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Question by Bibi: Why and how do we get the hiccups?
I get the hiccups a lot and wanna know why and how I get them

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Answer by skeptical
There are a lot of theories, but the bottom line is, nobody knows for sure.

Answer by EV
Causes
Hiccups (singultus) can be caused by many central and peripheral nervous system disorders, all from injury or irritation to the phrenic and vagus nerves, as well as toxic or metabolic disorders affecting aforementioned systems. Hiccups often occur after drinking carbonated beverages or alcohol. Persistent or intractable hiccups may be caused by any condition which irritates or damages the relevant nerves. Chemotherapy—which includes a huge amount of different drugs—has been implicated in hiccups (some data states 30 percent of treated), while other studies have not proven such a relationship. Many times chemotherapy is applied to tumors sitting at places that are by themselves prone to cause hiccups, if irritated. [1][2]    Read more...

100 Americans die of drug overdoses each day. How do we stop that?
Fatal overdoses from opiate medications such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, and methadone have quadrupled since 1999, accounting for an estimated 16,651 deaths in 2010. … I'm also a trained clinician, and I've treated people for addiction. Last but not …
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Overdose deaths increase dramatically in Washington County
For the first time in 2012, and again in 2013, people seeking treatment for heroin addiction exceeded the number of those asking for help in battling an alcohol addiction, said Cheryl Andrews, executive director of the Washington County Drug and …
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Police Reports for Feb. 4, 2014
(%remaining%) Remaining Thanks for visiting Central Kentucky News. You're entitled to view 5 free …. During a search, deputies found 43 small blue pills, three bundles of cash totalling $ 2,496, four Xanax pills and five methadone pills. Charges are …
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Woman who drove with man on car guilty of murder
In this Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012 file photo, Sherry Wilkins appears in Los Angeles Superior Court in Torrance, Calif. Wilkins, a substance-abuse counselor who drove 2 miles through a Los Angeles suburb with a dying man on her windshield, was convicted …
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Our say: Davis pinpoints a rising problem: Heroin addiction
The amount of heroin treatment in Vermont has gone up 250 percent since 2000. Here in Anne Arundel County, said … This has caught county health officials off guard, since all of Anne Arundel's methadone programs are clustered in north county. Those …
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Methadone or Buprenorphine for Maintenance Therapy of Opioid Addiction … – Medscape

Methadone or Buprenorphine for Maintenance Therapy of Opioid Addiction … Medscape Current long-term treatment options for OUD include abstinence or nonpharmacologic intervention programs, methadone maintenance therapy, buprenorphine maintenance therapy, buprenorphine/naloxone combination maintenance treatment, and … and more »

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Drug helps many quit heroin habit – The Cranberry Eagle

Drug helps many quit heroin habit The Cranberry Eagle Butler County's two methadone clinics, Discovery House, below, in Cranberry Township and Pyramid Healthcare's Foundations Medical Services, above, in Butler Township treat more than 550 patients who are stuggling with drug addictions.

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Sanford methadone clinic to offer more local treatment – Biddeford Journal Tribune    Read more...

We can prevent fatal ODs like Hoffman's
Offer methadone and buprenorphine to those with opioid addiction: Methadone and buprenorphine have been the gold-standard treatment for opioid addiction for decades. These replacement therapies can allow people to live … Virtually every published …
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Who's been in the courts?
PATRICK Rutherford-Brown, 58, of New Road, Belper, was fined £37, and ordered to pay £85 with a £20 victim surcharge for possessing a controlled drug of Class A, methadone, on October 14. DARRALL Jim Meakin, 45, ….. CHRISTOPHER Spence, 28, of …
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