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22nd September 2009
Drugs are fast spreading its reach and now drug abuse has become common among teens too. More and more teens are getting involved in drug abuse at a very tender age. Teens get easily influenced by their friends who are drug addicts and start using drugs ... Read >
Author: Devendra Kumar Pandey22nd September 2009
Heroin addiction has been around for a very long time. It is initially very often used to deaden pain in the form of morphine. The nasty consequences of morphine are addiction. Many people who use it initially for pain become addicted to it and cannot t... Read >
Author: wbdoyle17th September 2009
People have come a long way over the last century in relation to pain management. There are a number of procedures, medications, and treatments available to help people who are in chronic pain. Some things work, and certain procedures and therapies only m... Read >
Author: Steven Giles03rd September 2009
Teens are vulnerable to the negative influences, so it is very easy for them to fall prey of the addiction of drugs. Without caring much about the dreadful results of addiction, they choose to follow the so called trends. In the race of looking cool among... Read >
Author: Mathew Pawwell03rd September 2009
Prescription drug abuse became a major problem today. According to DEA data, the number of Methadone drug items seized by law enforcement increased from 2,865 in 2001 to 10,361 in 2007, suggesting that Methadone contributed to rise in overdose deaths. In ... Read >
Author: Stephen Jhonson11th August 2009
If all the jinxes of human lives are short listed then alcohol and drug addition will come at the forefront position. According to a recent report, there are millions of people all around the world suffering from the nuisance of these addictions and these... Read >
Author: Steve23rd July 2009
Toronto, Canada – BTNX Inc. has launched a series of Rapid Response® advanced FDA approved in-vitro diagnostic drugs of abuse tests, which are used for home, professional and corporation point of care drugs of abuse testing.
The drug tests can easil... Read >
Author: BTNX Inc.21st July 2009
Opioid addiction is treated by an opioid medication called Buprenorphine. It is usually dispensed by a physician as a take home treatment. Heroin and other opiate addictions can be safely treated and by the process of gaining American FDA approval it ha... Read >
Author: Marquis Nelson11th July 2009
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. People fall into addictio... Read >
Author: Matt Traverso05th July 2009
Anyone who has been addicted to opiate drug before knows how difficult it can be to get off of them. Examples of opiates would be painkillers such as prescription medications like Vicodin or Oxycontin, but also street drugs such as opium and heroin. One... Read >
Author: Patrick Meninga27th June 2009
In some medical situations, a doctor or physician might order Methadone for a patient who is experiencing chronic pain or illness. Normally, Methadone is not generally prescribed for moderate or weak levels of pain because there are other, much safer med... Read >
Author: Patrick Meninga16th June 2009
Instead of an effective heroin detox followed by long-term rehabilitation, so-called addiction “experts” are recommending heroin addicts be “treated” with more heroin.
Have you ever injured yourself -- hit your thumb with a hammer, banged your ... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart05th June 2009
Urine drug testing is the most commonly used and federally mandated method of drug testing. Urine drug testing is used both as on-site tests and for laboratory analysis. It is said to be one of the most economical drug testing method with lower maintenan... Read >
Author: Stephen Jhonson30th May 2009
Chronic Pain conditions are a growing problem in the United States. And while the debate still rages about whether or not chronic pain should be managed as a separate condition or just a symptom of another problem it is clear that pain management has beco... Read >
Author: Content Creators14th May 2009
In Canada the possession and trafficking of substances like drugs and other controlled substances is a subject of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. It was passed in 1996 and repeals the Narcotic Control Act and Parts III and IV of the Food and Drug... Read >
Author: Kevin Johnson11th May 2009
Methadone-related adverse events are climbing in greater proportion than the number of prescriptions for the drug, and deaths have increased by 400%. One painkiller after another has failed us. Is it time to look for non-drug solutions?
One of the majo... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart01st May 2009
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.
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Author: Rod MacTaggart17th April 2009
As you devour this article, remember that the rest of it contains valuable information related to treatment for alcoholism and in some way related to alcoholism family, methadone Detox, drinks or alcoholic bartender for your reading pleasure.
Alcoholic... Read >
Author: deepak kulkarni16th April 2009
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.
State death statistics across the country are showing that prescription drugs continue ... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart09th April 2009
Although drug-free rehab is taken for granted as the means to recovery, this was not always the case. In the past, the use of substitute drugs has been a traditional means of treatment for a person suffering from substance addiction. During a time when th... Read >
Author: Narcanon Tailor04th April 2009
For opiate addicts, such as those addicted to heroin, opium or synthetic opiates such as hydrocodone, methadone has allowed them to cease use of the addictive substance without painful withdrawal symptoms while they are in rehab. Once a person in rehab ha... Read >
Author: addictioprofessor04th April 2009
Methadone is a synthetic opiod, rigorously used as a pain reliever and in treating addiction to narcotics. In the case of morphine or heroin abuse, methadone occupies the opiod receptor in the brain and stabilizes it against the addiction to those opiates... Read >
Author: Stephen Jhonson04th April 2009
Methadone is a synthetic opiod, rigorously used as a pain reliever and in treating addiction to narcotics. In the case of morphine or heroin abuse, methadone occupies the opiod receptor in the brain and stabilizes it against the addiction to those opiates... Read >
Author: Stephen Jhonson31st March 2009
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.
New medical protocols have been de... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart30th March 2009
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... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart25th March 2009
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.
Harm reduction -- providing addicts w... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart20th March 2009
Scientists say they are close to learning how to make methadone prescribing less dangerous, but methadone addiction, injuries and deaths continue to soar.
Studies at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Washin... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart17th March 2009
You must have thought about what does drug and alcohol rehab really means? These words are common in media, in our schools, in government, but what is a rehab for a drug addicted individual. In the simplest language drug rehab means withdrawing drugs and... Read >
Author: Alien17th March 2009
No alcoholic can ever leave the addiction without medicinal help, who so ever you are, however you believe that you can control yourself; you can only achieve long lasting withdrawal if u join a professional rehab center. You should not expect an alcohol ... Read >
Author: Alien16th March 2009
Drug testing is the chemical identification of any drug presence in the specimen. Urine drug testing is the simplest drug testing technique among other drug testing methods with many other benefits. Urine drug testing emerged rapidly, and accepted widely ... Read >
Author: Stephen Jhonson10th March 2009
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.
Almost anyone dependent on drugs will tell you they woul... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart06th March 2009
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.
The more OxyContin a person takes, the more tolerant their bodies become to the addictive ... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart04th March 2009
Governments, like individuals, choose their priorities when it comes to spending money. Is your state doing all it can to help prevent prescription drug abuse?
Dealers who sell prescription drugs to our family members often get their supplies by doctor... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart04th March 2009
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.
Using the highly-addictive... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart20th February 2009
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.
Thousands of Americans already suffering fro... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart12th February 2009
Methadone addiction is a growing problem as doctors freely prescribe the powerfully addictive narcotic painkiller for common aches and pains.
Methadone, an addictive narcotic painkiller most commonly known for its controversial use as a “replacement ... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart17th January 2009
As the economy worsens, more people are reaching for ‘escape’ drugs like painkillers and mood enhancers, and will eventually need medical drug detox to recover their lives.
In what may be the worst economy since the Great Depression, Americans are ... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart08th January 2009
Master Cleanse: Methadone Master Cleanse Detox
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Fruit and vegetables which are derived from living plants are rich in health-promoting nutrients such as beta-carotene vitamins A and C (powerful antiox... Read >
Author: Lori19th December 2008
CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment) Act was established in 1988 to set high quality laboratory testing methods to ensure accurate, reliable, timely test results etc. CLIA has categorized laboratory testing based on the test complexity of the ... Read >
Author: Stephen Jhonson03rd December 2008
Medical technology has provided specific drugs that can help with detoxification symptoms. I know it sounds odd. Take a drug to get off a drug. But because some of the symptoms are so severe, having these drugs available can be very important. Plus, they ... Read >
Author: Jonas Smith30th November 2008
A recent editorial in the Salt Lake Tribune on the dangers of prescription drugs suggests that in the five days from when it was written to when it was delivered to readers, five more people will have died from prescription drug addiction or abuse.
T... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart20th October 2008
10-panel drug test is a device used for testing 10 specific drugs in the urine sample. This test is helpful in detecting multiple drugs and drug metabolites in urine at a time. 10-panel drug tests are used for performing preliminary tests and the results ... Read >
Author: Stephen Jhonson16th August 2008
When it comes to prescription painkillers, we really seem to be between a rock and a hard place. After God knows how many people were killed, injured or turned into drug addicts with OxyContin, doctors started looking for alternatives. Many chose methadon... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart12th August 2008
More people are dying in Montana from prescription drug overdoses than from all other drugs of any other kind, including illicit street drugs like heroin and cocaine. And officials across the state are ramping up awareness of the problem, while dealing wi... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart20th May 2008
According to two recent Australian studies, the use of naltrexone implants to treat drug dependency should be stopped because of reports of severe adverse reactions. But even if the so-called “treatment” was safe, treating a drug addiction with a repl... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart28th April 2008
Police seizures of the opiate addiction maintenance drug buprenorphine are skyrocketing in Baltimore, MD, and according to officials it is typical of a national trend. Under publicly funded "addiction maintenance" programs, addicts are being prescribed wh... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart18th April 2008
Addiction to painkiller is a common problem, especially these days. According to a study, above two million Americans every year take painkillers illegally.
This is also confirmed by the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) in 2002. Accordi... Read >
Author: Bertil Hjert07th April 2008
Who would think that having a sore neck or back could wind someone up in a drug detox?
Yet when back pain is bad enough or lasts so long it’s intolerable, a common solution is to see your doctor. Unfortunately, such a solution can lead to even worse ... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart29th February 2008
A new Bill was recently submitted to the House Health and Welfare Committee to allow random drug testing of adults who apply for or are already receiving public monies such as welfare, food stamps, or assistance under Kentucky’s medical assistance progr... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart19th January 2008
With all the news about the dangers of prescription drugs - especially opioid painkillers like OxyContin, methadone and morphine - you would think people would be using less of them. However, judging by the statistics, including the number of people going... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart14th January 2008
Oral Fluid/saliva drug tests are rapidly becoming the ideal process for drug testing at both the home and workplace. Generally they can also detect the specimens of previous few days. Oral fluid based drug tests are as accurate as the urine tests. They ca... Read >
Author: Stephen Jhonson14th January 2008
Methadone is a synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming than that. It is frequently used in narcotic detoxification and heroin addiction rehab. It is available by its trade name Dolophine which actually comes from the German word... Read >
Author: Brenda Stokes07th January 2008
In the battle against soaring prescription drug addiction and abuse and deaths from prescription narcotics like OxyContin, Vicodin and methadone, our only front line of defense is the army of prescribing doctors. Monitoring how patients are doing and spot... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart26th June 2007
How often have you heard successful stories related to a drug alcohol rehab program? I have my own as well. Thankfully though I’m not the main character in that story, even though I played a substantial part. My story has 5 main characters, friends of m... Read >
Author: Wells30th May 2007
Cyrus Brooks is the coordinator of the Drug Free Ambassadors Australia in Sydney. In this editorial he expresses his commitment to helping youth avoid the pitfalls of drug addiction.
While a fierce debate rages over the dramatic rise in prescripti... Read >
Author: Linda Wieland29th May 2007
Cyrus Brooks is the coordinator of the Drug Free Ambassadors Australia in Sydney. In this editorial he expresses his commitment to helping youth avoid the pitfalls of drug addiction.
While a fierce debate rages over the dramatic rise in prescriptions ... Read >
Author: Linda Wieland04th April 2007
Treatment varies depending on the type of drug and the characteristics of the patient. The best programs provide a combination of therapies and other services.
1. What is drug addiction treatment?
There are many addictive drugs, and treatments for spe... Read >
Author: Arthur Buchanan27th March 2007
Rick Pendery has spent the last 30 years working in substance abuse programs and feels that he’s got the keys to reduce recidivism.
Rick Pendery founded and ran a six year pilot of the Second Chance Program in Ensenada and Tijuana, Mexico as well ... Read >
Author: Jayden Adams17th November 2006
Heroin and Methadone are similar in that they are both opiates and are highly addictive both physically and emotionally. Heroin users are going through everyday life numbing there physical, mental and emotional experience so as to not have... Read >
Author: Marcel Gemme12th September 2006
KNOWING METHADONE
Methadone is an Opioid. Methadone is synthetic by nature. Methadone is also an analgesic. Methadone is basically recommended for the chronic drug abusers. Methadone has been found to be an ideal medication for the treatment of addicti... Read >
Author: Nilutpal Gogoi14th July 2006
Methadone is a prescription medication that is used to treat severe pain. It also helps those addicted to heroin to cease their use of the drug without experiencing horrendous withdrawal symptoms. Since heroin causes an excess of dopamine to be released i... Read >
Author: Christy Berger27th January 2006
There are many habit-forming drugs, and treatments for specific drugs can deviate. treatment also varies based on the features of the drug user.
Troubles tied in with an individual's drug addiction can vary a good deal. People that are addicted to dru... Read >
Author: David Skul
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