Naloxone Can Reverse Opiate Overdose Symptoms, Save Lives

Naloxone can reverse opiate overdose symptoms, save lives
Through a Massachusetts Department of Public Health pilot program involving about 15 groups throughout the state, organizations like the Seven Hills Behavioral Health Foundation have been able to hand out the drug, through a team of approved “trainers …
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From the State That Legalized Weed, Comes the World's Strongest Drug Test
Compare that to the estimated 486 million tests in the other three categories done in the United States alone in 2011, according to the Venture Planning Group – a number the firm expects to climb to 592 million by 2016. And depending on a drug test's …
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Fed damned every way by emerging market angst
Sixteen months after she used a Tokyo gathering of global policy makers to defend her institution against criticism it was purchasing too many assets, Fed Chair Yellen attends this week's Group of 20 meeting in Sydney being lobbied to pay greater …
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Methadone Alternative Suboxone Gets Police Chief's OK

Methadone alternative Suboxone gets police chief's OK
Some addictions specialists continue to lobby the Nova Scotia government to approve a drug other than methadone for broader use, a move the Kentville police chief says would make the streets safer.
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Suboxone, methadone alternative, gets police chief's OK
Some addictions specialists continue to lobby the Nova Scotia government to approve a drug other than methadone for broader use, a move the Kentville police chief says would make the streets safer.
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Legal & General Profits Jump as It Eyes Infrastructure Projects

Legal & General profits jump as it eyes infrastructure projects
… the broader economy remained. The company pointed to the uncertainty that will be created as what it called the "monetary methadone" of quantitative easing is withdrawn and the possibility of "butterfly" effects of emerging markets and the European …
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Business news and markets: as it happened – March 5, 2014
17.00 That's where we'll close up the blog for the night. Thanks for reading and commenting. We'll be back bright and early to bring you tomorrow's breaking ….. has repeated its commitment to invest in UK infrastructure after revealing a 10pc rise in …
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Doctors report abuse from patients seeking narcotics
Doctors were asked how often they had experienced abuse by patients seeking controlled substances such as hydromorphone, oxycodone and methadone. Abuse was categorized as minor (rude or belligerent behaviour), major (for example, … “When you're …
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Maine House Rejects Opiate Treatment Bill – MPBN News

Maine House Rejects Opiate Treatment Bill – MPBN News

Maine House Rejects Opiate Treatment Bill
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"We felt like this policy was a more fair way of making sure everybody could get good methadone treatment, and was also better for patients because they would be more closer to their natural environments, more closer to family or social networks that

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Leading Pain Specialists Warn of Overdose Danger if Methadone Is "Preferred

Leading Pain Specialists Warn of Overdose Danger if Methadone is "Preferred
PHOENIX, March 7, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Two-thirds of states prefer methadone above other opioid medications to treat chronic pain, particularly in low-income residents, a practice top pain physicians say adds unnecessary risk. Physician …
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Islanders Raise Funds for Addictions Centre

Islanders raise funds for addictions centre
Hundreds of Islanders rallied together Saturday to raise some cold hard cash for those in the province fighting addictions. The Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser was held at the Central Christian Church on Kent Street, where walkers donned iconic gray toques and began 5 km and 10 km treks …
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