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

Methadone Treatment – Google News

Effectiveness of methadone treatment for heroin addiction – British Journal of Psychiatry

Effectiveness of methadone treatment for heroin addiction
British Journal of Psychiatry
All of the participants had been receiving 'conventional' methadone treatment for more than 6 months and continued 'to inject “street” heroin regularly'. On average, they had had over four prior treatment episodes. Accordingly, it is reasonable to

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residents get low-down on methadone clinics – Belleville Intelligencer


Belleville Intelligencer

residents get low-down on methadone clinics
Belleville Intelligencer
Business owners and residents shared concerns about the possible opening of a methadone treatment centre in Trenton, during a public meeting Wednesday night. The Belleville and Quinte West Community Health Centre, in partnership with Change Health …

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Dosage errors may have tilted clinical heroin trial, BC court hears – The Globe and Mail

Dosage errors may have tilted clinical heroin trial, BC court hears
The Globe and Mail
Last fall, Health Canada authorized applications for 21 of the participants – severe heroin addicts who have failed numerous times at conventional treatments such as methadone – to receive three-month supplies of diacetylmorphine (prescription heroin) …

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My View: Fighting heroin will take the whole community – Rockford Register Star

My View: Fighting heroin will take the whole community
Rockford Register Star
Each year, more than 2,000 citizens in our community seek and receive treatment and support through individual counseling services, group therapy and our methadone maintenance therapy program. The goal for all individuals is to abstain from substances …

Methadone Treatment – Google News

“We’re pre-wired for narcotics” – We have a natural narcotic, it’s called endorphin. It’s like morphine. So there’s a trigger for us to do positive things. We managed to do a lot more with it…