Methadone Maintenance for Prescription Opioid Addiction
Contrary to popular belief, Methadone Maintenance is not a treatment exclusively given to hard-core heroin addicts. It can help anyone that is addicted to prescription opioids, who is having a...
View ArticleOpioid Withdrawal Treatment
Since the sap of the opium poppy was first used to craft a remedy for pain and discomfort, it has been observed as being both helpful and harmful. Opioids can get patients through the worst of...
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Prescription drug relapse
Prescription painkiller addiction can often be difficult to treat because the addict believes a drug is medically necessary. Addiction counselors must help addicts get passed this notion or relapses...
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If Doctors Would Diagnose Addiction
If you consider that there are an estimated 22 million Americans with a drug or alcohol problem, you might assume that doctors regularly diagnose and treat them. Reality is, though, that most doctors...
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Caring for Children of Mothers in Early Recovery
Early recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction is difficult for mothers with small children and infants, especially single mothers in lower income households. You can’t focus on your recovery while...
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Does Medicare Cover Seniors for Drug Addiction Treatment?
Seniors need to pay close attention to their health and should avoid problems with alcohol and drug abuse. There are times, though, when medications need to be prescribed for anxiety, depression, or...
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Vivitrol Improves Co-Occurring Mental Health Disorder Treatment
When individuals suffer from addiction and co-occurring mental health disorders, treatment for both becomes a challenge. This is largely due to the double impact of alcohol or drug cravings...
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Heroin and other Opiate Cravings
Heroin is in a special class of drugs that are highly addictive and very difficult to quit using. Opiates and opioids can spark an addiction with just one use, due to cravings that make the user want...
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Methadone Treatment Center
Methadone is an opioid most-commonly associated with heroin addiction treatment. It can be used for medical detoxification and as a harm reduction tool with Methadone Maintenance. In either case, it...
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Maintenance, Not Heroin
Statistics from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health have confirmed our concerns about prescription drug use. With prescription painkillers (opiates and opioids like Vicodin and Oxycontin)...
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Rise in pain pill overdoses among women
Women are being lost to drug overdoses in greater numbers than ever. In the first decade of the 21st Century, the annual rate of fatal prescription drug overdoses among U.S. Women has increased over...
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Drug Overdose Awareness
Do you know what to do in the event of a drug overdose? How can you prevent drug overdoses? What can you do if you or a loved one is an overdose survivor? More Americans die from drug overdoses,...
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Methadone Maintenance Available Every Day
Addiction to heroin and prescription opiates can become so serious that harm reduction is needed on the road to abstinence. Methadone Maintenance (MM) helps reduce the cravings that an addict...
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Opiate Abuse is on the Rise in Vermont
Opiate abuse in the state of Vermont has increased steadily over the past decade. It’s become so overwhelming that the topic earned center stage honors during Governor Shumlin’s State of the State...
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