Archive for the ‘Methadone Withdrawal’ Category

Crouse's Opioid Program Expanding to Meet Rising Needs for Treatment

Crouse's opioid program expanding to meet rising needs for treatment
"And the advantage of being on methadone versus being still out on the streets using heroin and all other kinds of drugs is that through the pregnancy the baby won't go in and out of withdrawal. The fetus won't go in and out of withdrawal, which would …
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Pregnant and addicted: An awful burden to carry
Their paths to recovery and ability to carry their pregnancies to term depend on careful, evidence-based approaches that may include medicated assisted treatment during pregnancy with methadone or buprenorphine – the opposite of what popular opinion …
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Crouse’s Opioid Program Expanding to Meet Rising Needs for Treatment – WRVO Public Media

Crouse’s opioid program expanding to meet rising needs for treatment – WRVO Public Media

Crouse's opioid program expanding to meet rising needs for treatment
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"They're both in the opiate class. So now you have people who never thought they'd use heroin, using heroin as a way to alleviate withdrawal symptoms and deal with that addiction.” Raymond says methadone, a synthetic opiate based drug, is a proven way 

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Harm-reduction services could have prevented Philip Seymour Hoffman’s fatal … – Straight.com


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Harm-reduction services could have prevented Philip Seymour Hoffman's fatal
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Naloxone is a drug that's prescribed to opiate users in B.C. and, when required, can be used to counter the effects of an overdose. There are medications that help people detoxify, so they're not going into really serious withdrawal during detox.”.

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The Elephant in the Room: Why Do We Overlook Medical Marijuana for Addictive … – Bangor Daily News

The elephant in the room: Why do we overlook medical marijuana for addictive … – Bangor Daily News

The elephant in the room: Why do we overlook medical marijuana for addictive
Bangor Daily News
It defies reason that we regularly prescribe patients a six-month course of opiate pharmaceuticals, which carries a grave risk of physical dependency, and that we ask patients to use a drug that is responsible for thousands of overdose deaths each year

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Heroin on the rise in Reno – Sparks Today

Heroin on the rise in Reno
Sparks Today
Often, set buying hours are in place, and runners and dispatchers are often prohibited from using the drug, he said. Chalmers has heard of situations where runners were fired for using heroin, an opiate drug synthesized from morphine that can be smoked

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Half-Naked Heavily-Pregnant Burglar Escaped Over Wall, Cumbria Court Told

Half-naked heavily-pregnant burglar escaped over wall, Cumbria court told
A heavily-pregnant Cumbria woman who broke into a family's house, stole a child's money box and wallet, then stripped partially naked and escaped over a wall has been jailed for two and a half years. Melissa Ridley photo … She gave birth to her baby …
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Here's What It Felt Like When I Quit Heroin

Here's What It Felt Like When I Quit Heroin
I tried to get off of the drug via the methadone clinic to no avail. I would go to the … My stomach also started to convulse with accompanying vomit and pain. So I spent most of … The whole physical withdrawal lasted about two weeks in all. The …
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Maine weighs wider use of drug that prevents overdose deaths
An overdose of heroin or other opiates such as prescription painkillers and methadone can depress breathing and the body's nervous system, leaving users unconscious. Naloxone, known by the brand name Narcan, restores breathing, allowing users to …
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Harm-Reduction Services Could Have Prevented Philip Seymour Hoffman's Fatal

Harm-reduction services could have prevented Philip Seymour Hoffman's fatal
Story. VANDU president Dave Hamm says that Academy Award winner Philip Seymour Hoffman broke the first rule of doing drugs: do not use alone. The Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users lost one of its newest members last week, the organization's …
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Drug helps many quit heroin habit
Shelley Askew-Floyd, the director of narcotic treatment programs with Pyramid Healthcare's headquarters in Altoona, attributed the general rise in methadone-related deaths across the nation to an increase in use of the drug to treat pain. Askew-Floyd …
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