A 'blockade' for Opiates: Vivitrol Offers Hope for Treatment

A 'blockade' for opiates: Vivitrol offers hope for treatment
Unlike Suboxone or methadone — which can be effective in treatment but are sometimes abused or diverted into an illicit market — Vivitrol has “no potential for abuse,” according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. And while those …
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Drug users warned after potent methadone stolen in Vancouver drugstore robbery
The new formula, called Methadose, was introduced Feb. 1 and is intended to provide safer and more consistent treatment for B.C. patients. There had been some fears that the stronger formula could lead to an increase in overdoses, but the Ministry of …
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