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Heroin-assisted treatment and politics-based medicine
Heroin-assisted treatment and politics-based medicine. by Aaron Wherry on Friday, … Scott Bernstein, a lawyer for the Pivot Legal Society, which is representing 22 SALOME patients as well as the B.C. Association of People on Methadone, said he will …
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Health Canada decision to allow prescription heroin will save lives, Pivot …
… such as methadone and abstinence-based programs. Using heroin to treat relapsed heroin users is more cost-effective than traditional methadone maintenance, according to a study based on North America's only clinical trial of medically prescribed …
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Ottawa overrules health officials on heroin study
Ambrose's decision relates to 21 participants in a major clinical trial, all chronic long-term addicts who had failed to respond to methadone treatment. The participants' approvals to access the heroin won't be revoked, though they can't be renewed …
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Q&A: Dr. Perry Kendall on Heroin-Assisted Treatment
It's standard treatment in Switzerland, it's standard treatment in Germany and Spain … and there's a small number of physicians in the UK who are licensed to prescribe heroin for people whose addictions haven't been managed through methadone. So this …
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Ottawa overrules health officials on Vancouver heroin replacement study
Ambrose's decision relates to 21 participants in a major clinical trial, all chronic long-term addicts who had failed to respond to methadone treatment. Their approvals to access the heroin won't be revoked, though they can't be renewed after the …
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Ambrose bars doctors from prescribing heroin and other illicit drugs for treatment
… and LSD. Physicians can still approve other addiction treatments like the use of methadone. Talking Heads … As of 4 30 pm Thursday, the regulations were not available and both the department and the minister's office did supply them. The minister …
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Pain Meds Sold Illegally on Craigslist
“Xanax, Opana, Roxy, Adderall, Lortabs, Vicodin, Hydro, Percocet, Methadone, Morphine, Patches, Viagra, Cialis,” reads an ad from a well-stocked Florida drug dealer on Craigslist. Of course, it's illegal to buy or sell prescription drugs over the …
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No death penalty against former West Palm doctor in murder cases
The Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office won't seek the death penalty against a former West Palm Beach doctor charged with the overdose deaths of two patients from painkillers and anti-anxiety medicines. Prosecutors in late August filed paperwork …
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Injectable opioid treatment for chronic heroin addiction more cost-effective …
Whilst treatment costs for injectable opiates were estimated to be between £4,000 (injectable methadone) and £10,000 (injectable heroin) more per person per year than oral methadone, individuals receiving an injectable treatment committed far fewer …
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Feds close heroin access 'loopholes'
A previous study by the same researchers had concluded prescription heroin is a safe and effective treatment for the small group of addicts who did not benefit from conventional treatments such as methadone. Those 20 addicts will have access to the …
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Lowell methadone clinic remains in mills, for now (VIDEO)
LOWELL — Habit OpCo, the city's only methadone clinic, remains open at its Wannalancit Mills location past the end of its latest lease there, but the facility still doesn't have plans for how long it'll stay at the site. The clinic had been searching …
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Mobile drug clinic causes stir on Hudson Street
… stir on Hudson Street. A mobile methadone clinic comes to Hudson Street three times a week, irking some residents of the neighborhood. … One man in line who declined to give his name said, “The treatment is really helping him.” City Council …
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County Executive Moore appoints new drug czar
ELKTON — County Executive Tari Moore appointed Ken Collins, the director of the Cecil County Health Department's Addiction Services Division, as her special assistant for drug policy Tuesday as part of a plan to reduce substance abuse here. Moore and …
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