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Padded cells or not?
Kevin Fiscella, professor of family medicine and public health sciences at the University of Rochester, who has studied alcohol and opiate withdrawal in U.S. jails, said a growing number of detention facilities are taking steps to deal with medical …
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Methadone clinic treats addiction with chance for normalcy
Withdrawal from opiate drugs such as heroin puts addicts into terrible sweats, induces nausea, diarrhea and intense abdominal pain, among other symptoms. The intensity of the withdrawal keeps many heroin addicts from kicking their dangerous habit.
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Opiate Withdrawals | Opiate Withdrawal Help | Painkiller Withdrawals – http://GetOffMeds.com/withdrawal – Opiate withdrawals can be very difficult to tolerate. Sometimes, with help, you can withdraw safely at home; sometimes a p…

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Bob Ney, Disgraced Ex-GOP Rep, Hits 'Chain-Smoking, Relentless Wine Drinker …
Interestingly, withdrawal from cocaine, heroin, opiates, and other substances is not pleasant, and makes you THINK you're going to die, but you won't. Withdrawal from alcohol can in fact kill you and must be managed closely and professionally. There …
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Sheriff, task force aim to educate parents
The four-hour program will include information on the signs of being under the influence of drugs, the most-abused pharmaceutical drugs and withdrawal symptoms. "Detectives from the MADE Task Force have identified a direct correlation between diverted …
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Judge approves .9M settlement in Gregg County Jail inmate death
The plaintiffs argued Cowling's death could have been avoided if she had been allowed to take prescribed medicines for bipolar disorder and opiate withdrawal. Gregg County admits no wrongdoing in the settlement, which will be paid with insurance.
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Related Opiate Withdrawl Information…

Question by troubledinparadise: Methadone/opiates and pregnancy – For medical professionals only, please.?
I am a 32 y/o woman with extreme back & neck pain which has gotten progressively worse over the last 12 years. 2+ years ago when I became pregnant (unexpectedly) I was on very high amounts of opiate pain medications (160 mg oxycontin, 10-15 percocets/day, + anti-depressants, Vallium, etc.). Immediately upon finding I was pregnant I began speaking with my doctors about decreasing and eventually getting off all medications. I was very concerned about my baby being born addicted and having to go through withdrawal symptoms and after much debate, my doctor (OB and pain management) assured me it was safe for me to detox off of my medication. It was difficult but I did it. I ceased most meds and decreased the opiates (oxycontin) to 10 mg. twice a day which my OB and the local university hospital decided was where I should stay through delivery.

Severe pruritus and myoclonus following intrathecal morphine administration in a dog.

Can Vet J. 2012 Sep; 53(9): 983-6
Iff I, Valeskini K, Mosing M

During epidural needle placement in a 32-kg dog the subarachnoid space was punctured and half the intended dose of lidocaine, bupivacaine, and morphine was injected. After recovery from anesthesia the dog showed signs of severe pruritus of the tail base and limbs and myoclonus of the tail and hind limbs. Methadone, acepromazine, ketamine, buprenorphine, and butorphanol were administered to control myoclonus and pruritus, but were unsuccessful. Diazepam was used to control myoclonus until the effects of morphine abated.
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Methadone at tapered doses for the management of opioid withdrawal.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013; 2: CD003409
Amato L, Davoli M, Minozzi S, Ferroni E, Ali R, Ferri M

Open Question: Is Methadone a bad idea to use for opiate withdrawals?
I’m sure your thinking, “No, thats what methadone is for dummy”. I have been a opiate abuser for 6 years now. I never tried heroine, something my mother or a DARE counselor had once told me apparently worked because just the word “heroine” alone scares the crap out of me. Anyways, I got surgery in 2007 on my knee, before and after the surgery they prescribed me percocets. The recovery took longer than normal, so I was prescrined them for about 6 months. Long story short, I fell in love with the feeling of opiates. I was also a cocaine addict at the time, so I was using the two together for a long time and it produced a powerful (and extremely dangerous) high. I quit using cocaine in 2011, no particular reason why, just one day I decided I didn’t want to do it anymore. My nose was falling off my face and I had been in and out of jail twice, so I stopped. I didn’t stop taking percocets, roxycets, oxy’s, or anything else that I could get my hands on. i was doctor shopping, buying off the streets, having friends give them to me etc. My new years resolution this year was to stop, so I have tried going cold turkey twice–and it didn’t work. The physical pain, sweats, chills, aches, I could deal with. It was annoying as sh** but it was tolerable, I kept telling myself “I just have the flu, I just have the flu, this will pass.” What I couldn’t deal with was the mental part of the withdrawals. The severe depression, the fogginess, the confusion, the blahhhh….. Anyone who’s experienced this knows exactly what I’m talking about. I felt like I was disassociated with myself and my world around me. I already have a severe case of bipolar and depression, so I didn’t need to add on top of it. Monday morning I went to the methadone clinic and got an intake evaluation. They started me off on 30 mg daily, a single dose that I have to go there everyday and take. The first day I puked four hours later but felt amazing the rest of the day, second day I was a bit more sick, and slept all day. Day three (Wed) I couldn’t stop throwing up all day and night, couldn’t get out of bed, realized I hadn’t eaten since Sunday so I decided to skip my Thursday dose and stay home instead. I felt fine except I woke up with severe pain in my back and legs and was craving the pain pills, I hadn’t had a craving since sunday so I went in today (Fri) and they had already started lowering my dose, I am now on 25mg. What I am trying to ask is, has anyone ever been on the 30 day methadone detox? Am I taking too much? When the 30 days comes around am I going to be addicted to methadone? I just want to have ME back. I would do anything to just be me again.
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