Methadone Uses

Second Chance drug saves lives in Fond du Lac (story, video)
The drug works by neutralizing opioids in the body, helping patients to breathe again. Naloxone only works if a person has opioids — heroin, methadone, oxycodone — in their system; the medication doesn't work on other drugs. The drug can be …
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The elephant in the room: Why do we overlook medical marijuana for addictive …
It defies reason that we regularly prescribe patients a six-month course of opiate pharmaceuticals, which carries a grave risk of physical dependency, and that we ask patients to use a drug that is responsible for thousands of overdose deaths each year …
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Philip Seymour Hoffman and a Simple Solution for America's Heroin Addiction
There is only one short-term chemical therapy that actually obviates the wrenching withdrawal symptoms of any opiate. This therapy … (You can watch a hamhanded Vice video of white guys imitating the Bwiti ritual here, if you really must.) In the …
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