Killing More Than Pain: Deaths of Women From Prescription Overdose Rise 400 …
Killing more than pain: Deaths of women from prescription overdose rise 400 …
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Like hydrocodone or oxycodone, methadone is an opioid, but it is used to help ween patients off addiction by diminishing the effects of withdrawal, which treatment specialists say can be just as bad for prescription drugs as for "harder" opioids such …
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What's the Buzz: RASE promotes September as recovery month
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“Over 21 million Americans suffer from addiction or dependence on alcohol and drugs and have yet to experience recovery. … People with the disease of addiction are not morally deficient individuals; they are human beings in need of treatment. … The …
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Drug-resistant bacteria are common killers
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the number Monday to spotlight the growing threat of germs that are hard to treat because they've become resistant to drugs. Finally estimating the problem sends “a very … It's not clear that …
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Back to school, back to drugs? Five things parents need to know
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Before becoming Clinical Director of the Dunes in East Hampton, one of the U.S.'s top drug and alcohol treatment centers, I spent 10 years as the mental health specialist for a school district on Long Island. Beyond … The reasons for the surge in …
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