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Baltimore’s casualties mount up as Congress sits on the sideline: How many … – Baltimore Post-Examiner

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Baltimore's casualties mount up as Congress sits on the sideline: How many … Baltimore Post-Examiner In his search for quiet, he'll peer out his rear window to find a middle aged man getting oral sex from a teenaged girl in return for his daily treatment of methadone. While his morning coffee brews, he has so many questions for himself, the young girl …

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Methadone medication for opioid dependence – http://facebook.com/sobrietytelevision Learn about methadone from a psychiatrist. Methadone is an addiction medication for the treatment of opioid dependence.

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Change text size for the story London Free Press Security cameras would be mandatory outside London methadone clinics under new rules to be debated at a public meeting this week. Following city hall's carefully crafted rules governing where such facilities can be located, the licensing proposal takes …

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Sound Off for May 25, 2013 – Torrington Register Citizen

Sound Off for May 25, 2013 Torrington Register Citizen They can determine who gets medical treatment or worse.. Obamacare needs to be repealed. now or the IRS will target … Says 40 percent of clientele use methadone for an additional high – not to get better. Well 40 percent higher junkies on opiate on …

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Texarkana Business Spotlight – Arkansas Treatment Services PA – www.methadone4me.com 870-774-0421 Arkansas Treatment Services, PA is a new treatment program that utilizes methadone to treat opiate addiction. Methadone is …

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Question by LM: I need advice about helping a 17 year old who is addicted to Oxycontin?
I am trying to find advice about my 17 year old brother who is addicted to Oxycontin. He agreed to enter a rehab facility but once they realized his “level of use” they sent us to the emergency room where he was admitted for detox. The plan was to have him detox and then get him entered into the rehab facility. He has been at the hospital for 5 days now and is completely freaking out saying he needs to leave. There seems to be no place to send a kid to receive detox and rehab help. He seems to think the only way he will be able to come off the drug is to take methadone for a 3-6 month period, slowly tapering off, because that’s what he’s been reading online… I guess about methadone clinics. But, there is nothing like this for a 17 year old. And, the rehab places won’t accept him now because he doesn’t want to go and says he will leave. I know he wants help but apparently the withdrawal from Oxycontin is horrendous and he’s ready to give up. What I’d like to see happen is to tell him he has no choice but the enter rehab and if he leaves he’ll be picked up as a runaway. But, he has my mom wrapped around his finger and I’m scared to death she’s going to give in. I think once he gets out of the lonely hospital room and starts getting help with the mental part of the addiction and talking with other kids going through the same sort of thing he’ll start feeling better.

State pays up to 0 cab fare to take methadone patients from Duluth to Brainerd – MinnPost.com

State pays up to $ 500 cab fare to take methadone patients from Duluth to Brainerd MinnPost.com In fact, all over the state, patients receiving medical assistance from the government take taxis or medical transportation to get to methadone treatment — often driving past clinics that are closer to their homes. Even drivers who profit from the … and more »

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A Public Vote Shouldn’t Decide Drug Users’ Access to Health Care – Huffington Post Canada

A Public Vote Shouldn't Decide Drug Users' Access to Health Care Huffington Post Canada While not as sweeping a restriction on services as Abbotsford's bylaw, these municipalities' bylaws have limited the provision of methadone maintenance treatment for people who are dependent on drugs and are taking steps to manage their addiction and … Drug-Users Sue City for Safety ServicesCourthouse News Service UPDATE: Drug users launch lawsuit against Abbotsford's anti-harm reduction …Abbotsford Times all 3 news articles »

How Can a Methadone and an Opiate-Positive Immunoassay Result be Reconciled in a Patient Prescribed only OxyContin and Wellbutrin?

Ann Clin Lab Sci. 2013; 43(2): 190-4
Abadie JM

Appropriate management of patients in pain clinics can be complex and sometimes confusing because providers must correctly interpret multiple sources of patient information. The correct interpretation of laboratory results is essential to guide subsequent patient treatment and management; however, laboratory and clinical pictures can appear to be conflicting in cases of substance abuse. Incorrect interpretation of laboratory results can multiply negative impacts on clinical outcomes and may lead to patient harm or death. This report introduces the complex nature involved in understanding and interpreting urine drug testing (UDT) results in pain patients who are prescribed opioid medications. Laboratory testing examples of UDT results are provided to illustrate the sometimes discordant nature of UDT interpretation. This case study describes one method of approaching cases where laboratory result interpretation in pain clinic patients is essential for medical treatment and management. The case presented in this manuscript illustrates a reconciliation of an opiate positive immunoassay result in a patient who was prescribed only OxyContin and Wellbutrin after traumatic amputations.
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