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Treating Addiction with Drugs.(methadone and naltrexone)
Magazine article from: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients; 7/1/2001; ; 448 words
; ...methamphetamine. For heroin addicts, methadone, a synthetic addictive drug, is available...specially-licensed treatment facilities. Like heroin, methadone attaches to mu receptors, resulting in...reporter Geoffrey Cowley, ...addicts in methadone programs are more likely to have jobs...
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Inquest rules man died of methadone overdose.
Newspaper article from: Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Peterborough, England); 4/12/2008; 247 words
; A young man died after taking a lethal dose of methadone, an inquest heard. Wayne Woodard (25) was discovered by his friend's young son after spending the night at her home in Ragdale...
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The methadone poisoning "epidemic": increasing use of methadone as a pain killer may be fueling a disturbing increase in deaths related to this potent drug.
Magazine article from: The Forensic Examiner; 6/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Death and morbidity associated with methadone treatment has increased dramatically...most common in patients treated with methadone in combination with other drugs. Both...Idiosyncratic factors also play a part in methadone's cardiac toxicity, and risk factors...
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Newly OK'd drug adds alternative to methadone.(Health)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 2/10/2003; 700+ words
; ...Christie The Register-Guard FOR 30 YEARS, methadone has been the treatment of choice for...drug is available that won't replace methadone but may encourage more drug abusers to...buprenorphine isn't a replacement for methadone, it may become a viable alternative for...
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Heroin treatment clinic due to close.(Health)(Methadone: Next month, CODA will shut its Eugene facility, which served 215 addicts.)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 12/17/2002; 485 words
; ...Portland-based CODA is closing its Eugene methadone clinic at the end of January, putting...community, he said. Eugene's other two methadone clinics are evaluating whether they can take in CODA's 215 methadone clients. We're still trying to figure...
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Methadone clinic shuts its doors.(Health)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 2/1/2003; 642 words
; ...Staff members and clients of the CODA methadone clinic gathered Friday to hug, cry and...decided in December to close its Eugene methadone clinic because of lawmakers' decision...up for treatment at Eugene's other two methadone clinics, said Michael Connelly, manager...
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Methadone - for addicts only.
Magazine article from: FDA Consumer; 9/1/1985; 351 words
; Methadone is a narcotic, like heroin and opium. But, unlike heroin and opium, methadone has the federal seal of approval. Methadone, taken by tablet or in liquid, can block the craving for heroin and is used to treat heroin addicts...
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Broader use of methadone proposed to fight AIDS.
Magazine article from: FDA Consumer; 5/1/1989; 257 words
; Broader Use of Methadone Proposed to Fight AIDS The federal...broader use of the heroin substitute methadone in an effort to help combat AIDS among...child in the womb or during delivery.) Methadone, which helps relieve an addict's craving...
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Clash at inquest over methadone death.
Newspaper article from: Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England); 1/25/2006; 280 words
; A man died of a methadone overdose in a woman's bed just days...registered heroin addict who is prescribed methadone, told an inquest at Lancaster Magistrates...of crack. But she denied giving him methadone. However, Darren's family told the...
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What to look for in methadone clinic software: IT solutions can save time, produce better data, and help with the bottom line.(information technology)
Magazine article from: Behavioral Healthcare; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Directors of outpatient methadone clinics always are balancing costs...affordable, creating new opportunities for methadone clinic directors to upgrade service...the considerations for evaluating methadone clinic management software. Among...
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