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Question by graccam: Urgent! HK Lai Chi Kok Reception Center. “Case: Drug”?
Professional opinions are urgently needed!

My friend has been suffering from insomnia for more than 8 years and has been diagnosed to have Depression in Psychiatric Specialits. However, due the the insufficient no. of sleeping spills given by the psychiatrist, he bought the over-the-counter sleeping spills namely Dopareel (but I also heard some ppl called it A.P.O). He had once been penalised for bout $ 2000 as keeping this ‘toxic’ drugs in 2007. Before the Chinese Lunar Holiday, he was caught by the ploice.and this time the case was brought to the court again. He was sent to the Lai Chi Kok Reception Center and will be staying there until 23/4 for the sake of getting the “Report”. I am not sure of what kinda the report is about. should be about whether he’s got any addiction of the drug. In addiction, he needs to consult the psychologist in late April.
The questions I wanna ask are:
1. Will the stay be prolonged in the Center?
2. How could he seek legal aids?
3. The 1st time urine analysis shows that it is PURE. and what would he be sent to the Reception Center?
4. How how probably he will be sent to the prison/ Hei Ling Chau Addiction Treatment Center?

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Question by pumpernickel: If Medicare refuses to pay, is medical malpractice involved?
“This service cannot be paid when provided in this location/facility”. This is written on the Medicare summary.
Why would a government agency refuse to pay for a treatment in an ER? Is it possible that it is illegal to do certain procedures or to give certain drugs/medications in an ER?
Medicare covered part of the claim but not the part for the drug.

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Answer by Barry auh2o
The facility simply did not sign an contact with Medicare. There’s nothing illegal about that, nor is there any indication of malpractice.

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Will bill capping MaineCare reimbursement for methadone treatment jeopardize … – Bangor Daily News

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Will bill capping MaineCare reimbursement for methadone treatment jeopardize … Bangor Daily News Kathy Alarie, CAP Quality Care Clinic nursing director and assistant director of programming, stands beside artwork created by a graphic arts student who is a client at the methadone clinic in Westbrook. The inspirational quotes on the poster are from … and more »

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Methadone clinic opens shop in Dunmore – Citizens Voice

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Methadone clinic opens shop in Dunmore Citizens Voice By Steve McConnell (Staff Writer) A methadone treatment clinic quietly opened its doors in Dunmore, despite years of litigation that tried to stop it from happening. Massachusetts-based Habit OPCO recently opened the clinic, which seeks to reduce a … Pandering addiction proves costlyScranton Times-Tribune all 3 news articles »

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The effect of the postmortem interval on the redistribution of drugs: a comparison of mortuary admission and autopsy blood specimens.

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Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2012 May 22;
Gerostamoulos D, Beyer J, Staikos V, Tayler P, Woodford N, Drummer OH

Postmortem redistribution (PMR) is an accepted toxicological phenomenon that may affect the interpretation of postmortem blood concentrations. The extent of PMR is not well understood for some drugs. This report describes the PMR of selected substances resulting from the analysis of 149 cases comparing blood specimens taken at admission of the deceased to the mortuary and then at autopsy. Blood was collected in preserved tubes containing 1 % sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate. All cases were subject to a full autopsy and blood extracts were analyzed using a targeted screen by LC-MS/MS. 30 drug or drug metabolites that were detected with an incidence of 6 or more were included in this study. The pre-autopsy interval ranged from 0.5 to 164 h (6.4 days) with an average of 64 h for the cases analyzed. The increase in drug concentration from mortuary admission to autopsy ranged from 30 % for drugs such as citalopram, mirtazapine, and sertraline to 300 % for doxylamine. Only 7 drugs of the 30 studied showed increases of greater than 20 % when comparing autopsy to mortuary admission blood irrespective of the length of the postmortem interval. Drugs including methadone, EDDP, fluoxetine, mirtazapine, and sertraline all showed statistically significant increases during the pre-autopsy interval (p < 0.05) while 6-acetylmorphine, 9-hydroxy-risperidone, and caffeine showed significant decreases (p < 0.05) from mortuary admission to autopsy. While femoral blood is thought to reduce PMR, this data shows that for some drugs significant redistribution can occur even when taking peripheral specimens irrespective of the delay in the postmortem interval. Source

Planners to review methadone clinic proposal – Foster’s Daily Democrat

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Planners to review methadone clinic proposal Foster’s Daily Democrat By Ellen W. Todd SANFORD — A proposal for a methadone clinic in Sanford to treat people addicted to heroin and other opiates will be reviewed by town planning officials next week. Spectrum Health Systems Inc., a not-for-profit company based in …

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Hooked on Heroin Part 3: Who’s responsible? – ABC Online

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Hooked on Heroin Part 3: Who's responsible? ABC Online By Ben Millington Part three of Hooked on Heroin looks at why there's a two year wait for methadone treatment in the Hunter and identifies who is responsible for fixing it. It's estimated there are 600 heroin addicts in the Hunter who want methadone … and more »

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Whitney Young Center taking precautions after patients were arrested for … – YNN Hudson Valley

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Whitney Young Center taking precautions after patients were arrested for … YNN Hudson Valley ALBANY, NY — We asked what additional precautions the Whitney Young Center is taking since three of its patients were arrested outside of its Methadone Clinic on Dewitt Street last week. Police say those arrested were clinic patients at the time, … and more »

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MMT in Reality Methadone Abuse – Methadone Clinics are nothing more then substitution stations to feed the addicts needs and cravings. These facilities are being abused and are not doing what they claim. They are a sought after source to receive a legal addictive drug.

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