Boston’s Only Public Methadone Clinic May Shut – Boston Globe

Boston’s only public methadone clinic may shut – Boston Globe

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, …

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City’s methadone funds could cover broader addiction plan – Boston Globe

City's methadone funds could cover broader addiction plan
Boston Globe
The city clinic, on Frontage Road in the South End, has operated for 40 years, since methadone first won approval as a treatment for heroin addiction. Methadone reduces cravings for heroin and helps stave off withdrawal symptoms. The drug was a giant
Boston officials looking to transfer operations of only city run methadone clinicMassLive.com
BPHS proposes closing sole public methadone clinicDaily Free Press (subscription)

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Mothers of Opioid-Exposed Newborns Find Treatment at Vermont Clinic – NBCNews.com


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Mothers of Opioid-Exposed Newborns Find Treatment at Vermont Clinic
NBCNews.com
For his NAS, Xzavier was prescribed Methadone— a drug addiction treatment medication given to recovery addicts and newborns exposed to opiates. Every morning at 10 a.m., Blair gives a very small dose of Methadone to Xzavier. The medication is kept …

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40% rise in methadone clients over the decade – Irish Medical Times

40% rise in methadone clients over the decade
Irish Medical Times
In excess of 9,500 clients received methadone maintenance treatment in 2013 — an increase of almost 40 per cent from levels in 2003 when the programme commenced, IMT reports. According to end of year totals contained in the National Drugs Strategy …

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“You’re on a lower dose of a mild narcotic now…I feel better, haven’t noticed a difference” – I thought taking Suboxone was going to be difficult. But I feel better and, most importantly, I feel like I almost don’t need to take it any more.