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Association of Nerve Growth Factor and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A with Psychometric Measurements of Opiate Dependence: Results of a Pilot Study in Patients Participating in a Structured Diamorphine Maintenance Program.
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Buprenorphine versus methadone use in opiate detoxification, are there other factors that should be considered?
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Br J Gen Pract. 2012 Feb; 62(595): 68-9
Bhupal HK

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Pilot trial of a recovery management intervention for heroin addicts released from compulsory rehabilitation in China.
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J Subst Abuse Treat. 2012 Apr 18;
Hser YI, Fu L, Wu F, Du J, Zhao M

China faces the challenge of dual epidemics of drug use and HIV/AIDS. Despite the high relapse rate among heroin addicts released from compulsory rehabilitation facilities, there are few programs available in China to assist these addicts in the community. We pilot-tested in China a Recovery Management Intervention (RMI) program designed to facilitate early detection of relapse and prompt linkage from compulsory rehabilitation to the community and, if participants relapse, to community-based methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) programs. One hundred heroin addicts were randomly assigned to either the Standard Care group (n=50) or the RMI group (n=50). At the end of the 3-month trial, participants in the RMI group, relative to the standard care group, demonstrated positive outcomes in recidivism due to relapse (0 vs. 6%, p=.08; d=0.354), MMT participation (8% vs. 0, p=0.06; d=0.417), and employment (33% vs. 2%, p<.001; d=0.876), although no difference was found in urine testing results (8.5% vs. 8.7%; d=0.013) among interviewed participants. These pilot study results were based on a small sample size and short-term observation, suggesting the need for more research to further improve and test RMI effectiveness with larger samples over a longer period of time in order to provide evidence in support of RMI as an effective strategy for community reintegration among addicts released from rehabilitation facilities in China.
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Opiate Detox Centers in the News

HOOKED, PART 3: Sarnia's battle with a prescription painkiller epidemic
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The executive director of Westover Treatment Centre, a residential detox facility in Thamesville, says opiate abuse has reached such staggering proportions that it now accounts for at least half the facility's patients. "It's a huge problem," he said, …
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Drugs, alcohol fuel child abuse and neglect in Kentucky
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Robert Walker, an associate professor at the University of Kentucky and researcher at UK's Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, said there is a link between poverty and substance abuse. Many parents using drugs don't have a good understanding to begin …
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Why patients get addicted to pain medicine, and how to get help
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He calls it an opiate replacement, blocking the effect of other opiates. If you're on Suboxone and you take OxyContin, the OxyContin doesn't work. “It is not a miracle, but it sure is helpful,” Springer says. “Suboxone is a tool for recovery. …
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The Criminal Code of Prisoners
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I worked in a prison earlier this year, as a detox doctor, prescribing methadone to heroin addicts, and other medications to alcoholics, who had just arrived at prison, in withdrawal. They would demand obscene doses of medication, which I was not …
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Methadone Detox: Subutex and Suboxone – A couple of Different Alternatives to Methadone for the treatment of Opiate Addiction – Zimbio
For a really long time methadone has been used to wean folks off of opiates. Over the last few years some other choices have become accessible. One option is subutex and another is suboxone. These prescription drugs are used to deal with withdrawal …
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Methadone For Pain Relief: Dramatic Shifts Seen in Opiate Overdose Demographics
They found that the rate of overdoses related to prescription opiates, primarily oxycodone and methadone, started to exceed those of heroin overdoses at the end of the 1990s. In the United States, hospital admissions for heroin overdose increased from …
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Methadone For Pain Relief: Are drug take back programs curbing prescription pill abuse?
The report found nearly 1 in 20 people across the country, 12 and older, were using these drugs such as hydrocodone, methadone, and oxycodone, non-medically. Mooney says 70% percent is the pills are coming from the cabinets. "I believe it's a lot worst …
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