A Life-or-Death Situation
A Life-or-Death Situation
He also met with a palliative-care expert, who suggested trying one more pain treatment: low-dose methadone around the clock, five milligrams at exactly 9 a.m. and exactly 9 p.m., every day. With the methadone, Brooke's pain was at last manageable.
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POLL QUESTION Should methadone programs include birth control?
Hayes, a psychology professor and neuroscientist who has studied opiate-affected infants, said preventing addicted women of child-bearing age from getting pregnant during treatment is about the methadone's effect on their unborn babies, not the women's …
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Fears addicts may face longer waiting time for treatment
Their benefits will be restarted if they enrol in a treatment programme of at least six weeks. The Alcohol Drug Association NZ, … "Once you assess someone and find out there is a problem then there need to be some services that come in behind that to …
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Tanzania Should End Health Sector Discrimination Against Marginalised Groups
When Mohammed*, a 24-year-old gay man in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, went to a government hospital for treatment for a sexually transmitted infection that he believed was anal gonorrhea, the doctor's response was hostile. "But how? You're … Tanzania's …
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