City’s Methadone Funds Could Cover Broader Addiction Plan – Boston Globe

City’s methadone funds could cover broader addiction plan – Boston Globe

City's methadone funds could cover broader addiction plan
Boston Globe
The city clinic, on Frontage Road in the South End, has operated for 40 years, since methadone first won approval as a treatment for heroin addiction. Methadone reduces cravings for heroin and helps stave off withdrawal symptoms. The drug was a giant
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Drug Addiction: Medical and Emotional Help – Guardian Liberty Voice


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Drug Addiction: Medical and Emotional Help
Guardian Liberty Voice
For starters, methadone clinics have been used to ween drug addicts, and prevent dangerous withdrawals. Caring Physicians can also provide medication that would help a person coming off alcohol or a certain type of drug facing withdrawal. Friends and …

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Doctor’s license suspended after clinic raided – Sacramento Bee

Doctor's license suspended after clinic raided
Sacramento Bee
Methadone is commonly used for pain management or to aid in the withdrawal from heroin. One pharmacy refused to fill Christensen's narcotics prescriptions until the doctor filled out a treatment plan for that patient. All 43 treatment plans Christensen …
Montana doctor's license suspended after investigation into pain medication The Republic

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Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment – Olean Times Herald

Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
Olean Times Herald
Because withdrawal is not directly deadly, most insurance companies won't pay for inpatient heroin detoxification or rehab, said Anthony Rizzuto, a provider relations representative at Seafield Center, a rehabilitation clinic on Long Island. They

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City Manager Bernie Lynch discusses methadone clinic’s future – City Manager Bernie Lynch discusses the methadone clinic’s future.