Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST – WWMT-TV
Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST – WWMT-TV
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Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST
WWMT-TV … 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST. I-Team Special Report: Detox Dilemma story image. KALAMAZOO, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – It's a decades old method for treating drug addiction, but now more people than ever before in Michigan are using methadone therapy. |
Legislators are told addiction services are fragmented, clients younger – Worcester Telegram
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Legislators are told addiction services are fragmented, clients younger
Worcester Telegram Dr. DiLorenzo also called for more physicians who could administer Suboxone, a semi-synthetic opiod used to treat opiate addiction, which is considered to have lower risk for abuse than Methadone. The perverse byproduct of relatively few inpatient beds … |
Rise in heroin use leads to more patients at treatment centers – StarNewsOnline.com
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Rise in heroin use leads to more patients at treatment centers
StarNewsOnline.com When their number is called, they move to a private window, where their methadone is measured by a computer and dispensed in a cup. Methadone has some of the same addictive qualities of opiates, but withdrawal is less severe and the euphoric effect is … |
Neuendorf: Heroin, other drugs viewed worse than they really are – Iowa State Daily
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Neuendorf: Heroin, other drugs viewed worse than they really are
Iowa State Daily Supplying heroin addicts with heroin has proven to be more effective than the normal methadone and detox treatment; sometimes, utter abstinence is not the answer. Because of the current stigma, most users will avoid rehabilitation at all costs. If they … |
Heroin epidemic exposes deficiencies in care system – Boston Globe
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Heroin epidemic exposes deficiencies in care system
Boston Globe That includes beds in inpatient detox services, short-term post-detox services, and recovery homes where substance abusers receive long-term treatment designed to help them lead drug-free, independent lives. The Department of Public Health said it … |