Combat Vets Battle an Enemy Within: Addiction – Military.com
Combat Vets Battle an Enemy Within: Addiction – Military.com
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Combat Vets Battle an Enemy Within: Addiction
Military.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 … |
Recent jail deaths raise questions about detox protocols – Newsworks.org
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Recent jail deaths raise questions about detox protocols
Newsworks.org Detox lasts seven to 10 days, and medical staff are supposed to check in regularly. Staff members do not administer methadone, except in the case of pregnant women, or Suboxone, a newer narcotic used in the treatment of heroin addiction. Bryan Kennedy … |
Disease of the mind – Ledger Independent
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Disease of the mind
Ledger Independent Getting access to a detox center, then a rehabilitation center, was hard and took perseverance on the part of Donna and her daughter. “Don't be afraid to question … On March 15, 2012, she died of a methadone overdose, Whitehead said. Her daughter … |
Heroin ‘filled the hole’: For kid from suburbs, pot was first stop on road to … – Omaha World-Herald
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Heroin 'filled the hole': For kid from suburbs, pot was first stop on road to …
Omaha World-Herald Lewis completed rehab and started taking methadone. But after six months, he said, he realized he'd replaced one addiction with another, so he entered a detox program. He has been sober since Oct. 12. Lewis attends Narcotics Anonymous meetings and … Treatment for addicts must be available |
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