Posts Tagged ‘Opioid dependence’
Eliza Wheeler of Harm Reduction Talks About Naloxone
Eliza Wheeler of Harm Reduction talks about Naloxone – http://www.harmreduction.org Eliza Wheeler is the Manager of the D.O.P.E. (Drug Overdose Prevention Education) project at Harm Reduction. Locate a Naloxone Program in Your Area http://www.over…
To Stop an Overdose: Heroin, Narcan and the New Public Policies That Are …
A person who takes a fatal dose of heroin or other opiate-based drug and stops breathing can often quickly be brought back if a friend, family member or medical professional has naloxone on hand and knows how to use it. "Take a …. "This includes …
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BioDelivery Sciences' Bunavail Receives Additional Patent Protection Until …
BioDelivery Sciences International announced awarding of a new patent covering Bunavail, the company's buprenorphine and naloxone buccal film product currently being reviewed by the FDA. The new patent, which is expected to issue on April 22, will …
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Albuquerque Alcohol Treatment Centers (505) 559-4268 – Alcohol Rehab
Albuquerque Alcohol Treatment Centers (505) 559-4268 – Alcohol Rehab – http://www.AlbuquerqueDrugTreatmentCenters.com (505) 559-4268 Serving the Albuquerque, NM area. In addition to our standard treatment and rehab programs, we …
Charles Duncan: 2014 Is For Careful Stock Pickers, Not Dart Throwers
Buprenorphine is an opiate derivative, but it has a far different and interesting activity profile; it can be used to treat chronic pain. The naloxone, as you said, is really about … Certainly, we'd like to see physicians willing to write for …
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Take-Home Induction of Buprenorphine Feasible, Safe
ORLANDO, Florida ? Initiating unobserved buprenorphine induction to treat opioid dependence may help lower barriers to care in this population, new research suggests. Results from an … Obviously that is very time consuming," Dr. Patterson said.
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Methadone Detox: Pregnant Prisoners Are Losing Their Shackles – Boston Globe
Pregnant prisoners are losing their shackles – Boston Globe
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Pregnant prisoners are losing their shackles
Boston Globe Once the pregnancy was discovered, Carter was not allowed to stay in the detox program. On the advice of her obstetrician, she started that October on methadone, a synthetic opioid used to treat dependence. Her baby would have to detox from the drug … |
Freeholders debate possible meth detox clinic in West Ward – The Trentonian
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Freeholders debate possible meth detox clinic in West Ward
The Trentonian TRENTON — The question of whether the former Capital Health Center building will be the new home of a rumored methadone detox clinic was the topic of debate during Tuesday night's Freeholder Meeting. Global Life Enterprises, GLE, who purchased the … |
Experts say medicine can beat opiates – Bucyrus Telegraph Forum
Methadone Detox: Pregnant Prisoners Are Losing Their Shackles – Boston Globe
Pregnant prisoners are losing their shackles – Boston Globe
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Pregnant prisoners are losing their shackles
Boston Globe Once the pregnancy was discovered, Carter was not allowed to stay in the detox program. On the advice of her obstetrician, she started that October on methadone, a synthetic opioid used to treat dependence. Her baby would have to detox from the drug … |
Brunswick not exempt from New England opiate epidemic – The Bowdoin Orient
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Brunswick not exempt from New England opiate epidemic
The Bowdoin Orient Treatment for opiate addiction generally includes detoxification, followed by counseling and the controlled use of medications like Methadone or Buprenorphine (often referred to by the brand name Suboxone). These medications act on the same parts of … |
Freeholders debate possible meth detox clinic in West Ward – The Trentonian
I’m an Unrepentant Hard Drug User With an Otherwise Normal Life – xoJane
I’m An Unrepentant Hard Drug User With An Otherwise Normal Life – xoJane
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I'm An Unrepentant Hard Drug User With An Otherwise Normal Life
xoJane Patients had to deal with the physical and psychological detox process, but also the stigma of being “in recovery.” It's a label that … I quit the clinic shortly after one “repeat customer” threw a chair at my head after missing his methadone … |
Freeholders debate possible meth detox clinic in West Ward – The Trentonian
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Freeholders debate possible meth detox clinic in West Ward
The Trentonian TRENTON — The question of whether the former Capital Health Center building will be the new home of a rumored methadone detox clinic was the topic of debate during Tuesday night's Freeholder Meeting. Global Life Enterprises, GLE, who purchased the … |
Methadone Treatment Keeps You Caged-In
Methadone treatment keeps you caged-in – Dr. Randall S. Bock explains to a former methadone patient that methadone’s not giving people maximum freedom over their conditions.
Take-Home Induction of Buprenorphine Feasible, Safe
Most patients had previously been treated with medications for opioid dependence, including 331 (68%) who had been receiving buprenorphine and 260 (54%), methadone. All patients received an instructional handout, a 1-week written prescription for …
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Novel Nonopioid Approach Promising for Opioid Dependence
"We were trying to find a way of dealing with opiate withdrawal and facilitate people to the next stage of addiction treatment," lead author Gregory Rudolf, MD, from the Swedish Addiction Recovery Service, in Seattle, Washington, told Medscape Medical …
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