Price of Addiction: Opioid Treatment Should Go Beyond Addictive Methadone … – Portland Business Journal (Blog)
Price of addiction: Opioid treatment should go beyond addictive methadone … – Portland Business Journal (blog)
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Price of addiction: Opioid treatment should go beyond addictive methadone …
Portland Business Journal (blog) Methadone, a synthetic opioid developed by the Germans during the Second World War as a substitute for morphine, was studied as a possible treatment for heroin addicts. Clinicians were aware about the highly addictive nature of methadone, but given the … |
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Hundreds of prisoners receiving methadone – Herald Sun
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Hundreds of prisoners receiving methadone
Herald Sun Figures for the Opioid Substitution Therapy Program run in 11 Victorian jails revealed in some prisons one in four inmates receive methadone treatment. In January this year 27 per cent of prisoners at the maximum security Port Phillip Prison were on … |
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Injectable opioid treatment for chronic heroin addiction more cost-effective … – Medical Xpress
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Injectable opioid treatment for chronic heroin addiction more cost-effective …
Medical Xpress 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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80000 Vietnamese Drug Users To Receive Methadone Treatment By 2015 – Bernama
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80000 Vietnamese Drug Users To Receive Methadone Treatment By 2015
Bernama HANOI, Oct 5 (Bernama) — Vietnam will provide methadone treatment to 80,000 drug users in 30 cities and provinces across the country by 2015 as pilot programmes have shown the medication's efficacy, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported. Five years … |
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Methadone clinic opening a month away – Rutland Herald
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Methadone clinic opening a month away
Rutland Herald Nine staffers, including doctors, nurses, a program director and substance abuse clinicians, have been hired and trained for their roles at the center where patients addicted to opiate-based drugs will receive methadone and buprenorphine treatment, … |
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Campaign on Using Methadone Safely (June 2009) – FDA and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) have launched a campaign to increase awareness about the risks associated with…