Posts Tagged ‘public health’

Target2: Heroin Epidemic, a Lengthy Recovery – WBAY

Target2: Heroin Epidemic, A Lengthy Recovery – WBAY

Target2: Heroin Epidemic, A Lengthy Recovery
WBAY
There are more than a dozen treatment options available in Northeast Wisconsin ranging from in and out-patient programs to dosing of methadone which is a drug used to wean people off heroin. All this though comes at a price even counselors say is scary.

Methadone+ Recovery – Google News

Rehab, recovery programs absent or overwhelmed – The Recorder

Rehab, recovery programs absent or overwhelmed
The Recorder
Opioid addicts often suffer from dehydration or malnutrition, but there is no weaning the inmate off their drug of choice or even their treatment drugs — Suboxone or methadone — as would take place in an outside detox facility. Those severely

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Methadone+ Recovery – Google News

Insured often wrestle with insurers to get longer rehab care – The Recorder

Annexation Bad News for Crimea’s Rehab Patients – RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Annexation Bad News For Crimea’s Rehab Patients – RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty


RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Annexation Bad News For Crimea's Rehab Patients
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
… we'll end up stealing again and going to jail." To avoid withdrawal and a possible relapse, Crimean rehab patients are now left with two options: relocate to mainland Ukraine to continue their methadone therapy or quit cold turkey in a Russia-run

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Methadone Rehabilitation – Google News

Ex-addict, parents, grandparent tell of drug abuse’s toll – Bay Net


Bay Net

Ex-addict, parents, grandparent tell of drug abuse's toll
Bay Net
Dr. Kathy O'Brien, director of Walden Sierra, one of the community's main rehabilitation resources, said when she first started in the business addiction was a criminal justice issue but now is a public health issue. She said some people still believe

Methadone Rehabilitation – Google News

Methadone given to girl at age 4 started her slow death – Columbus Dispatch

Annexation Bad News for Crimea’s Rehab Patients – RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Annexation Bad News For Crimea’s Rehab Patients – RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty


RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Annexation Bad News For Crimea's Rehab Patients
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
… we'll end up stealing again and going to jail." To avoid withdrawal and a possible relapse, Crimean rehab patients are now left with two options: relocate to mainland Ukraine to continue their methadone therapy or quit cold turkey in a Russia-run

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Methadone Rehabilitation – Google News

Ex-addict, parents, grandparent tell of drug abuse’s toll – Bay Net


Bay Net

Ex-addict, parents, grandparent tell of drug abuse's toll
Bay Net
Dr. Kathy O'Brien, director of Walden Sierra, one of the community's main rehabilitation resources, said when she first started in the business addiction was a criminal justice issue but now is a public health issue. She said some people still believe

Methadone Rehabilitation – Google News

Methadone given to girl at age 4 started her slow death – Columbus Dispatch

Annexation Bad News for Crimea’s Rehab Patients – RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Annexation Bad News For Crimea’s Rehab Patients – RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty


RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Annexation Bad News For Crimea's Rehab Patients
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
… we'll end up stealing again and going to jail." To avoid withdrawal and a possible relapse, Crimean rehab patients are now left with two options: relocate to mainland Ukraine to continue their methadone therapy or quit cold turkey in a Russia-run

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Methadone Rehabilitation – Google News

Ex-addict, parents, grandparent tell of drug abuse’s toll – Bay Net


Bay Net

Ex-addict, parents, grandparent tell of drug abuse's toll
Bay Net
Dr. Kathy O'Brien, director of Walden Sierra, one of the community's main rehabilitation resources, said when she first started in the business addiction was a criminal justice issue but now is a public health issue. She said some people still believe

Methadone Rehabilitation – Google News

Methadone given to girl at age 4 started her slow death – Columbus Dispatch

Addicted to Profits: Insurance Companies Adjust Coverage of Methadone Clinics

Addicted to Profits: Insurance companies adjust coverage of methadone clinics
With lives at stake, methadone clinics play an integral role in treating opiate addicts. However, the actions of city and state government, insurance companies and private equity firms may impose financial difficulties on patients seeking opiate addiction treatment. Last month, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick declared opiate abuse a public health emergency in Massachusetts, citing potent […]
Methadone Treatment – Yahoo News Search Results

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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Methadone+ Withdrawal – Google News

Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment – Daily Union

Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
Daily Union
The doctors shook their heads: Heroin withdrawal is not life-threatening, they said, and we can't admit you. Doctors … Of those, about 10 percent are residential facilities, about 80 percent are outpatient programs and about 10 percent are methadone

Methadone+ Withdrawal – Google News

Suboxone: A Double-Edged Sword – The Epoch Times