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Ex-Butte JP could face jail time after suicide attempt with gun
A witness told officers Lee didn't express any desire to harm himself just prior to the shooting, but that he was supposed to admit himself into a prescription drug treatment program in Missoula that same day. The bullet struck a rib and … He pleaded …
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Telecom firms should pay market rents
I sympathise with the necessary cutbacks the NHS are having to make in order to balance the books, but in my view closing hospital kitchens would be a mistake for both staff and patients, not forgetting the dedicated catering staff that would lose …
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New clinic aims to reduce stigma around opioid addiction
Patients can be immediately prescribed methadone to help with opioid withdrawal symptoms, a fingerprint scanner used to make sure everyone gets their correct dose. Ainsley … "I can tell you if I opened a 200-bed facility, I'd have it filled in a week …
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Bangor councilors to consider moratorium on suboxone treatment center …
During a meeting of the Substance Abuse Task Force of the Bangor Region Public Health Advisory Board last week, Davis said her suggestion was meant to serve as an alternative to a bill before the state Legislature that hasn't seen much progress since …
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Ore. man on community service sentence sues Ore. county over eye injury
The Salem Statesman Journal reports (http://stjr.nl/18pfgKK ) the suit filed in federal court in Portland by Theadore T. Sussan of Dallas seeks an unspecified amount of damages. The suit says Sussan was clearing trails at a park in Rickreall in August …
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FDA Proposal To Curb Painkiller Overdose Deaths Would Add Burdens For Pain …
Which means that ultimately, a doctor-patient decision on whether to pursue a course of treatment with a particular drug isn't strictly a doctor-patient decision, but is also affected by whether other people abuse that drug. … (Methadone is cheaper …
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FDA approves more powerful, pure hydrocodone drug
The agency said Friday it approved extended-release pill Zohydro ER for patients with pain that requires “daily, around-the-clock, long-term treatment” that cannot be treated with other drugs. Hydrocodone is currently sold in combination pills like …
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Methadone: Sonya and the Impossibilities of Maintenance
Methadone appeared statistically significantly more effective than non-pharmacological approaches in retaining patients in treatment and in the suppression of heroin use as measured by self report and urine/hair analysis (6 RCTs, RR = 0.66 95% CI 0.56 …
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Kyrgyzstan Is the Latest Victim of the Global Heroin Trade
"In my opinion, it is at least ten times higher than this—more than 100,000." he said. In a country of only 5.5 … Not long after, methadone treatment became legal and methadone treatment has been available in prisons since 2008. Despite this …
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It'll take 'a village' to battle heroin
In 2012 there were four overdose deaths, but for the first time in recent years one of those deaths was from a heroin overdose. … The closest Methadone treatment facility is in Waldorf: Open Armms, Inc. Lynch notes that Methadone is expensive: $ 12 a day.
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Major funding awarded for research on drugs taken during pregnancy
It will involve three subprojects, each examining different drug types and their disposition in pregnant women and their fetuses: the drug abuse treatment methadone, amphetamines and other illicit drugs, and the antidepressant bupropion. Researchers …
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UW researchers win grant to study effects of drugs during pregnancy
UW pharmaceutics professor Jashvant Unadkat will lead the five-year study, which will work on finding ways to predict how pregnant women and their fetuses handle amphetamines and other illicit drugs; methadone, a drug abuse treatment medication; and …
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It's lucky escapes all round as Nidge and Tommy dodge bullet
It was big news for Ado who found out his other half Nadine was pregnant after trying to use her urine to pass a drug test at his local methadone clinic. Creepy dentist Andrew decided that being flat broke and resented by your family and friends is no …
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