Articles tagged: methadone detox
<< previous page 1 next page>> 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 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 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 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 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 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. written by Rod MacTaggart Methadone addiction is a growing problem as doctors freely prescribe the powerfully addictive narcotic painkiller for common aches and pains. written by Gloria MacTaggart Methadone detox in a good drug detox center can get you through methadone addiction and back to a life without drugs written by Gloria MacTaggart Methadone addiction is thought to be less dangerous than other drugs. Nothing could be further from the truth. written by Gloria MacTaggart A good methadone detox program can give heroin addicts what they were really looking for – freedom from drugs
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