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Witnesses blame Franconia doctor for their drug addictions
Shortly after her daughter's birth, she decided to get off the methadone both for herself and her daughter and has been drug-free since that time, according to O'Brien. Greg Nyce, who was 22 at the time, had a similar story. After getting Dr. Ruth's …
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Methadone: One Pill Can Kill — 20/20 Special, ABC News. Originally aired 6/22/06 http://www.zerodeaths.org/

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FDA move aims to curb opiate abuse as painkiller addiction rises in county
Additionally, Spectrum Health Systems, which opened a methadone clinic in the city a year ago, now serves 350 people, "showing that an unmet need has been addressed," said Andrew Strecker, the company's development associate. County residents have died …
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Addiction Treatment With a Dark Side
“I didn't know you could overdose on Suboxone,” Mr. Verrill said in an interview at a federal prison in Otisville, N.Y. “We were just a bunch of friends getting high and hanging out, doing what 20-year-olds do. Then we went to … Intended as a long …
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Law enforcement agencies and drug-addiction experts say the new opioid pain pill, Zohydro ER, will likely create more addicts and cause overdose deaths to increase. Zohydro will be … Hydrocodone belongs to the opioid family of medications, a highly …
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Should naloxone be used to reduce opioid overdoses?
Naxolene sounds like a good way to reduce overdose deaths because ambulance and hospital emergency department staff use it successfully to reverse heroin overdoses. Indeed, many … There are several current alternatives to naxolene distribution …
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Law enforcement sees rise of pills-to-heroin trend
She faces serious legal troubles and a lifetime of addiction treatment. When Prince William police decided this summer to target dealers of … Prince William police believe that three recent fatal overdoses were from heroin, although toxicology tests …
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NM senator takes on prescription drug abuse
Udall also unveiled legislation aimed at preventing prescription drug abuse and improving treatment options. He said New Mexico has one of the highest drug overdose rates in the nation, with 40 percent of those overdoses caused primarily by …
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Avoiding Accidental Overdoses with Methadone — FDA has issued a Public Health Advisory cautioning practitioners about avoiding overdoses when they are prescribing methadone or managing patients taking thi…

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Oakdale woman pleads guilty in methadone death
Eck's death was the first of three blamed on methadone recently in the east metro region. In March, Denis K. Parmuat, 32, of Newport, died at Regions Hospital in St. Paul after he overdosed on the prescription drug. In July, a 61-year-old Prescott, Wis … Read more on Minneapolis Star Tribune

Thousands on methadone treatment
Thousands of New Zealanders are receiving methadone treatment to wean them off heavier drugs, with many patients addicted to painkillers rather than illicit drugs such as heroin. Since 2007 the number of patients treated at methadone clinics has … Read more on Manawatu Standard

Carson man arrested on felony heroin-possession, child-endangerment counts
A deputy was dispatched to a home in the 1000 block of East Long Street on a report of a man overdosing on heroin. When he arrived, the man, … While searching him, he found three methadone pills and two Aprolazopam pills. The deputy took Jacobsen … Read more on Nevada Appeal

Overdose drug available for families of addicts
A naloxone injection works by blocking the central nervous system effects of several types of opiate medications such as morphine, oxycodone, methadone or illegal substances such as heroin, according to the National Institutes of Health. It's used to … Read more on NewsOK.com

NC Ordered To Pay 8K In Patient Overdose Death
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has been ordered to pay nearly $ 528,000 to the parents of a man given a lethal overdose of methadone at a government-run drug treatment facility. The N.C. Industrial Commission ordered the payment this week in the … Read more on CBS Local    Read more...