Letter: Methadone Programs Can Beat Addiction – Newsday

Letter: Methadone programs can beat addiction – Newsday

Letter: Methadone programs can beat addiction
Newsday
There is an ongoing misconception that methadone treatment just hooks the addict on a new drug. This is false. Technically, it's a drug, but if it's administered in the correct manner, it has extremely beneficial medicinal qualities. Therefore, I

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Home News Public meeting for methadone clinic raises… – www.insidebelleville.com/bellevilleregion-news/

Home News Public meeting for methadone clinic raises…
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"The success rate at treatment centres is three to five per cent," he said. "In opiate substitution therapy (methadone maintenance therapy) people on the program will experience success as with any illness. The reality is the relapse rates are very

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R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction – The Providence Journal

R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction
The Providence Journal
Paul V. Jabour, D-Providence, would require coverage for all medications used to treat addiction, including methadone, buprenorphine (Suboxone) and naltrexone (Vivitrol). Practices among insurers vary on Suboxone and Vivitrol, but few cover methadone, …

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My Neighbor, the Methadone Clinic: Part I – Brooklyn Reader


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My Neighbor, the Methadone Clinic: Part I
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In Fort Greene, on the corner of Fulton and Waverly, stands an old pre-war building contrasted by bright-blue new awning. It is a drug treatment center known as START. I'd never been inside a methadone clinic before and had no idea what to expect. And

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Army veteran knows frustration of finding right treatment – KXAN.com

Army veteran knows frustration of finding right treatment
KXAN.com
The former staff sergeant says doctors treated his physical injuries after the blast but didn't spend much time trying on his emotional instability. “(They gave me) methadone, I mean all these different drugs for nightmare suppression, depression

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