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MaineCare Sees 30 Percent Drop in Patients on Prescription Opiates With New … – Lewiston Sun Journal

MaineCare sees 30 percent drop in patients on prescription opiates with new … – Lewiston Sun Journal

MaineCare sees 30 percent drop in patients on prescription opiates with new
Lewiston Sun Journal
While the state's physicians organization has pushed back against other new MaineCare rules — particularly those restricting methadone treatment for substance abuse — the group supports the changes to opiate prescription practices. “I think it's gone 

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Rutland’s Heroine Epidemic Makes NY Times Front Page – My Champlain Valley FOX44 & ABC22


My Champlain Valley FOX44 & ABC22

Rutland's Heroine Epidemic Makes NY Times Front Page
My Champlain Valley FOX44 & ABC22
The city also opened its first methadone clinic in November. Senator Patrick Leahy announced Friday the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing in Rutland to discuss state efforts in combating opiate abuse. That will be March 17th

Second Methadone Clinic Opening in Spring for the Opiate-Addicted – Petoskey News-Review

Second methadone clinic opening in spring for the opiate-addicted – Petoskey News-Review

Second methadone clinic opening in spring for the opiate-addicted
Petoskey News-Review
GAYLORD — A second methadone clinic, Michigan Therapeutic Consultants PC, is opening in Gaylord this spring for the treatment of opiate-dependent clients. The clinic, located at 711 S. Illinois Ave., will be the third MTC clinic in the state with the

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Is Zohydro, the Super Potent New Opiate Painkiller, Just Too Dangerous? – Forbes

Is Zohydro, The Super Potent New Opiate Painkiller, Just Too Dangerous? – Forbes

Is Zohydro, The Super Potent New Opiate Painkiller, Just Too Dangerous?
Forbes
According to Forbes' own Robert Pearl, MD, 3 in 4 drug overdose deaths are due to an opioid painkiller such as oxycodone, hydrocodone or methadone. The question, experts say, is do we need a new opiate painkiller at all, given that we seem unable to 

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MaineCare Sees 30 Percent Drop in Patients on Prescription Opiates With New … – Lewiston Sun Journal

MaineCare sees 30 percent drop in patients on prescription opiates with new … – Lewiston Sun Journal

MaineCare sees 30 percent drop in patients on prescription opiates with new
Lewiston Sun Journal
While the state's physicians organization has pushed back against other new MaineCare rules — particularly those restricting methadone treatment for substance abuse — the group supports the changes to opiate prescription practices. “I think it's gone 

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A Call to Arms on a Vermont Heroin Epidemic – New York Times

A Call to Arms on a Vermont Heroin Epidemic
New York Times
Long visible at the street level in towns and cities across the country, the extent of the opiate scourge in rural Vermont burst into the national consciousness last month, when Gov. Peter Shumlin And the city has opened its first methadone clinic

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MaineCare Sees 30 Percent Drop in Patients on Prescription Opiates With New … – Bangor Daily News

MaineCare sees 30 percent drop in patients on prescription opiates with new … – Bangor Daily News


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MaineCare sees 30 percent drop in patients on prescription opiates with new
Bangor Daily News
While the state's physicians organization has pushed back against other new MaineCare rules — particularly those restricting methadone treatment for substance abuse — the group supports the changes to opiate prescription practices. “I think it's gone 

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European Parliament Imposes Tough Restrictions on E-Cigarettes – FairWarning

European Parliament Imposes Tough Restrictions on E-Cigarettes – FairWarning

European Parliament Imposes Tough Restrictions on E-Cigarettes
FairWarning
the VA's overuse of painkillers. VA prescriptions for four opiates – hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and morphine – surged 270 percent from 2001 to 2012, far outpacing the increase in patients and contributing to an unusually high fatal overdose

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