Archive for the ‘Methadone Detox’ Category
Penn Program Helps Formerly Incarcerated Re-Enter Society – the Daily Pennsylvanian
Penn program helps formerly incarcerated re-enter society – The Daily Pennsylvanian
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Penn program helps formerly incarcerated re-enter society
The Daily Pennsylvanian Although he had stopped using heroin eight years ago, he was still addicted to methadone, a longer-lasting, legal substance used as a substitute for heroin. But he worried that the emotional struggle of a complete detox would lead him back to heroin … |
Occupy's Champagne Anarchist
Occupy's Champagne Anarchist
And of course not all maintenance programs are created equal, and the opiate addiction drugs we already use regularly, such as methadone, have their problems, too, including being difficult to detox from. Many neighborhoods dislike having methadone …
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Penn program helps formerly incarcerated re-enter society
… he was still addicted to methadone, a longer-lasting, legal substance used as a substitute for heroin. But he worried that the emotional struggle of a complete detox would lead him back to heroin, so he decided that he needed to return to jail to …
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Deaths From Heroin in New London, Norwich Doubled in 2013 – TheDay.com
Deaths from heroin in New London, Norwich doubled in 2013 – TheDay.com
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Deaths from heroin in New London, Norwich doubled in 2013
TheDay.com 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 … |
Stone: Romancing Chávez – Daily Beast
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Stone: Romancing Chávez
Daily Beast And of course not all maintenance programs are created equal, and the opiate addiction drugs we already use regularly, such as methadone, have their problems, too, including being difficult to detox from. Many neighborhoods dislike having methadone … |
The NFL’s Nasty Warrior Culture – Daily Beast
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The NFL's Nasty Warrior Culture
Daily Beast And of course not all maintenance programs are created equal, and the opiate addiction drugs we already use regularly, such as methadone, have their problems, too, including being difficult to detox from. Many neighborhoods dislike having methadone … |
A 'blockade' for Opiates: Vivitrol Offers Hope for Treatment
A 'blockade' for opiates: Vivitrol offers hope for treatment
Vivitrol is meant as an anti-relapse drug, to be started only after someone has been clean long enough to detox. That makes addicted inmates a good population to study — although they detox during their jail time, experts say, they often relapse once …
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Our View: Addiction Puts Infants at Risk
Our view: Addiction puts infants at risk
If an infant is positive for a toxicology screening, or if the newborn shows signs and symptoms of withdrawals, the child is monitored and every two hours nurses conduct an abstinence score. Approximately 10 newborns out of 80 born at Conway tested …
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2 arrested for selling Suboxone, a drug created to treat addiction
Buprenorphine is the synthetic opiate that prevents a person's withdrawal symptoms and naloxone is a drug intended to block the opiate's euphoric effects. Both Farmer and Boulerice were arraigned at the Town of Wappinger Court and sent to the Dutchess …
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MaineGeneral Health's New Narcan Program Aims to Stop Overdose Deaths
MaineGeneral Health's new Narcan program aims to stop overdose deaths
An overdose of an opiate, whether heroin, methadone or oxycodone, slows breathing so much that a person can die or be permanently disabled. Narcan, also known by its generic … “Inherent in chronic pain and detox patients is a high risk for overdose …
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