Bain Capital Sees Opportunity in Methadone Clinics – Boston Globe

Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics – Boston Globe


Boston Globe

Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics
Boston Globe
Many patients take methadone, an opiate that's safer than heroin, for months or years. It doesn't cure addiction, but relieves withdrawal symptoms and allows many people to function and work without getting high. While Habit OPCO follows up with

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Will legalization spark marijuana research? – The Columbian

Will legalization spark marijuana research?
The Columbian
Those drugs include cocaine, methamphetamine, methadone, oxycodone and Ritalin. It took Atkinson's group …. Marijuana is addictive, but the withdrawal is much milder than something like alcohol withdrawal, which can be life-threatening." There are

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Combat vets battle an enemy within: Addiction – Philly.com


Philly.com

Combat vets battle an enemy within: Addiction
Philly.com
In 12 years after 9/11, prescriptions of four primary opiate painkillers – oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, and methadone – rose 270 percent at VA hospitals, according to internal VA records obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting. Last

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What professionals say about pain pills and addiction – DesMoinesRegister.com

What professionals say about pain pills and addiction
DesMoinesRegister.com
Filippelli is medical director at United Community Services, which offers methadone replacement therapy. The clinic … The body can become accustomed to such stimulation, leading to cravings for more and withdrawal symptoms if it is removed. This

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