours after receiving his daily dose at a Westbrook methadone clinic. About 1,500 opiate addicts receive methadone in nine clinics throughout Maine, according to the Office of Substance Abuse. The clinics include three in the greater Bangor …
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Methadone Clinics: Methadone clinic waiting list reaches 300 – CBC
Staff at a methadone treatment clinic in Halifax say their waiting list has reached record levels with more than 300 names on the list. “I would say we’re probably looking at about 12,000 people in the province of Nova Scotia that have opiate addiction …
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Methadone Clinics: Neighbourhood methadone clinic spoiling recovery efforts, councillor says – news.nationalpost.com
A city councillor representing bustling Corso Italia is calling on the provincial government to stop funding a local methadone clinic that he and residents believe is ruining efforts to revive the area. Councillor Cesar Palacio points to unruly …
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Methadone Clinics: Warren board says proposed methadone clinic fails to meet town rules – Bangor Daily News

Warren board says proposed methadone clinic fails to meet town rules Bangor Daily News Warren Planning Board Chairman Peter Krakoff, right, speaks to the board attorney Paul Gibbons during a recess in the Thursday night meeting on the proposed methadone clinic. By Stephen Betts, BDN Staff CRC Health attorney Walter McKee, lower left, … and more »

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Methadone Clinics: M. Mann: Close methadone clinics – Lewiston Sun Journal

M. Mann: Close methadone clinics Lewiston Sun Journal This is in response to the feature story May 27 about methadone users and methadone clinics. What an insult to the hardworking people of Maine to learn that we are supporting addicts. The methadone clinics must be closed. We are aiding addicts.

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Methadone Clinics: Methadone clinic opens shop in Dunmore – Citizens Voice    Read more...

Methadone Clinics: Warren board says proposed methadone clinic fails to meet town rules – Bangor Daily News

Warren board says proposed methadone clinic fails to meet town rules Bangor Daily News Warren Planning Board Chairman Peter Krakoff, right, speaks to the board attorney Paul Gibbons during a recess in the Thursday night meeting on the proposed methadone clinic. By Stephen Betts, BDN Staff CRC Health attorney Walter McKee, lower left, … and more »

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Methadone Clinics: Warren board says proposed methadone clinic fails to meet town rules – Bangor Daily News

Read more... Warren board says proposed methadone clinic fails to meet town rules Bangor Daily News Warren Planning Board Chairman Peter Krakoff, right, speaks to the board attorney Paul Gibbons during a recess in the Thursday night meeting on the proposed methadone clinic. By Stephen Betts, BDN Staff CRC Health attorney Walter McKee, lower left, …