Annexation Bad News for Crimea’s Rehab Patients – RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Annexation Bad News For Crimea’s Rehab Patients – RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty


RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Annexation Bad News For Crimea's Rehab Patients
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
… we'll end up stealing again and going to jail." To avoid withdrawal and a possible relapse, Crimean rehab patients are now left with two options: relocate to mainland Ukraine to continue their methadone therapy or quit cold turkey in a Russia-run

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Methadone Rehabilitation – Google News

RX painkillers drive heroin use in Saugerties – Saugerties Times


Saugerties Times

RX painkillers drive heroin use in Saugerties
Saugerties Times
“We have definitely seen an increase in opiate addiction here,” says Bill Delaney, program manager of Rehabilitation Support Services, a halfway house in Barclay Heights. “At least half our population is heroin-addicted. Alcohol addiction is second. We

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Methadone Rehabilitation – Google News

Drug addict destroyed a clinic window after being refused a methadone … – Llanelli Star

New Clinic to Provide Outpatient Treatment to Opiate Addicts – Northern Virginia Daily

New clinic to provide outpatient treatment to opiate addicts – Northern Virginia Daily

New clinic to provide outpatient treatment to opiate addicts
Northern Virginia Daily
The goal of the clinic is to get patients started on methadone as soon as possible to begin treatment, Singer said. Patients must have been addicted to an opiate for more than a year and be experiencing withdrawal symptoms when they contact the clinic.

Methadone+ Withdrawal – Google News

Part Two: The methadone program is an uphill battle, says Jared Evely – Northern Pen

Part Two: The methadone program is an uphill battle, says Jared Evely
Northern Pen
"Methadone eliminates opioid withdrawal and helps stabilize the physical, mental and emotional well-being of (someone in the program)," Jackie O'Brien, a spokesperson for Eastern Health, wrote in an email to The Compass. "Individuals can refer …

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Methadone+ Withdrawal – Google News

Brunswick Not Exempt From New England Opiate Epidemic – the Bowdoin Orient

Brunswick not exempt from New England opiate epidemic – The Bowdoin Orient

Brunswick not exempt from New England opiate epidemic
The Bowdoin Orient
Treatment for opiate addiction generally includes detoxification, followed by counseling and the controlled use of medications like Methadone or Buprenorphine (often referred to by the brand name Suboxone). These medications act on the same parts of

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Methadone Detox – Google News

Freeholders debate possible meth detox clinic in West Ward – The Trentonian

Freeholders debate possible meth detox clinic in West Ward
The Trentonian
TRENTON — The question of whether the former Capital Health Center building will be the new home of a rumored methadone detox clinic was the topic of debate during Tuesday night's Freeholder Meeting. Global Life Enterprises, GLE, who purchased the …

Methadone Detox – Google News

Ho Chi Minh City promotes community-based drug detox – Thanh Nien Daily

Combat Vets Battle an Enemy Within: Addiction

Combat Vets Battle an Enemy Within: Addiction
Combat Vets Battle an Enemy Within: Addiction. Philadelphia Inquirer | Apr 15, 2014 | by Michael Vitez. The first time Pearson Crosby went to the methadone clinic at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center in early 2013, he asked his father to go with him.
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Fast facts about some obstacles to heroin sobriety
WITHDRAWAL: Once in withdrawal, users feel like their bones are breaking. Fluids leak from every orifice. They sweat and get the chills and shakes. The withdrawal itself doesn't kill, but if addicts can't persevere, they often go back to heroin, with …
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New Clinic to Provide Outpatient Treatment to Opiate Addicts – Northern Virginia Daily

New clinic to provide outpatient treatment to opiate addicts – Northern Virginia Daily

New clinic to provide outpatient treatment to opiate addicts
Northern Virginia Daily
He said it is clear how "desperate this community is for help." Addiction Recovery Systems-Winchester will offer outpatient assistance, allowing patients to continue their daily lives while fighting their addictions with the aid of the drug methadone

Methadone+ Recovery – Google News

RX painkillers drive heroin use in Saugerties – Saugerties Times


Saugerties Times

RX painkillers drive heroin use in Saugerties
Saugerties Times
One anonymous recovered user, “Jane,” from the Kingston area, explains how dealing and addiction go hand-in-hand. “When I used to … Traditional treatment for opiate addiction often involves opiate-replacement with drugs like suboxone and methadone.

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Methadone+ Recovery – Google News

Part Two: The methadone program is an uphill battle, says Jared Evely – Northern Pen

Bain Capital Sees Opportunity in Methadone Clinics – Boston Globe

Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics – Boston Globe


Boston Globe

Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics
Boston Globe
Methadone is often stigmatized, he acknowledged, but for some addicts — when it's used in combination with counseling and other treatments — the substitute drug makes a dramatic difference in their lives. “Methadone will allow you to go from a

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Methadone Treatment – Google News

Boston’s only public methadone clinic may shut – Boston Globe

Boston's only public methadone clinic may shut
Boston Globe
Shutting the clinic, which has offered methadone to opiate addicts for 40 years, would mean that hundreds of clients served every day at the Frontage Road site and at a separate counseling center in the South End would be treated by private providers, …

Methadone Treatment – Google News

Home Living Proposed methadone clinic near school worries… – Northumberland News