Posts Tagged ‘drug and alcohol’
Heroin Users Seeking Treatment May Hit Insurance Barriers – Boston Globe
Heroin users seeking treatment may hit insurance barriers – Boston Globe
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Heroin users seeking treatment may hit insurance barriers
Boston Globe 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. |
Heroin Withdrawal – Google News
Deadly addiction: Doctors say heroin treatment is available – TheDay.com
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Deadly addiction: Doctors say heroin treatment is available
TheDay.com "Heroin is cheaper and it stops the painful withdrawal symptoms (from prescription opiates)," said Parekh. "But I try to tell them, whatever pain you had when you started, the pain of heroin is much worse." Despite the long and well-known history of … |
Fatal Overdoses Continue to Rise
Fatal overdoses continue to rise
Chrystina Carey's addictions to Ecstasy, prescription drugs and ultimately, heroin, transformed her from a laughing, smiling person into one who couldn't quit, even to spare her second daughter the effects of drugs during pregnancy, said Beth Carey, of …
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Cook overcomes family struggles for NFL opportunity
It begins with a 28-year-old single mother named Michelle Cook, an only child who grew up in a two-parent home and went to a private high school, but who spent more than a decade battling drug and alcohol addiction. It begins with a 3 1/2-year-old …
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Joseph Antoun's partner breaks her silence and tells the heartbreaking story …
Many talked of his past, which included an addiction to heroin, long stints in jail, a rough appearance and criminal associations. Six months before he died his business … About a year after that I fell pregnant with the girls.” His death is the …
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Canton Alcohol Drug Rehab Announces New Drug Detox Program
Canton Alcohol Drug Rehab Announces New Drug Detox Program
Canton Alcohol Drug Rehab announces that a new drug detox program has started for drug and alcohol addiction in Canton and surrounding cities. Detoxification allows individuals that have filled their physical bodies up over and over again with harmful …
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Bar association meeting focuses on need for more state money, anti-addiction …
“The real issue is there's no resources in the state” for emergency addiction treatment centers other than about 30 beds each at men's and women's facilities in Brockton and New Bedford, respectively. … Kulik said the governor's budget has added …
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'He's gone forever': A Somerville family looks back on years of addiction
By Monica Jimenez. [email protected]. This article is the second in a series about heroin addiction in Somerville. The story of Alex Foster's addiction had no clear beginning and went on for years. Its ending was abrupt. It was 12:30 a.m. Jan. 9 …
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Novel Nonopioid Approach Promising for Opioid Dependence – Medscape
Novel Nonopioid Approach Promising for Opioid Dependence – Medscape
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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 … |
Brunswick not exempt from New England opiate epidemic – The Bowdoin Orient
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Brunswick not exempt from New England opiate epidemic
The Bowdoin Orient Treatment for opiate addiction generally includes detoxification, followed by counseling and the controlled use of medications like Methadone or Buprenorphine (often referred to by the brand name Suboxone). These medications act on the same parts of … |
County officials praise heroin addiction program – The Rock River Times
Novel Nonopioid Approach Promising for Opioid Dependence – Medscape
Novel Nonopioid Approach Promising for Opioid Dependence – Medscape
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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 … |
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 success |
Brunswick not exempt from New England opiate epidemic – The Bowdoin Orient
Novel Nonopioid Approach Promising for Opioid Dependence – Medscape
Novel Nonopioid Approach Promising for Opioid Dependence – Medscape
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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 … |
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 success |
Brunswick not exempt from New England opiate epidemic – The Bowdoin Orient