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Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for 1 Jan. 2013
The researchers found that naloxone distribution prevented 6.5 percent of all overdose deaths for each 20 percent of heroin users that received a naloxone kit, or one overdose death would be prevented for every 164 naloxone kits distributed. The …
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'Parents will be horrified:' Enfield North MP Nick de Bois calls for tougher …
It revealed a total of 1,033 babies born between 2010 and 2011 needed specialist treatment for addictions from drugs including crack cocaine and heroin. The babies suffered symptoms including severe vomiting, fever, seizures and breathing difficulties.
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Chris’ story – getting help for heroin addiction: get informed, get help | My Treatment My Choice – Bereaved at just 13, Chris learned early on that drugs offered a great escape from harsh realities. Chris eventually moved to England looking for work and was living in squats when a friend offered him heroin, which he injected the first time. Ending up addicted and unemployed, Chris likens heroin to a hangover and explains that though “you say never again, I kept going back”. After three or four years of heroin dependence and a period of heavy use, Chris was ready to seek help and treatment but he struggled to get the information he needed. All he could find was “information about safety, safer injecting and stuff like that”. Not finding a treatment that suited him, Chris dropped out a number of times and went back to drug use. “It’s very hard to make that break, you’re stepping away from something that’s kind of everything that you know”. Chris needed to fill the void left by heroin — which, he explains “becomes your life”. He now works with and helps other drug users, and feels that “giving something back, being more helpful to people” is what helped him overcome his dependence. Chris pays tribute to the counsellors who helped his recovery, “They give you the key to open the lock. You have to open it yourself of course, but they are a vital part of the process”. Chris’ advice to people looking to get help and start treatment is to “stick with it and get as much information as you can”. As well as being better informed, Chris believes in understanding what you are …

Question by Chloe: Does anyone know about Suboxone and the dangers of taking it occasionally when someone can’t get opiates?
My boyfriend is an opiate addict and is mainly addicted to Heroin. He spent the night and day with me sleeping almost the whole time. He was taking Suboxone he said because it blocks the effects of “Heroin”. I’m not stupid. I’m a recovering Heroin addict myself. He’s taking the Suboxone when he can’t get Heroin. Basically, he’s taking Suboxone sometimes and Heroin the rest of the time. I think this is very dangerous. I noticed he’s also taking Flexeril, Xanax, and Soma on top of all this. He won’t listen to me and denies he has a problem. I’m only seeing him maybe 1 time a week for the sake of my own sobriety (I don’t want to hang out with his “druggie” friends) and because it is just plain annoying and sometimes scary to be around someone messed up on opiates. I’m not going to break up with him. He will eventually probably get arrested and sent to jail for a long time (he’s on probation) or OD.

My Drug Detox Delray Beach Florida – www.mydrugdetox.com For years the only way to detox off of alcohol and drugs was to go away to detox or a rehab. That has since changed over the last few years. The invention of new medications like Suboxone and Subutex and new techniques to manage withdrawal symptoms safely on an outpatient basis has completely changed the face of detox. Patients can now be detoxed off of almost any chemical or any chemical combination as an outpatient both comfortably and safely. In many cases at an outpatient detox, because there is much more time available to complete the detox, is much safer and more comfortable for the patient. Patients coming off of Opiates can be managed effectively and stabilized within even one day & the remainder of their detox will be relatively comfortable if not pain free. People detoxing of alcohol and benzodiazepines can be stabilized within a matter of hours and they can often detox very safely and very comfortably in the matter of a week or a week and a half; usually while attending work the entire time and with nobody noticing. Outpatient detox has made this level of care accessible to more people, people that before could not take the time off to go away to detox, to go away to rehab, they can now get the care they need safety while still meeting their professional and personal and family responsibilities. Raul J Rodriguez MD, a double Board Certified Psychiatrist and Addictionologist, discusses addiction and family history Delray Beach FL West Palm …

InnerBalance Health Center Addiction Help Pt. 1 of 4 – Welcome to InnerBalance Health Center. This video is part 1 of 4 and provides an overview into our biochemical restoration process of recovering from drug and/or alcohol addiction.

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New Year, New Restrictions
"You really don't want to annoy people; it's odorless. It really does help out a lot if you're trying to quit." Critics, however, say flavored e-cigarettes can lead to nicotine addiction. In turn, New York banned the sale to minors younger than 18 …
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People in the news
The singer said he was seeking help for substance abuse problems after he ranted on stage at the iHeartRadio Music Festival because he thought his group's set was cut short to make way for other acts. The band later said it had as much time as expected …
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Video Game Addiction Help from Fox 13 Tampa – Fox 13 anchor Lloyd Sowers speaks with Ryan G. Van Cleave, the author of UNPLUGGED: MY JOURNEY INTO THE DARK WORLD OF VIDEO GAME ADDICTION, about video games, digital culture, and addiction.

Domestic Abuse: How to Help a Loved One Who's a Victim
The domestic conflicts between Bahaa Sam and Nermeen Gamal Sam were known among some of their neighbors in the Brookside Glen subdivision where they lived. Some of those neighbors did what they could to help— asking at times for police to do …
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Alcoholics asked to help with relapse-related survey
Davis and other addiction treatment experts believe that addiction is a neurological disease that, once acquired, is a persistent lifetime threat that must be mitigated carefully. Davis hopes the PAWS survey will help create a better understanding of …
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