Experts Worry About Effect of Dropping Hundreds of Addicted Mainers From … – Bangor Daily News

Experts worry about effect of dropping hundreds of addicted Mainers from … – Bangor Daily News


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Experts worry about effect of dropping hundreds of addicted Mainers from
Bangor Daily News
At the end of 2013, hundreds of recovering drug addicts lost their MaineCare coverage, in many cases limiting or ending their ability to get methadone treatment. From left, Lindey Saunders, 35, of Ellsworth; Brandi Harriman, 28, of Glenburn and Jacob 

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Boy, 2, dies after his mother ‘accidentally serves him methadone that she had … – Daily Mail


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Boy, 2, dies after his mother 'accidentally serves him methadone that she had
Daily Mail
Methadone is a pain reliever that can also be used to help recovering addicts through withdrawal symptoms and its side effects can mimic heroine. Police believe she obtained the drug legally but they have not said why it was in liquid form or stored in

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Methadone or Buprenorphine for Maintenance Therapy of Opioid Addiction … – Medscape

Methadone or Buprenorphine for Maintenance Therapy of Opioid Addiction
Medscape
Individual success at maintaining recovery cannot be easily predicted at the onset of treatment; therapeutic goals for addiction management should therefore include using the lowest dose possible for the shortest time necessary, but with efforts to

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‘Miracle drug’ touted in fight against heroin deaths – nwitimes.com

'Miracle drug' touted in fight against heroin deaths
nwitimes.com
A crackdown on the misuse of prescription drugs also appears to be having the unintended effect of fueling heroin use throughout the region and elsewhere around the state, said Carmen Arlt, director of Porter Starke's Recovery Center methadone 

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