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New York Times Gets It Right: Drug Addiction Is a Disease, Says Chief Clinical … – Sacramento Bee

Methadone Treatment: New York Times Gets It Right: Drug Addiction is a Disease, says Chief Clinical … – Sacramento Bee

New York Times Gets It Right: Drug Addiction is a Disease, says Chief Clinical
Sacramento Bee
Buprenorphine/suboxone is one good option but methadone has been a very successful modality and remains a very powerful alternative. Also, a new tool, a monthly application of Vivitrol (CRC's program is called Provita), allows patients to make one

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Misuse of Epilepsy Drug Phenazepam in the UK – Medical News Today

Methadone Treatment: Misuse Of Epilepsy Drug Phenazepam In The UK – Medical News Today

Misuse Of Epilepsy Drug Phenazepam In The UK
Medical News Today
warn that phenazepam could become a popular substitute of methadone for the addicts. Phenazepam belongs to benzodiazepine class of drugs and was developed in the 1970 as a treatment for epilepsy, alcohol withdrawal syndrome, insomnia, and anxiety.

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Methadone Treatment: Hernando planning board approves drug treatment clinic – Tampabay.com

Hernando planning board approves drug treatment clinic
Tampabay.com
He said patients would come to the office early in the day, and would receive methadone or another medical treatment. No other portions of the Operation PAR program, including overnight stays or detoxification procedures, were planned for the Spring

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Methadone Treatment: Prescription Drug Deaths Soar in Michigan – Detroit Free Press

Methadone Treatment: Prescription drug deaths soar in Michigan – Detroit Free Press

Prescription drug deaths soar in Michigan
Detroit Free Press
Prescription drugs that are monitored by federal and state programs because of their high potential for abuse — including OxyContin, Vicodin, Ritalin, Percocet, fentanyl and methadone — are the second-leading category of drug abuse after marijuana.

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Methadone Treatment: Residencies Multiply in Addiction Medicine – Minneapolis Star Tribune

Methadone Treatment: Residencies multiply in addiction medicine – Minneapolis Star Tribune


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Residencies multiply in addiction medicine
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Derek Anderson, a recovering heroin addict, received treatment from Dr. Christine Pace, who was the first addiction resident at Boston University Medical Center, at a methadone clinic. There is an age-old debate over alcoholism: Is the problem in the
Rethinking Addiction's Roots, and Its TreatmentNew York Times

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Methadone Treatment: Cities at heart of triple-zero HIV goals – China Daily

Cities at heart of triple-zero HIV goals
China Daily
This commitment has yielded concrete results: a dramatic increase in the number of people receiving antiretroviral treatment, from about zero in 2003 to more than 86000 in 2010, representing more than 40 percent coverage; a major roll-out of methadone

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Rethinking Addiction’s Roots, and Its Treatment – New York Times

Methadone Treatment: Rethinking Addiction’s Roots, and Its Treatment – New York Times

Rethinking Addiction's Roots, and Its Treatment
New York Times
Earlier this year, when she became the in-house doctor at a methadone clinic in Boston, she was dismayed to find the complaints had not changed. “I saw physicians over and over again pushing it aside, just calling a social-work consult to deal with a

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Problem Strains State Budget – Boston Globe

Methadone Treatment: Problem strains state budget – Boston Globe

Problem strains state budget
Boston Globe
Of those, 85 percent also reported heroin as their primary drug and a majority reported heroin as their reason for seeking treatment. ? MassHealth spent a total of $ 325 million on its more than 18000 members receiving methadone or buprenorphine,

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Methadone Treatment: Redding man arrested in sexual assault of 11-year-old girl – Record-Searchlight

Redding man arrested in sexual assault of 11-year-old girl
Record-Searchlight
Officers detained Perkins and later arrested him on outstanding parole and felony probation warrants in addition to suspicion of possession of methadone and a dagger. The girl was taken to a local hospital for treatment. After interviewing witnesses

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