Heroin Users: Not From Another Planet
Heroin Users: Not From Another Planet
I work at Evergreen Treatment Services, a methadone clinic in Seattle. As a physician assistant (PA) for 14 years, I've encountered many both inside and outside the medical communities who don't know what that means and who also think that people who …
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Medford doctor may lose license over prescriptions
OMB says Purtzer initiated high-dose opioid "bridging therapy" to transition methadone patients to a different drug without medical evidence to support his treatment plans. "(Purtzer's) practice failed to conform to the standard of care and subjected …
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Why are patients shut out of the debate over prescription pain medicine?
The generic prescription pain medication Buprenorphine is used as an alternative to Methadone to help addicts recovering from heroin use. (Joe Raedle/Getty … The media also give a false impression of the role of pain treatment in causing opioid …
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Cheltenham Burglar Kevin Sexton Jailed for Three Years After Charlton Kings … – Gloucestershire Echo
Cheltenham burglar Kevin Sexton jailed for three years after Charlton Kings … – Gloucestershire Echo
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Cheltenham burglar Kevin Sexton jailed for three years after Charlton Kings …
Gloucestershire Echo A teenage girl was left terrified after she saw a prolific burglar trying to smash her way into her home in a bid to feed his drug habit. Kevin Sexton, who was out on licence from prison, had been unable to get his methadone script 45 minutes before he … |
Methadone+ Recovery – Google News
Why are patients shut out of the debate over prescription pain medicine? – Washington Post
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Why are patients shut out of the debate over prescription pain medicine?
Washington Post The generic prescription pain medication Buprenorphine is used as an alternative to Methadone to help addicts recovering from heroin use. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images). (Guest post from journalist Maia Szalavitz, author of the forthcoming book “Unbroken … |
My Turn: Drug Treatment Is a Positive for South Burlington
My Turn: Drug treatment is a positive for South Burlington
The entrance to the Chittenden Clinic, a methadone and buprenorphine treatment facility, for individuals with opiate addiction in South Burlington. / Free Press File
Methadone Treatment – Yahoo News Search Results
Addiction to Prescription Opiates Is Almost Always a Symptom of Deeper Suffering – the Globe and Mail
Addiction to prescription opiates is almost always a symptom of deeper suffering – The Globe and Mail
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Addiction to prescription opiates is almost always a symptom of deeper suffering
The Globe and Mail To enter rehabilitation, we ask them to be drug-free, already better. If they succeed and abstain, we tell them they will never be outside its shadow, forever sick. This is wrong. Addiction is not a disease, but a symptom of a deeper trouble from which … |
Think Like a Doctor: Sweating It Out – New York Times (Blog)
Think Like a Doctor: Sweating It Out – New York Times (blog)
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Think Like a Doctor: Sweating It Out
New York Times (blog) His father drove him to the methadone center, where he got the daily dose that kept him from relapsing into his heroin habit. But standing … At first he blamed his heroin habit – withdrawal produced the same kind of dread he felt before the nausea … |
“I Felt Like an Old Fool”:
“I Felt Like an Old Fool”:
Several months after I submitted a second group of charts, he came back with an official board document. The agent told me that … The board's action resulted in a number of my patients going through significant opioid withdrawal, and five of them …
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First Responders Should Carry Narcan
Narcan is an opiate antagonist, meaning it reverses the deadly effects of a heroin overdose quickly. It is true that the person will sometimes take on the appearance of being in drug withdrawal, which can make them quite agitated, but this indicates …
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North Carolina Leads South With Drug Overdose Reform
As painkiller use rose, so did painkiller overdose deaths. In Wilkes, the … First developed in the 1960s, naloxone binds to the brain's opioid receptors, blocking the effect of oxycodone or heroin, and sends the body into immediate withdrawal. The …
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