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Lawsuit Filed Over Heroin Prescription – MetroNews Canada

Lawsuit filed over heroin prescription – MetroNews Canada

Lawsuit filed over heroin prescription
MetroNews Canada
That cycle, he said, was broken last year when he enrolled in a radical clinical trial in Vancouver evaluating the use of prescription heroin, seen as the treatment of last resort for severely addicted people for whom other therapy, such as methadone

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Providence Health Care and Patients File Constitutional Challenge to Canadian … – Marketwired (press release)

Providence Health Care and Patients File Constitutional Challenge to Canadian
Marketwired (press release)
"The patients requiring diacetylmorphine are extremely vulnerable and have tried other treatments, such as methadone and detox, numerous times, but such treatments have not been effective. Diacetylmorphine (heroin) assisted treatment is a proven 

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Behavioral Health Group (BHG) Acquires Midsouth Treatment Center, Dyersburg

Behavioral Health Group (BHG) Acquires Midsouth Treatment Center, Dyersburg
BHG utilizes pharmacotherapy (maintenance and detoxification) as well as counseling to treat both the bio-chemical and psychosocial aspects of addiction. In doing so, BHG offers patients their best opportunity for a successful recovery. With 32 …
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Home Health Tests: The Rise in DIY Diagnosis – the Guardian

Home health tests: the rise in DIY diagnosis – The Guardian


The Guardian

Home health tests: the rise in DIY diagnosis
The Guardian
A stick you dip in urine, which turns positive if there are traces of cocaine, speed, ecstasy, cannabis, heroin, benzos (sleeping pills/tranquillisers) and methadone. Why test? Last year The expert view Rebecca Pritchard, director of adult services

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Michael Grimm’s rebel spirit propels him through painkiller addiction – SunHerald.com


SunHerald.com

Michael Grimm's rebel spirit propels him through painkiller addiction
SunHerald.com
"It was the only way to get me through the tour and when the tour was over I went to detox and tried kicking it." Grimm said when he returned to Las Vegas after the tour with Nicks, he went to a local doctor, who again prescribed Suboxone. "I know

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At Clinics, Tumultuous Lives and Turbulent Care

At Clinics, Tumultuous Lives and Turbulent Care
Buprenorphine was developed as a safer alternative to methadone for treating heroin and painkiller addiction, a take-home medication that could be prescribed by doctors in offices rather than dispensed daily in clinics. But in some … He had hurried …
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Michael Grimm's rebel spirit propels him through painkiller addiction
"It was the only way to get me through the tour and when the tour was over I went to detox and tried kicking it." Grimm said when he returned to Las Vegas after the tour with Nicks, he went to a local doctor, who again prescribed Suboxone. … with …
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Methadone Coverage Could Return to Medicaid Menu

Methadone coverage could return to Medicaid menu
The Illinois Medicaid program is weighing whether to resume covering methadone treatments, a proposal likely to stir up controversy.
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Novus Medical Detox Comments on Proposed California Bill—Drug Users Need Treatment Instead of Prison Sentences
Florida-based detox center Novus Medical Detox says California’s recently proposed bill suggesting the use of treatment instead of prison sentences is a step in the right direction for gaining control of the current drug epidemic in the U.S., as well as reducing the costs of housing nonviolent offenders. (PRWeb November 04, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/11 …
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Stories of Opioid Addiction and Recovery

Stories of opioid addiction and recovery
More and more people are struggling with prescription painkiller addiction in Hamilton. According to statistics obtained by CBC Hamilton from the Drug and Alcohol Treatment Information System, admission rates for local opioid withdrawal programs are …
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Heroin Prescription Lawsuit Challenges Closure Of Federal Exemption
That cycle, he said, was broken last year when he enrolled in a radical clinical trial in Vancouver evaluating the use of prescription heroin, seen as the treatment of last resort for severely addicted people for whom other therapy, such as methadone …
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