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As Heroin Use Increases, Treatment Funds Go Down

As heroin use increases, treatment funds go down
Chris Johnson’s work takes him all over Thurston County — to homeless encampments, hospital emergency rooms and Providence St. Peter Hospital’s psychiatric ward.
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Family of Cyclist Killed on Sound Avenue Reacts After Driver Arrested Again

Family of Cyclist Killed on Sound Avenue Reacts After Driver Arrested Again
“This defendant has been in a methadone maintenance treatment program, an established and effective therapy for the treatment of heroin addiction, as directed by the court to be an element of his probation,” Clifford said. He said specially-trained …
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At Clinics, Tumultuous Lives and Turbulent Care
Buprenorphine was developed as a safer alternative to methadone for treating heroin and painkiller addiction, a take-home medication that could be prescribed by doctors in offices rather than dispensed daily in clinics. But in some areas a de facto …
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This Drug Could Make a Huge Dent in Heroin Addiction. So Why Isn't It Used More?

This drug could make a huge dent in heroin addiction. So why isn't it used more?
Over the past 35 years, about 200,000 injection-drug users have died of HIV/AIDS. Substitution therapies — first methadone, more recently, buprenorphine — provide an imperfect but essential tool to treat opiate disorders, and thus to ameliorate harms …
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Methadone Reducing Drug Use in India

Methadone reducing drug use in India
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS): Anti-addictive drug Methadone has been found to be effective in reducing drug use in India, says a study released here Thursday.
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Overmedicating Alabama Veterans at VA Hospitals: 'It'S a Sad, Sad Sight'

Overmedicating Alabama veterans at VA hospitals: 'It's a sad, sad sight'
Prescriptions at VA hospitals for four opiates — hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and morphine — have increased by 270 percent since 2001. Three of the four VA medical facilities in central Alabama and the Gulf Coast exceeded the national … Karen …
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Medication-Assisted Treatment With Methadone: Assessing the Evidence – Psychiatric Services (Subscription)

Medication-Assisted Treatment With Methadone: Assessing the Evidence – Psychiatric Services (subscription)

Medication-Assisted Treatment With Methadone: Assessing the Evidence
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Medication-Assisted Treatment With Methadone: Assessing the Evidence. Catherine Anne Fullerton, M.D., M.P.H.; Meelee Kim, M.A.; Cindy Parks Thomas, Ph.D.; D. Russell Lyman, Ph.D.; Leslie B. Montejano, M.A., C.C.R.P.; Richard H. Dougherty, Ph.D.; 

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