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Hampden merchants call for closing methadone clinic
A short walk away are the public school system's Academy for College and Career Exploration, known as ACCE, and the city's Roosevelt Park Recreation Center. The clinic, which is on a bus route, is open from 5-10 a.m. on weekdays, … Clarke and Mosby …
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State prison medical review: 'Dirty … filthy … unacceptable'
In an exhaustive 106-page report submitted Friday to U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson, the Plata Medical Experts outlined what they called “incomplete,” “fragmented” and “poor quality” medical care at the long-term incarceration facility. The June …
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Question by New Mother: My baby is only 12 days old. Infection, Lactation.?
My baby is 12 days old. I was determined to breastfeed my baby. I was doing fine at the beginning after i had c-section. However, i got some sort of infection 4 days after my baby was born. I was rushed into the ER with a 104 fever. The ER doctor precribed two antibiotics to me: 1) Levaquin 2)Metrinidazole. I was told not to breastfeed my baby during the treatment to aviod any harm from antibiotics. So, without option, I bottle feed my baby with formula and i have been doing pump and dump. I am now off from antibiotics for about 24 hours. Here are my questions: 1) is it safe to breastfeed my baby now? Is there any anticbiotics left in my system? Should i wait longer? 2) What is the best way to introduce breast feed to my baby now? I’m sure i won’t have enough breast milk for her. I can only produce half a ounce in every pump. Please HELP.    Read more...

Addiction centre boss calls for abstinence approach to drug treatment programmes
“We have made some progress but it is slow progress with the number of people on long-term methadone treatment programmes having increased. “The Prime Minister made a commitment and said people have been parked on methadone. The county now …
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Society is being destroyed by UK's drink and drug addictions, warns think-tank
The CSJ criticised the government for what it calls an "inadequate response to heroin addiction", saying that more than 40,000 drug addicts in England have been stranded on the substitute methadone, which is used to wean addicts off heroin. … A …
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UK is 'addiction capital of Europe'
The CSJ criticised the government for what it calls an "inadequate response to heroin addiction", saying that more than 40,000 drug addicts in England have been stranded on the substitute methadone, which is used to wean addicts off heroin. The report …
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Prison health centre failings get swept under carpet
Cornerstone is a seal of approval granted by the RNZCGP to health and medical centres that meet a defined set of standards called Aiming for Excellence – standard for New Zealand general practice. In order to meet the standards, a health centre … The …
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Methadone May Be Beneficial for Dialysis Patients With Pain
… drugs they pooh-poohed have a place if used appropriately,” said Dr. Boortz-Marx, director of interventional pain medicine at Duke University in Charlotte, N.C. “I've used methadone as the primary pain-relieving medication in dialysis patients for …
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Medal of Honor recipient works to destigmatize PTSD
The treatment allows him to continue his career path in the Army. Someone not so fortunate was one of Carter's … When Faulkner returned to his parents' home in Burlington, North Carolina, he would lament to his father that he could have done more to …
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Methadone 'millionaires' set to be axed thanks to Daily Record campaign …
Dr Kidd said: “We have concluded that opiate replacement therapy with methadone is an effective treatment and must remain a significant element of options available for those struggling with opiate dependency in Scotland. “However, it must be one of a …
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Don't treat heroin and opioid addiction as short-term conditions: paper
VANCOUVER – Addiction to heroin and other opioids is a long-term, chronic disease that can't simply be fixed with a few weeks or months on methadone, a group of British Columbia-based researchers argue in a newly released paper. Designing treatment …
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