Heroin Addicts Face Barriers to Treatment – the Journal News / Lohud.com
Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment – The Journal News / Lohud.com
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Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
The Journal News / Lohud.com 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. Fast facts about some obstacles to heroin sobriety |
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Coroner: Bucks inmate died of heart failure during heroin withdrawal – Bucks County Courier Times
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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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Part II: Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment – Post-Bulletin
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Part II: Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
Post-Bulletin NEW YORK — As the ranks of heroin users rise, increasing numbers of addicts are looking for help but are failing to find it — because there are no beds in packed facilities, treatment is hugely expensive and insurance companies won't pay for … |
Heroin Withdrawal – Google News
For Heroin Treatment, Testing A New Drug And ‘Peddling Hope’ – WBUR
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For Heroin Treatment, Testing A New Drug And 'Peddling Hope'
WBUR Patients must be off heroin and other opiate-based drugs for seven to 10 days before they start Vivitrol. That's because the drug empties receptors (remember those cups) before it seals them, which can make patients violently ill from a forced withdrawal. |
Heroin Withdrawal – Google News
‘An Addict With Friends’ – New York Times
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'An Addict With Friends'
New York Times He is also a heroin addict who has sometimes sold the drug. On this night, Mr. Aaron said, his visitors did not ring the bell. “They knocked down the door,” he said, speaking in a grainy voice that matched his ruffled gray hair. “It was a no-knock warrant. |