Medication an Effective Tool in Fighting Addiction – Boston Globe

Medication an effective tool in fighting addiction – Boston Globe

Medication an effective tool in fighting addiction
Boston Globe
Buprenorphine and methadone are opioids that prevent patients from feeling “dope sick” or overrun by withdrawal symptoms like cold sweats, muscle aches, and anxiety that often lead to relapse. Naltrexone is an opioid blocker that prevents the powerful …

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Triangle firefighters, police train to revive drug overdose victims – News & Observer


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Triangle firefighters, police train to revive drug overdose victims
News & Observer
… to 148, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services. The surge in heroin use follows what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called a nationwide epidemic of overdose deaths involving opioid pain relievers such as

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Pregnant prisoners are losing their shackles – Boston Globe

Pregnant prisoners are losing their shackles
Boston Globe
Two weeks later, after a stay in the neonatal intensive care unit to withdraw from methadone, Jacob went home with Carter's parents, who live in Brookfield. Carter, now 23, says she'd suffer through more labor and delivery just to hold Jacob, smell him

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