Methadone Rehabilitation

Toxicology reports released for a hit-and-run victim show drugs in her system
According to Centre County Coroner Scott Sayers, a toxicology test done on Sherry Houtz after her death in February 2013 show she had morphine, methadone and benzodiazapine in her blood. Houtz, 32, was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 99 …
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Report: State found violations at methadone clinic – Danbury News Times

Report: State found violations at methadone clinic Danbury News Times The Republican-American reports (http://bit.ly/1grvgAt ) that in dozens of unannounced inspections state Department of Public Health agents found repeated violations by New Era Rehabilitation Center clinics in Bridgeport and New Haven between 2004 and … and more »

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Two drug busts in Stamford
Police recovered all them and determined that they were Oxycontin pills, which are powerful narcotic painkillers, Conklin said. The man, Christopher Denicola, 28, of 64 Foxwood Road, … Rosa was charged with attempted possession of narcotics. On July …
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Woman owed gang money, trial told
Ms Manning was a recovering drug addict and part of a methadone programme. Dr Poulson said there were also high levels of … She also detected low levels of morphine and diazepam, used to treat anxiety. "It's not possible to determine, from the levels …
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Treatment for opiate scourge grabs more government spotlight – Newsday

Treatment for opiate scourge grabs more government spotlight Newsday Reached last week, Henry Bartlett, who directs a statewide coalition of opiate treatment programs, said in battling chronic long-term opiate addiction, “medicines like Methadone, Buprenorphine, and Vivitrol, combined with counseling, has a far greater … and more »

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Treating opiate scourge grabs government spotlight — again
Reached last week, Henry Bartlett, who directs a statewide coalition of opiate treatment programs, said in battling chronic long-term opiate addiction, “medicines like Methadone, Buprenorphine, and Vivitrol, combined with counseling, has a far greater …
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Heroin addicts who want help likely to be denied by insurers
“A lot of these heroin users now have families, and the insurers aren't looking at them the same way as someone who's homeless or living in a drug house,” said Robert Lebman, president of Huther Doyle, an addiction treatment center in Rochester. (Page …
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MaineGeneral Health's new Narcan program aims to stop overdose deaths
An overdose of an opiate, whether heroin, methadone or oxycodone, slows breathing so much that a person can die or be permanently disabled. Narcan, also known by its generic … “Inherent in chronic pain and detox patients is a high risk for overdose …
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