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Heroin Users Seeking Treatment May Hit Insurance Barriers – Boston Globe

Heroin users seeking treatment may hit insurance barriers – Boston Globe


Boston Globe

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.

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Heroin Withdrawal – Google News

Deadly addiction: Doctors say heroin treatment is available – TheDay.com

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

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Heroin Withdrawal – Google News

Heroin Addiction and Overdose – Guardian Liberty Voice

Heroin Users Seeking Treatment May Hit Insurance Barriers – Boston Globe

Heroin users seeking treatment may hit insurance barriers – Boston Globe


Boston Globe

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.

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Heroin Withdrawal – Google News

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug … – Insurance News Net (press release)

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug
Insurance News Net (press release)
A 20-bed detox facility on Coit Street in New London , run by Southeastern Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Inc. , is in the midst of a $ 900,000 renovation in part to accommodate medical staff for patients suffering the painful effects of

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Heroin Users Seeking Treatment May Hit Insurance Barriers – Boston Globe

Heroin users seeking treatment may hit insurance barriers – Boston Globe


Boston Globe

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.

and more »

Heroin Withdrawal – Google News

Deadly addiction: Doctors say heroin treatment is available – TheDay.com

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

and more »

Heroin Withdrawal – Google News

Fairfax Mother of Young Heroin Addict: ‘There Were Clues. but We Had No Clue.’ – Washington Post

Fairfax mother of young heroin addict: ‘There were clues. But we had no clue.’ – Washington Post

Fairfax mother of young heroin addict: 'There were clues. But we had no clue.'
Washington Post
The sentencing last week of a D.C. heroin dealer whose drugs killed three other young adults in Fairfax has cast a harsh light on the problem of addiction in Washington's suburbs. Even in this affluent, well-educated area, young people are jeopardizing

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Heroin Addiction – Google News

Deadly addiction: Doctors say heroin treatment is available – TheDay.com

Deadly addiction: Doctors say heroin treatment is available
TheDay.com
Dr. Martin Maloney of Coastal Behavioral Health in New London said that in his 20 years as a psychiatrist, he's never seen the heroin problem worse than it is now. It's a cheap, easily accessible substitute that people are turning to after getting

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Heroin Addiction – Google News

Bain Capital Sees Opportunity in Methadone Clinics

Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics
Clinics like this one on Topeka Street in Boston can be lifesavers for addicts trying to kick heroin or other opiates. Reports of heroin overdoses and deaths are on the rise as cheap and potent versions of the drug — sometimes laced with the pain …
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Heroin a growing threat across US, police say
»Back to Story. Heroin a growing threat across US, police say. Drugs are prepared by a user addicted to heroin on Feb. 6 in St. Johnsbury Vermont. Fri Apr 18, 2014 1:41PM. Share | Email | Print. Heroin and other opiate addiction is now claiming more …
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Heroin Use on the Rise Among Teens and Adolescents

Heroin use on the rise among teens and adolescents
No parent wants to imagine his or her child engaging in recreational drug use, but suburban areas are experiencing a noticeable uptick in heroin usage among teenagers. Once deemed a “city drug,” heroin is now infiltrating suburban hamlets, where more and more children are experimenting with this potentially deadly drug. Teenagers often aspire to emulate Read More… The post Heroin use on the …
Heroin Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results

Former UK drugs advisor to speak at”dream drug” heroin treatment centre
Professor David Nutt says naltrexone can allow heroin addicts “live a normal life”.
Heroin Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results

Meet the new face of heroin in Central New York
Recovering heroin addict, Wendi Owens, shares her story of addiction as she reaches her six month sobriety milestone.
Heroin Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results