Valley to Get Methadone Program – TheChronicleHerald.ca

Methadone Opiates: Valley to get methadone program – TheChronicleHerald.ca

Valley to get methadone program
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Graves, whose 21-year-old brother, Josh, died last March from an accidental overdose of opiate painkillers and alcohol, said there is a huge need for methadone treatment in the Valley. Graves said she personally knows two intravenous drug users who are

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Methadone Opiates: NS funds methadone treatment program for Annapolis Valley addicts – Winnipeg Free Press

NS funds methadone treatment program for Annapolis Valley addicts
Winnipeg Free Press
Methadone is a synthetic opiate that can be used to help treat addictions to heroin, oxycodone and other opiates. Prescription drug abuse has been a problem in the Annapolis Valley in recent years, prompting the creation of a citizens' group aimed at

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Methadone Opiates: Drug trial to probe pain reliever’s potential to treat addicts – Vancouver Sun

Drug trial to probe pain reliever's potential to treat addicts
Vancouver Sun
The study will treat 322 heroin addicts who have not responded to conventional methadone or abstinence-based programs, with either injectable heroin or injectable Dilaudid, an opiate pain reliever also known as hydromorphone. In the second phase of the

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Methadone Opiates: View from the street – The Barrie Examiner

View from the street
The Barrie Examiner
But most of all, the 53-year-old has survived more than three decades on the streets. "My thing is I used to be a very bad opiate addict, but I go to the Wellington Street clinic now," Steve said. "I went on methadone and it almost killed me.

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