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Record Number of Ohioans Die From Heroin Overdoses

Record number of Ohioans die from heroin overdoses
The state says 680 people died of heroin overdoses in 2012, up from 426 deaths in 2011, a 37 percent increase.
Heroin Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results

Ohio sees record number of deaths from heroin
A record number of Ohioans died from heroin-related overdoses in 2012, the state Department of Health said as it released the newest available figures for a problem that's been called an epidemic and a public health crisis.
Heroin Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results

Help Wanted: Personal Tales Show Few Detox Options for Local Heroin Addicts – Palladium-Item

Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts – Palladium-Item

Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts
Palladium-Item
Bobbie Jo Rains, 28, left, and roommate Kayla Pauly, 24, at Cross Road Christian Recovery Center for Women. Rains is putting her life back together after heroin addiction and time in prison for crimes she committed. / Robert Sullivan/Palladium-Item …

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Heroin Detox – Google News

County officials praise heroin addiction program – The Rock River Times


The Rock River Times

County officials praise heroin addiction program
The Rock River Times
Through this initiative, eligible participants complete their opiate withdrawal while detained in jail, receiving Vivitrol prior to release. The individuals then proceed with traditional programming through the Winnebago County Drug Court, including
Winnebago County Drug Court medication therapy shows successWREX-TV

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Heroin Detox – Google News

County Officials Praise Heroin Addiction Program – the Rock River Times

County officials praise heroin addiction program – The Rock River Times


The Rock River Times

County officials praise heroin addiction program
The Rock River Times
Through this initiative, eligible participants complete their opiate withdrawal while detained in jail, receiving Vivitrol prior to release. The individuals then proceed with traditional programming through the Winnebago County Drug Court, including
Winnebago County Drug Court medication therapy shows successWREX-TV

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Opiate Detox – Google News

Novel Nonopioid Approach Promising for Opioid Dependence – Medscape

Novel Nonopioid Approach Promising for Opioid Dependence
Medscape
ORLANDO, Florida ? A novel approach to opioid detoxification that does not involve the use of opioids may be superior to a protocol that includes buprenorphine. The results of a new study show that the combination of tizanidine (Zanaflex, Acorda …

Opiate Detox – Google News

Panel discusses addiction, opiate abuse, and hope in Sharon – Wicked Local Sharon

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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Heroin Withdrawal – Google News

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.
Prisoner found dead in cellWFMZ Allentown
Coroner: Woman's death in Philly-area prison due to heart attack during heroin The Republic
Coroner: Bucks County prison death due to heart attackThe Reporter

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Pain Physicians Push for Abuse-Deterrent Formulation of Morphine

Pain Physicians Push for Abuse-Deterrent Formulation of Morphine
Las Vegas—The 2010 market withdrawal of an abuse-deterrent morphine product and the January 2013 FDA draft guidance on the evaluation and labeling of abuse-deterrent opioids point to the need for a new abuse-deterrent formulation (ADF) of extended …
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US judge set to rule on drug firm's suit against Massachusetts for painkiller ban
Patrick's move is an aggressive, if novel, effort to slow the toll caused by widespread abuse of opioids, which include prescription medications such as OxyContin and illegal substances such as heroin. … In a brief interview, FDA Commissioner …
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Forum Focuses on Heroin Addiction in Connecticut – New Haven Register

Forum focuses on heroin addiction in Connecticut – New Haven Register

Forum focuses on heroin addiction in Connecticut
New Haven Register
Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal, both D-Conn., Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Michael Botticelli and several care professionals about the growing problem of heroin addiction and overdose deaths. They met at the Cornell Scott-Hill …
Heroin Fix Starts In Doc's OfficeNew Haven Independent
Forum On Drug Abuse Hears from Recovering AddictsCBS Local

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Heroin Addiction – Google News

‘Epidemic’ of heroin addiction facing state, house committee hears – Chicago Daily Herald

'Epidemic' of heroin addiction facing state, house committee hears
Chicago Daily Herald
This was the second of four meetings being held around Illinois to get ideas for legislative fixes that might help stem the growing tide of heroin addiction, overdose and death in Illinois. "This is a plague that is spreading," said Harris, of