'Alarming' Rise Seen in Drug-Addicted Infants
'Alarming' rise seen in drug-addicted infants
As prescription drug and heroin abuse rises in New Hampshire, doctors are facing a side effect of this trend: babies born addicted to opioids – drugs used to control pain, a condition known as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). The state's reported …
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Is Heroin Destroying Our Nation's Youth?
The main goal of detoxification is to alleviate withdrawal symptoms, helping patients adjust to a drug-free status. Methadone and buprenorphine are medications used to treat heroin addiction, and when combined with behavioral therapies the results can …
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Heroin Incidents Increasing
Heroin incidents increasing
Incidents involving heroin and related prescription drugs such as oxycodone, methadone, morphine and suboxone, are up in Beloit this year and police are relying on their confidential informants to help them crack down on the illegal drug use.
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Inside the Great Bitcoin Heist – Daily Beast
Inside the Great Bitcoin Heist – Daily Beast
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Inside the Great Bitcoin Heist
Daily Beast Our initial investigations indicate that a vendor exploited a recently discovered vulnerability in the bitcoin protocol known as 'transaction malleability' to repeatedly withdraw coins from our system until it was completely empty.” In other words … |
Methadone+ Withdrawal – Google News
ABQ couple charged with child on methadone – Doctors say a two year old boy may be brain damaged after swallowing methadone. 28-year old Annette Martinez and 25-year old Anthony Martinez, parents of the…
Deaths From Heroin in New London, Norwich Doubled in 2013 – TheDay.com
Deaths from heroin in New London, Norwich doubled in 2013 – TheDay.com
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Deaths from heroin in New London, Norwich doubled in 2013
TheDay.com The Glastonbury location recently started offering a new medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction known as buprenorphine or Suboxone treatment. The medication helps to prevent sickness from opioid withdrawal. Unlike methadone, Allen said … |
Stone: Romancing Chávez – Daily Beast
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Stone: Romancing Chávez
Daily Beast And of course not all maintenance programs are created equal, and the opiate addiction drugs we already use regularly, such as methadone, have their problems, too, including being difficult to detox from. Many neighborhoods dislike having methadone … |
The NFL’s Nasty Warrior Culture – Daily Beast
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The NFL's Nasty Warrior Culture
Daily Beast And of course not all maintenance programs are created equal, and the opiate addiction drugs we already use regularly, such as methadone, have their problems, too, including being difficult to detox from. Many neighborhoods dislike having methadone … |
A 'blockade' for Opiates: Vivitrol Offers Hope for Treatment
A 'blockade' for opiates: Vivitrol offers hope for treatment
Vivitrol is meant as an anti-relapse drug, to be started only after someone has been clean long enough to detox. That makes addicted inmates a good population to study — although they detox during their jail time, experts say, they often relapse once …
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Heroin: Treating the Epidemic – Register-Herald
Heroin: treating the epidemic – Register-Herald
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Heroin: treating the epidemic
Register-Herald When it comes to knowing about the treatments available for those who become users, Mental Health and Recovery Board Executive Director Kelli Ott has seen the ups and downs in clients. One drug Ott has seen used in Preble Conty is Vivitrol, which acts … |
Methadone+ Recovery – Google News
New Allegan County veterans court helps offenders break from crime – HollandSentinel.com
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New Allegan County veterans court helps offenders break from crime
HollandSentinel.com The man who was facing prison time for possession of the drug methadone turned to face the counselors, officers, mentors and other professionals who were going to help him through the new diversion court in the county. “I'm glad to have the opportunity … |