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Opioid-Addicted Patients Aren’t From Mars – Clinical Advisor

Opioid-addicted patients aren’t from Mars – Clinical Advisor

Opioid-addicted patients aren't from Mars
Clinical Advisor
I work in a methadone clinic with people who are “opioid dependent,” as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). This may be marked by vomiting, nausea and other symptoms of opioid withdrawal.

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Methadone, methamphetamine seized in Boyle County drug arrests – Central Kentucky News

Methadone, methamphetamine seized in Boyle County drug arrests
Central Kentucky News
Methadone is a synthetic drug used to treat chronic pain. It commonly is used to treat heroin or narcotics addiction and withdrawal symptoms. Chad Adams, 42, was charged with first-degree possession of a controlled substance-first offense (opiates), 

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Babies Born Addictedproblem Across Western Pa

Babies born addictedproblem across Western Pa
Because newborns in withdrawal need more intensive care and hospital stays of four weeks to several months, medical costs, too, more than tripled, data show. Hospital billings to private insurers or Medicaid … We have a very large clinic for women on …
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Outsourcing Isn’t for Slackers – Daily Beast

Outsourcing Isn’t For Slackers – Daily Beast

Outsourcing Isn't For Slackers
Daily Beast
The first bill they voted on today proposed the “Withdraw of military forces from the city center and unblock[ing of] public transport in Kyiv.” It also would return troops to their barracks, prohibit guns from being used against Ukrainians, and order

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Methadone, methamphetamine seized in Boyle County drug arrests – Central Kentucky News

Methadone, methamphetamine seized in Boyle County drug arrests
Central Kentucky News
Methadone is a synthetic drug used to treat chronic pain. It commonly is used to treat heroin or narcotics addiction and withdrawal symptoms. Chad Adams, 42, was charged with first-degree possession of a controlled substance-first offense (opiates), 

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Why Georgia Desperately Needs Naloxone

Why Georgia Desperately Needs Naloxone
Kathy was experiencing rapid respiratory failure. Her blood pressure was 40 over 0. After being rushed to the local hospital, Kathy received a dose of naloxone, or Narcan, a medication that reverses opiate overdose to restore normal breathing patterns …
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50 bags of heroin found in Philip Seymour Hoffman's apartment:report
Authorities found other drugs, including a medication for high blood pressure that is also used for treating opiate withdrawal, the sources said. Police were trying to determine the source of the substance that apparently killed Hoffman and whether it …
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Drug-Related Deaths Decline – Peoria Journal Star

Drug-related deaths decline – Peoria Journal Star

Drug-related deaths decline
Peoria Journal Star
The greatest decreases in drug deaths between the past two years came in fatalities from prescription drugs and, within that category, methadone — a drug dispensed under tight federal regulations to counter the effects of heroin withdrawal. Excluding 

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Deaths from heroin in New London, Norwich doubled in 2013 – TheDay.com

Deaths from heroin in New London, Norwich doubled in 2013
TheDay.com
The Glastonbury location recently started offering a new medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction known as buprenorphine or Suboxone treatment. The medication helps to prevent sickness from opioid withdrawal. Unlike methadone, Allen said 

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Drug-Related Deaths Decline

Drug-related deaths decline
PEKIN — The shocking rise in drug-related deaths in Tazewell County in 2012 gave way last year to a return to average numbers. Statistics of fatalities alone don’t measure the depth of drug abuse and illegal use in the county.
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