What’s Best for Babies Born to Drug-Addicted Mothers? – the Tennessean

What’s best for babies born to drug-addicted mothers? – The Tennessean

What's best for babies born to drug-addicted mothers?
The Tennessean
Doctors agree the "gold standard" for treating opioid addiction is through careful administration of addiction therapy drugs — either methadone or buprenorphine. Abrupt detoxification is actually dangerous to a pregnancy and can cause miscarriage or

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Waiting lists for addiction treatment grow, as region sees increase in heroin use – Press & Sun-Bulletin

Waiting lists for addiction treatment grow, as region sees increase in heroin use
Press & Sun-Bulletin
The 29-year-old Ithaca man, whose name is being withheld because of the stigma attached to addiction, injected heroin off and on for about six months until not using the drug meant withdrawal symptoms. … Not all kinds of drug treatment involve using

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Recovery advocate: ‘We don’t have a cure for addiction’ – Worcester Telegram

Recovery advocate: 'We don't have a cure for addiction'
Worcester Telegram
It's about feeling level and not having withdrawal symptoms. And they're … Medication-assisted recovery with opiate blockers like Suboxone and methadone often gets an undeserved bad reputation, too, as another "crutch," according to Ms. Parkinson.

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Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug … – TheDay.com

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug
TheDay.com
Suboxone clinics, which provide an alternative to methadone for opioid withdrawal, treat an increasing number of patients in the privacy of a clinician's office. Many of those seeking treatment at suboxone clinics are hooked on painkillers. Local detox

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Addiction research looks toward opiate blockers – Worcester Telegram

Addiction research looks toward opiate blockers
Worcester Telegram
"The only problem is methadone treatment slots in the U.S. aren't enough for what's needed," Dr. Gonzalez said. Suboxone is a partial agonist, which also blocks craving and withdrawal, that can be prescribed as a Schedule III drug by physicians who

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