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Recovery advocate: 'We don't have a cure for addiction'
The last time Annie Parkinson, 60, of Holden, had a drink or used drugs was June 13, 1982, when she was 28 years old.
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Finding treatment for opiate addiction fraught with challenges
When opiate addiction reaches a crisis point, either through a medical emergency or a drug user's life falling apart, it can be hard knowing where to turn.
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Addiction research looks toward opiate blockers
Prescription painkillers have a double reinforcing effect, making them a risk for abuse, according to Dr. Gerardo Gonzalez, director of addiction psychiatry at University of Massachusetts Medical School. The opioids not only provide immediate euphoria, but habitual users undergo painful withdrawal if they abruptly stop taking them.
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Methadone safety: New clinical practice guideline from American Pain Society
Improved physician education and patient counseling about methadone safety and ECG monitoring to identify patients at high risk for cardiac problems will lead to safer use of the medication, according to the American Pain Society's Clinical Practice Guideline on Methadone Safety, published this week in The Journal of Pain.
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Deputies investigating methadone treatment facility armed robbery
The Augusta Metro Treatment Center is the latest victim of an armed robbery in Augusta, Richmond County dispatch said.
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Crimean side-effect: Heroin addicts deprived of methadone because Russia bans it
Every morning, Sergei Kislov takes the bus to the rundown outskirts of this port city for the methadone doses that keep him off heroin without suffering withdrawal.
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Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
As the ranks of heroin users rise, increasing numbers of addicts are looking for help but are failing to find it — because there are no beds in packed facilities, treatment is hugely expensive and insurance companies won't pay for inpatient rehab.
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American Pain Society Publishes New Clinical Practice Guideline on Methadone Safety
Improved physician education and patient counseling about methadone safety and ECG monitoring to identify patients at high risk for cardiac problems will lead to safer use of the medication, according to the American Pain Society's Clinical Practice Guideline on Methadone Safety, published this week in The Journal of Pain.
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Pests: 'It is brutal. But it is authentic. I feel ethical, clean about it'
Rape, abuse, addiction, squalor … in Pests, Vivienne Franzmann brings the lives of women prisoners to the Royal Court. But it's no exercise in poverty tourism Vivienne Franzmann's summary of her new play, Pests , begins bleakly and gets grimmer, as the plot brushes together pretty much every conceivable strand of social deprivation into a catastrophic tangle. It stars two sisters, young women …
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