FDA Approves Evzio, a Hand-Held Device That Can Prevent Opiate Deaths
FDA approves Evzio, a hand-held device that can prevent opiate deaths
"In fact, drug overdose deaths, driven largely by prescription drug overdose deaths, are now the leading cause of injury death in the United States — surpassing motor vehicle crashes." "Evzio is the first … be administered. One shot of Evzio is …
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Top Seven Crazy Myths About Drug Overdose Antidote, Naloxone
Paramedics have used naloxone since the 1960s to block the effect of opiate drugs and restore normal breathing patterns to someone experiencing an overdose, but since 1996, community groups have also trained active drug users and their loved ones on …
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5 Ways to Help Heroin Addicts – Washington Post
5 ways to help heroin addicts – Washington Post
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5 ways to help heroin addicts
Washington Post Both drugs ease withdrawal symptoms and reduce cravings. But there are only four publicly funded methadone clinics in Virginia. And unless people have good insurance, Suboxone is expensive, especially over the long term. Families of addicts also said … |
Fairfax mother of young heroin addict: ‘There were clues. But we had no clue.’ – Washington Post
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Fairfax mother of young heroin addict: 'There were clues. But we had no clue.'
Washington Post A few nights later, Brennan was in a detox program in Chantilly. And Walker, 27, was dead. He'd taken one last hit, ….. Some were riding it out on Suboxone, a drug like methadone that helps recovering addicts. And there was Connor Brennan, looking … |
Oregon Drug Deaths: More People Dying From Meth Use, Cocaine-Related Deaths … – the Oregonian
Oregon drug deaths: More people dying from meth use, cocaine-related deaths … – The Oregonian
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Oregon drug deaths: More people dying from meth use, cocaine-related deaths …
The Oregonian Methadone comes in two forms: a liquid and pill. The liquid is used at methadone centers, prescribed to recovering addicts to help prevent or reduce the withdrawal symptoms from halting heroin use. The pill is used for chronic pain. "The liquid form is … |
Methadone+ Recovery – Google News
Substance abuse clinic manager presumed dead off Indonesian coast – WBAL Baltimore
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Substance abuse clinic manager presumed dead off Indonesian coast
WBAL Baltimore The CEO said the pain of accepting that the search is now a recovery effort has devastated his co-workers, who are now planning a memorial service for him at 11 a.m. Thursday. Williams said his employees plan to plant a tree from Thailand in front of … |
Bain Capital Sees Opportunity in Methadone Clinics – Boston Globe
Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics – Boston Globe
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Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics
Boston Globe Methadone is often stigmatized, he acknowledged, but for some addicts — when it's used in combination with counseling and other treatments — the substitute drug makes a dramatic difference in their lives. “Methadone will allow you to go from a … |
Methadone Treatment – Google News
Boston’s only public methadone clinic may shut – Boston Globe
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Boston's only public methadone clinic may shut
Boston Globe Shutting the clinic, which has offered methadone to opiate addicts for 40 years, would mean that hundreds of clients served every day at the Frontage Road site and at a separate counseling center in the South End would be treated by private providers, … |
Methadone Treatment – Google News
Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County – WZZM
Soft Launch of Withdrawal Management Services Underway – BlackburnNews.com
Soft Launch of Withdrawal Management Services Underway – BlackburnNews.com
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Soft Launch of Withdrawal Management Services Underway
BlackburnNews.com Beginning in May, day and community walk-in services will be regularly scheduled at locations including the Inn of the Good Shepherd, Bluewater Methadone Clinic, and Lambton Public Health. A phone line has now been designated for the withdrawal … |
Methadone+ Withdrawal – Google News
5 ways to help heroin addicts – Washington Post
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5 ways to help heroin addicts
Washington Post Both drugs ease withdrawal symptoms and reduce cravings. But there are only four publicly funded methadone clinics in Virginia. And unless people have good insurance, Suboxone is expensive, especially over the long term. Families of addicts also said … |
Methadone+ Withdrawal – Google News
Not-So-Quick Fix – LA Magazine
'Out of Options': Veterans With PTSD Hit Pot Underground
'Out of Options': Veterans with PTSD hit pot underground
At the same time, veterans who participate in legal, medical-marijuana programs “will not be denied access to care for VA clinical programs but should be assessed for misuse, adverse effects, and withdrawal.” The possibility of federal drug monitoring …
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