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Heroin Addicts Face Barriers to Treatment – NPR

Heroin Addicts Face Barriers To Treatment – NPR

Heroin Addicts Face Barriers To Treatment
NPR
The doctors shook their heads: Heroin withdrawal is not life-threatening, they said, and we can't admit you. They gave him an IV flush, and sent him home. Marchese, then 26, and his sister called multiple inpatient clinics only to be told: We have no beds.

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Coroner: Bucks inmate died of heart failure during heroin withdrawal – Bucks County Courier Times

Coroner: Bucks inmate died of heart failure during heroin withdrawal
Bucks County Courier Times
heroin withdrawal By Jo Ciavaglia Staff writer Bucks County Courier Times. A 49-year-old Bensalem woman found dead inside her Bucks County prison cell suffered sudden cardiac death during heroin detoxification, according to the Bucks County coroner.

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Crimea Heroin Addicts Deprived Of Methadone After Russia Annexation – Business Insider


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Crimea Heroin Addicts Deprived Of Methadone After Russia Annexation
Business Insider
SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (AP) — Every morning, Sergei Kislov takes the bus to the rundown outskirts of this port city for the methadone doses that keep him off heroin without suffering withdrawal. Now that Russia has taken over Crimea, the trips are about
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Heroin Overdoses Up 800 Percent in Some Hospitals – WHAG

Heroin Overdoses Up 800 Percent in Some Hospitals
WHAG
We're seeing increased numbers of all the complications of heroin use: overdose, drug withdrawal, infections. This is more than we've ever seen before," said Potter. The heroin epidemic has gotten so bad, Valley Health hospitals report seeing a 500 to

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Heroin ‘filled the hole’: For kid from suburbs, pot was first stop on road to … – Omaha World-Herald

Heroin 'filled the hole': For kid from suburbs, pot was first stop on road to
Omaha World-Herald
Inpatient rehab is costly. Insurance companies have refused coverage. Addicts looking to get clean from heroin often face an uphill battle. WITHDRAWAL: Once in withdrawal, users feel like their bones are breaking. They sweat and get the chills and shakes.
Treatment for addicts must be availableStandard Speaker

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