Posts Tagged ‘Opioid dependence’

QTc interval screening for cardiac risk in methadone treatment of opioid dependence.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Jun 20; 6: CD008939
Pani PP, Trogu E, Maremmani I, Pacini M

Louisville company receives million federal grant to study medication for … – The Courier-Journal

Louisville company receives $ 15 million federal grant to study medication for … The Courier-Journal Officials pointed out that only two federally-approved drugs are currently available to treat opioid withdrawal: methadone and buprenorphine. “Both are opiate products that effectively operate as replacement or substitution therapies, but both have …

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Taking the fight to the streets – The Coast Halifax (blog)

Taking the fight to the streets The Coast Halifax (blog) The next minute she could wind up trying to gently broach the subject of detox with a homeless man who's been kicked out of several shelters due to his substance abuse. Then she … They also help people get to and from their methadone appointments.

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… sentenced to 2 years in the House of Correction, suspended for 2 years, to begin upon his release from the first sentence, ordered to remain drug-free, to submit to random drug tests, to undergo a mental health evaluation with treatment and …
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Woman accused of breaking into cars in Boynton parking lot
She faces two burglary charges and four drug charges after police found four packages of Suboxone, a drug used to treat opiate addiction. She is being held in Palm Beach County Jail in lieu of $ 34,000 bail. Copyright © 2013, South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
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Methadone maintenance treatment and cognitive function: A systematic review.

Curr Drug Abuse Rev. 2013 Jun 14;
Wang GY, Wouldes TA, Russell BB

Methadone has been used as a pharmacotherapy for the treatment of opiate dependence since the mid-1960s. Many studies examining the benefits of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) for opiate dependence have documented a significant reduction in both criminal behavior and the use of other opiates. Nevertheless, emerging evidence suggests that MMT may impair cognitive function. However, it is unclear as to the part methadone dose, duration of MMT or plasma level may play in any observed deficits. Given the large number of people enrolled in MMT world-wide and the potential for deficits in cognitive function, a systematic review of the research investigating the association between MMT and cognitive function seemed warranted. The following databases were searched with a combination of free-text and thesaurus terms (methadone AND cognition): MEDLINE In-Process, EMBASE, PsycINFO and EBM Reviews-Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. Seventy-eight articles were retrieved of which 35 met the inclusion criteria. The majority of research suggests that MMT is associated with impaired cognitive function and that deficits extended across a range of domains. However, caution is required when interpreting these results due to the methodological limitations associated with many studies. Further research that includes a combination of psychological and physiological measures within well-controlled group comparison studies is required to more accurately assess which cognitive domains are affected.
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Morphine withdrawls.Hour 3 AGAIN!!!!! STUPID – What a bloody idiot! In pain in my chest (not unusual) and severe back pain I had one Endone and 50mg Tramal. It made my withdrawls ease up nicely. 12 hours …

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Simons has fought drug addiction since the late 1990s, when he began taking methadone for heroin withdrawal, according to his father, Jeff Simons. He has also struggled with the abuse of the benzodiazepine Klonopin, a drug prescribed to treat anxiety.
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HAROLD STAAT: 'Nam flashback — get high and you endanger the rest of us, too
He was in the throes of acute heroin withdrawal. I had nothing in my aid kit to give him other than morphine, and that wasn't going to happen. I had the radio operator contact headquarters company and ask the doctor for advice. The doctor told me to …
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