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<< previous page 1 2 3 4 5 6 next page>> written by Brian Garvin Find out more about how to get Alcohol Drug Detox Help and see if it is right for you at this time. Please read our evaluation on getting Alcohol Drug Detox Help. written by Rebecca Brown If the names of world’s most threatening aspects to the human civilization are short listed then the name of addiction would come on the top. It has been revealed that one out of five youths is engaged in any kind of addiction. written by Rod MacTaggart The “King of Pop” Michael Jackson is dead at only 50, joining many other celebrities and thousands of ordinary people whose untimely deaths associated with painkillers like OxyContin could have been avoided by a timely medical drug detox. What is it going to take for the FDA to end the prescription drug carnage in this country, especially the deadly OxyContin epidemic? written by Rod MacTaggart Adolescents exposed to opioid painkillers, especially OxyContin, are more likely to abuse opioids and other drugs and risk addiction in later life, say researchers. A ban on the drug will save countless lives. written by Rod MacTaggart Instead of an effective heroin detox followed by long-term rehabilitation, so-called addiction “experts” are recommending heroin addicts be “treated” with more heroin. written by Gloria MacTaggart Most manufacturers fight to keep their products off the black market; drug companies thrive on it.
written by Rod MacTaggart Thousands of patients arriving for OxyContin detox are victims of the all-too-common medical practice of smothering pain with the addictive narcotic, instead of finding the cause of the pain and curing it. written by Rod MacTaggart The diversion and abuse of prescription drugs for non-medical use is a serious threat to public health and safety, and medical drug detox is the preferred first step in recovery. written by Rod MacTaggart OxyContin addiction is the new doorway drug to ruined careers and lost lives, even when it begins as a legitimate prescription for the pain of injury and illness. written by Rod MacTaggart An effective, proven medical drug detox program before drug rehab would be the best way the state could help its many prescription drug addicts. written by Rod MacTaggart The state’s new system will help physicians identify drug abusers so they can be directed towards recovery, which ideally begins with medical drug detox. written by Rod MacTaggart Victims of prescription drug addiction and street drug addicts who overdose on opioids can often be saved by the drug naloxone, but the event should be followed immediately with admission to a medical drug detox facility, followed by lengthy drug rehab. written by Rod MacTaggart As the death toll from methadone soars across the country and methadone addiction continues to rise, the need for effective treatment has never been more important. written by Rod MacTaggart Medical drug detox centers across the country are finding that many people abuse dozens of kinds of prescription drugs in their quest for euphoria, not because they’re safer, but simply because they’re easily available. written by Rod MacTaggart In Mukilteo, WA, the realm of millionaire software executives, where even the median income is $90,000+ a year, OxyContin addiction plays no favorites. written by Rod MacTaggart Legislative hearings to probe the OxyContin and heroin epidemic in Massachusetts will consider ways to battle opiate abuse in the state, including expanding OxyContin detox and drug rehab services. written by Rod MacTaggart Medical drug detox and rehab programs are being targeted by state and city budget cuts, leaving many addicts with no place to go for help except hospital emergency wards or jails, both of which cost taxpayers more in the long run. written by Rod MacTaggart The result of so-called ‘treatment’ for opioid addiction with methadone is simply a life-long methadone addiction. Real treatment means helping opioid addicts become drug free, and such treatment now is available. written by Rod MacTaggart The Obama administration and all state legislatures could learn a lesson from Ireland, where John Curran, Ireland’s minister for drugs strategy, has called for a review of methadone addiction, and how effective methadone programs actually are at getting people drug-free. written by Rod MacTaggart Thousands of Oklahomans, many of them young people, have fallen victim to oxycodone and OxyContin addiction, and thousands more to hydrocodone painkillers like Lortab and Vicodin. written by Rod MacTaggart There’s nothing like listening to the screams of a newborn infant forced to withdraw from methadone to change your mind about so-called ‘harm reduction’ programs like free methadone for opioid-addicted women. written by Rod MacTaggart As anyone who has successfully completed medical drug detox and recovered their life will tell you, drug addiction is a physical drug dependence complicated by mental and emotional problems -- all of which can resolve without tinkering with someone’s brain. written by Rod MacTaggart Scientists say they are close to learning how to make methadone prescribing less dangerous, but methadone addiction, injuries and deaths continue to soar. written by Rod MacTaggart The move by many addicts from heroin to OxyContin, and the growing number of former heroin addicts needing OxyContin detox, tells you just how dangerously addictive the prescription painkiller really is. written by Rod MacTaggart People trapped by prescription drug addiction are finding that detox programs designed for their unique metabolic and health needs can ease withdrawal symptoms and make recovery a reachable goal. written by Rod MacTaggart OxyContin addiction knows no geographic or social boundaries, striking people in all walks of life, in every corner of America. written by Rod MacTaggart OxyContin addiction is epidemic in our society, and opting for methadone ‘therapy’ to replace the narcotic is just jumping from the frying pan into the fire. written by Rod MacTaggart Giving someone a methadone addiction is like putting that person in a prison where they are not confined by walls but by their dependence on the drug, says a detox expert, and getting off the drug is like getting out of jail. written by Rod MacTaggart Soaring rates of methadone addiction and overdose deaths caused by physicians’ inappropriate over-prescribing hopefully will see some relief from the Food and Drug Administration’s revised narcotic prescribing regulations expected later this year. written by Rod MacTaggart Few methadone detox or rehab facilities will accept addicts taking more than 80 milligrams per day, making methadone addiction almost untreatable in this country -- but new detox protocols are offering help. << previous page 1 2 3 4 5 6 next page>> |