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Get Ahead of the Heroin Epidemic Now – Toledo Blade
Get ahead of the heroin epidemic now – Toledo Blade
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Get ahead of the heroin epidemic now
Toledo Blade We don't know precisely how many people are dying because of heroin, and this information is knowable. We need to mandate its collection. The harder steps: Needle exchanges, methadone programs (that wean rather than maintain addicts), and a … |
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Is the AA system of addiction recovery too unscientific to work? – io9
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Is the AA system of addiction recovery too unscientific to work?
io9 The classic example of maintenance recovery is when heroin addicts take methadone, which allows people to wean themselves of the urge to get high without also going through painful withdrawal at the same time. Though the medical literature suggests … |
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Research and Markets: 2014 Strategies for the US Drugs of Abuse Testing … – Business Wire (Press Release)
Research and Markets: 2014 Strategies for the US Drugs of Abuse Testing … – Business Wire (press release)
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Research and Markets: 2014 Strategies for the US Drugs of Abuse Testing …
Business Wire (press release) The report provides test volume and sales forecasts by country and market segment for the following assays: Amphetamines, Antidepressants, Barbiturates, Benzodiazepines, Cannabinoids/Marijuana, Cocaine, LSD, Methadone, Methaqualone, Opiates, … |
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Maine weighs wider use of drug that prevents overdose deaths – Bangor Daily News
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Maine weighs wider use of drug that prevents overdose deaths
Bangor Daily News An overdose of heroin or other opiates such as prescription painkillers and methadone can depress breathing and the body's nervous system, leaving users unconscious. Naloxone, known by the brand name Narcan, restores breathing, allowing users to … |
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Actor’s death spotlights heroin epidemic – Rappler
Hoffman Death Puts Spotlight on Heroin Epidemic
Hoffman death puts spotlight on heroin epidemic
The shocking death of Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman from a suspected drugs overdose has highlighted a growing epidemic of heroin use across the US, officials have warned.
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Hidden Heroin Epidemic Gains Tragic New Face – NBCNews.com
Hidden Heroin Epidemic Gains Tragic New Face – NBCNews.com
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Hidden Heroin Epidemic Gains Tragic New Face
NBCNews.com Traci Green, an assistant professor of emergency medicine and epidemiology at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University said drug overdose deaths in Rhode Island — mostly from opiates including heroin — during the first 13 days of 2014 … |
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La Plata doctor suspended after sex, drug misconduct – So Md News
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La Plata doctor suspended after sex, drug misconduct
So Md News For a second patient, one with a past heroin addiction, Harring prescribed Percocet, Xanax and methadone, the latter of which was prescribed despite her being on suboxone to detoxify from heroin. He continued prescribing her opiates and did not … |
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Philip Seymour Hoffman Death Underscores Need for Vigilance – Medscape
Philip Seymour Hoffman Death Underscores Need for Vigilance – Medscape
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Philip Seymour Hoffman Death Underscores Need for Vigilance
Medscape "It is clear that risk of relapse and overdose is significantly reduced by providing opiate pharmacotherapy, such as buprenorphine, methadone, or [injectable] naltrexone," Dr. Levin noted. Healthcare providers may be missing opportunities to help … |
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Help available to addicts seeking recovery, though space sometimes limited in … – GazetteNET
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Help available to addicts seeking recovery, though space sometimes limited in …
GazetteNET For example, Roose said there is a lack of programs that offer methadone or other medications to discourage relapsing into opiate drug use, including heroin. That can increase the risk someone might overdose, he said, because addicts who relapse after … |
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Mid-Hudson briefs: 2 face drug charges; man accused in unemployment case … – Poughkeepsie Journal
New Face of Heroin Epidemic
New face of heroin epidemic
The death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman from an apparent overdose of heroin has, like the death of “Glee” star Cory Monteith , highlighted the resurgence in use of a narcotic that once seemed to be fading away.
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