Leading Pain Specialists Warn of Overdose Danger if Methadone Is "Preferred" for Pain

Leading Pain Specialists Warn of Overdose Danger if Methadone is "Preferred" for Pain
PHOENIX, March 7, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Two-thirds of states prefer methadone above other opioid medications to treat chronic pain, particularly in low-income residents, a practice top pain physicians say adds unnecessary risk. Physician leaders from the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) released a position paper today to warn all states and private insurers that methadone …
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Police arrest drug-addicted parents of toddler dead 'from a heart attack after being given METHADONE from her baby mug'
Sophie Jones, two, died from a suspected heart attack on Tuesday in Blackpool. It is understood police are investigating the possibility she had been given a drink laced with the heroin substitute in a baby mug.
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Couple charged with two-year-old girl's methadone death
Toxicology tests on the two-year-old girl's body find the heroin substitute in her system        
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