Archive for the ‘Methadone Withdrawal’ Category
Charleston-Area Heroin Use Trending Upward?
Charleston-area heroin use trending upward?
The Charleston County Sheriff's Office, for instance, handled 25 heroin cases between January 2010 and December 2013, compared to 417 marijuana cases and 210 cocaine cases during the same time period, according to Maj. Eric Watson. Still, as with drugs …
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Experts warned about rise in youth drug use in Stanislaus County
Heroin is classified as an opiate. Heroin and synthetic opiate-based pharmaceuticals like Vicodin or OxyContin are the drugs of choice of 44 percent of Stanislaus County addicts, the study says. Statewide, opiates and synthetic opiates make up 24 …
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PART 3: Death of 27-Year-Old Inmate “Appears to Have Been Preventable” – WDRB
PART 3: Death of 27-year-old inmate “appears to have been preventable” – WDRB
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PART 3: Death of 27-year-old inmate "appears to have been preventable"
WDRB Her cause of death was "severe dehydration and acute renal failure from opiate withdrawal." From April 7, when Sparks was admitted to Metro Corrections, until her death on April 12, security personnel noted Sparks was "suffering severe withdrawal … |
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Northern New England tackles growing drug problem – Macon Telegraph (blog)
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Northern New England tackles growing drug problem
Macon Telegraph (blog) The number of babies treated for opiate withdrawal syndrome at Vermont hospitals has increased tenfold since 2002, according to the state health department. Shumlin wants to boost funding to slash waiting lists for drug treatment programs, create a … |
Methadone+ Withdrawal – Google News
Charleston-area heroin use trending upward? – Charleston Post Courier
Heroin's Euphoric High Makes It Hard to Quit
Heroin's Euphoric High Makes It Hard to Quit
The death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has highlighted the plight of some 369,000 Americans addicted to heroin. Use of the drug – an opiate similar to morphine – is on the rise in the U.S., nearly doubling between 2007 and 2011 when 620,000 Americans…
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A 'blockade' for Opiates: Vivitrol Offers Hope for Treatment
A 'blockade' for opiates: Vivitrol offers hope for treatment
“You can still use the opiate, but you're not going to get any effect from it,” said Sue Moran, clinical director at Journey. Unlike Suboxone or … Vivitrol also doesn't give the user a high, doesn't impair cognitive function and doesn't lead to …
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Painkiller, heroin abuse growing problem in Pima County
"These opiates are so addicting that you have to have them or you can't function — you start vomiting — and having the same withdrawal symptoms that you would have from heroin," she said. It's stories like Laura Villa's that worries wholesalers of …
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Hinton Man Sentenced in Tax Evasion Scheme
Hinton man sentenced in tax evasion scheme
Dr. Leslie Abigail Winters, a former osteopathic doctor, who recently lost her license and is now facing involuntary manslaughter charges after prescribing methadone to her patient. The patient, Marcus. Dr. Leslie Abigail Winters, a former … McGann …
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Residents: Break-ins, robberies on rise in Long Neck
McKay said the clinic is open six days a week; patients enrolled in the program receive doses of methadone and buprenorphine, which does not make them high, but helps them maintain a static state with no withdrawal symptons. In addition to the dosing …
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The Heroin and Opioid Epidemics – Washington Post (Blog)
The heroin and opioid epidemics – Washington Post (blog)
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The heroin and opioid epidemics
Washington Post (blog) “In the storm of narcotic withdrawal, any opiate port will do,” said Jim Hall, an epidemiologist at Nova Southeastern University who studies addiction. Prescription painkillers may also grease a slippery slope toward a relapse for former heroin addicts … |