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Health department to take medical approach to heroin crisis
The government is preparing to trial a medically-assisted treatment programme to help heroin users who want to quit the drug.
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South Africa: Health Department to Take Medical Approach to Heroin Crisis
The opioid agonist drug to be used in the pilot scheme is methadone, a syrup that is taken once a day. OAT programs usually offer it alongside other forms of assistance, such as counselling or therapy ...
Influx of mobile methadone clinics bring treatment to the streets
But fentanyl has refocused attention on methadone. To get off the drug, buprenorphine can cause severe withdrawal symptoms ...
For people with opioid addiction, Medicaid 'unwinding' raises the stakes
It was hard enough for Stephanie to get methadone treatment when she moved to Florida from Indiana last year. The nearest ...
Medical Xpress12d
Influx of mobile methadone clinics bring treatment to the streets
But fentanyl has refocused attention on methadone. To get off the drug, buprenorphine can cause severe withdrawal symptoms before the person taking it feels OK again. For homeless people ...
Medicaid funding for addiction treatment has not slowed national overdose deaths, OHSU study finds
The federal government’s push to make Medicaid funding more flexible for drug addiction treatment in the past nine years has ...
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The recovery community says it offers refuge from opioid addiction. But it’s still hostile to lifesaving addiction medications
Narcotics Anonymous and Salvation Army are often hostile to use of the addiction medications buprenorphine and methadone.
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For People With Opioid Addiction, Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Raises the Stakes
Suddenly, her methadone prescription cost much more than she could afford. She panicked, afraid a disruption in care would trigger debilitating withdrawal symptoms like vomiting, fever ...