Posts Tagged ‘drugs’

Demerol For Pain in the News

Massena hospital nurse charged with stealing drugs
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Dilaudin, according to the National Institute of Health, is a hydromorphone used to treat moderate to severe pain. She said she went into the bathroom and injected the Dilaudid and then went back into the pharmacy and took 125 milligrams of Demerol in …
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An ER Doctor's Perspective: Strategies for Migraine Relief
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Opiates (morphine, Dilaudid, Demerol, Fentanyl, Vicodin, Perocet etc.) are terrible treatments for migraines. If a doctor is not giving you opiates for your migraine—it is because she or he cares about you! In the past, the philosophy in the ER was to …
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The Fastest Growing Drug Problem in America: Prescription Painkillers
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Heroin Drug Rehab in the News

6 Rehab Movies That Will Leave You Fearing Drugs
Filed under: heroin drug rehab

This 2001 drama is full of heartbreaking conflict that arises from Alix's battle with heroin and cocaine addiction. She is thrown out of her apartment by her boyfriend, becoming homeless before falling in with some more drug addicts.
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Will the Coalition get to grips with the state sponsored addiction it …
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Meeting its treatment targets was all that mattered. It should have known that the value of methadone as a treatment 'stepping stone' diminishes after 8 months to a year. Methadone is described as an 'effective' drug treatment.
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Cannabis mouth spray may help addicts quit
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Studies confirm effectiveness of harm reduction for people who inject drugs.
Filed under: Methadone Clinics

HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev. 2011 Oct; 15(3): 29
Arkin E

Three recent studies have provided further evidence that harm reduction initiatives are effective tools for reducing HIV incidence among people who inject drugs (IDUs).
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Methadone use in children and young adults at a cancer center: a retrospective study.
Filed under: Methadone Clinics

Developing and validating a scoring tool for identifying people who inject drugs at increased risk of hepatitis C virus infection.
Filed under: Methadone Clinics

BMJ Open. 2012; 2(1): e000387
Wand H, Iversen J, Wilson D, Topp L, Maher L

Objectives To develop and validate a scoring tool based on demographic and injecting risk behaviours to identify those who require additional, non-routine serological screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) by assessing their personal risk. Design Cross-sectional and prospective cohorts. Setting People who inject drugs (PWID) and attended Needle and Syringe Programs (NSP) in Australia during the period from 1998 to 2008. Participants Cross-sectional data included 16?127 PWID who attended NSP in Australia. Prospective data included 215 HCV-negative PWID who were recruited through street-based outreach, methadone clinics in Australia. Primary and secondary outcome measures HCV seroprevalence in the cross-sectional and HCV seroconversions in the prospective data sets. Results Current study included 16?127 PWID who attended NSP in Australia. Type of drug last injected, frequency and duration of injecting, sharing needles and syringes or other injecting equipment and imprisonment history were associated with HCV infection in all age groups. Strong relationships between an individual’s ‘HCV score’ and their risk of testing HCV antibody positive were observed. An estimated 78% (95% CI 75% to 81%), 82% (95% CI 80% to 84%), 80% (95% CI 78% to 82%) and 80% (95% CI 77% to 82%) of HCV infections across the age groups (<25, 25-29, 30-39 and ?40 years) would be avoided if participants in the upper four quintiles of HCV scores fell instead into the lowest quintile. Conclusions Knowledge of HCV status has important implications for public health and care and treatment. Risk assessment strategies may assist in alerting PWID who are at increased risk of HCV infection to present for testing.
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Cure For Heroin in the News

Man caught selling drugs, derailing recovery efforts
Filed under: cure for heroin

Tsai offered heroin to recovering addicts on their way in or out of the hospital, where they received methadone maintenance treatment. Police surveillance uncovered at least five successful transactions. Officials have confiscated about 18 grams of …
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Changing attitudes
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There was discussion at the time about whether to establish a methadone treatment facility in Rutland for heroin addicts. The topic of drugs is always fraught with emotion. Some residents during those earlier discussions worried that a methadone clinic …
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Bendigo heroin program at capacity
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She said sometimes they had to turn people away because the service needed to look after those who prescribe the treatments. “You can burn people out,” Ms Sobczyk said. Two Bendigo general practitioners prescribe medication to about 70 per cent of …
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Voting Question: how to wean yourself from drugs?
Filed under: Methadone Detox

I really want to quit using and help would be greatly appreciated i sniff opana 8 40 mil grams a day and i have a wonderful family that i need to be strong for im going to rehab in 8 hours wish me luck and any advise you can give would be greatly appreciated i started out using them as fun but them got addicted really fast and the withdraws are worse than coming off heroin. anyone out there stay away form opana worst thing to detox from wish me luck guys going to a methadone detox center will keep you updated on how shit goes for me

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Resolved Question: what can i expect from quitting subutex cold turkey?
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