Methadone Given to Girl at Age 4 Started Her Slow Death – Columbus Dispatch
Methadone given to girl at age 4 started her slow death – Columbus Dispatch
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Methadone given to girl at age 4 started her slow death
Columbus Dispatch Four days before her fifth birthday, on Oct. 7, 2010, Amya was sick and having trouble sleeping in her South Side home. In an attempt to make her feel better, a family friend gave her a sip of methadone. The synthetic drug, normally prescribed to … |
Ireland has 9615 methadone users but care plans needed to get them drug-free – thejournal.ie
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Ireland has 9615 methadone users but care plans needed to get them drug-free
thejournal.ie Answering a parliamentary question on how many people the HSE provides opioid substitution, mainly methadone, to drug users, Reilly said there were 9,615 patients receiving opioid substitution treatment as at the end of January 2014 according to the … |
Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County – WZZM
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Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County
WZZM Would seem to make more sense to substitute medical marijuana for methadone to treat addicts. Methadone can be just as lethal as the drug for which it's being substituted. I saw far more economic and personal damage from alcohol than from pot during my … |
American Pain Society Publishes New Clinical Practice Guideline on Methadone … – Newswise (press release)
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American Pain Society Publishes New Clinical Practice Guideline on Methadone …
Newswise (press release) Methadone is a synthetic opioid narcotic to treat opioid addiction and chronic pain. Safety of the drug has been a major clinical concern in recent years. U.S. deaths from methadone overdoses have increased from 800 in 1999 to 4,900 in 2008. The … |
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