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AC360 411: Heroin's grip on America
Editor's Note: Join us for the latest developments in Philip Seymour Hoffman's death investigation on AC360° at 8 p.m. ET. Four people believed to be connected to the heroin found in actor Philip Seymour Hoffman's apartment … Heroin can be injected …
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Nesten like mange dør av metadon som heroin
Hvert år dør rundt 250 nordmenn av overdose. De siste ti årene er … Metadon er et sterkt smertestillende medikament som i vanlige doser vil være dødelig om det blir tatt av uerfarne, altså folk som ikke har toleranse for stoffet, sier Bramnes. I …
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Young Children Often Victims of New Drug Epidemic — There is a dangerous drug epidemic sweeping this country that is being played out in some unusual places and claiming some unlikely victims. According to a n…

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Fentanyl Dangers — Dr. Neil Capretto, medical director of Gateway Rehab in Pennsylvania, tells Vinita Nair about the dangers of the drug fentanyl, a powerful painkiller that wh…

Heroin and Painkiller Deaths Require Public Health Policies
The death of Philip Seymour Hoffman has brought public attention not only to rising heroin overdose rates, but also to the unprecedented use of opioid painkillers such as Oxycontin and Opana in mainstream America: in suburbs, rural towns, and affluent …
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Washington officials create group to combat overdoses
Warco's year-end report for 2013 initially set the overdose total at 58 deaths, but the coroner said that number increased to at least 60 after toxicology reports were returned on pending cases. During Warco's first year in office in 1992, … “They …
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Question by trevor: is there red methadone?

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Answer by BIGMOUTH
Yes Liquid Methadone is also known a red methadone. Methadone (also known as Symoron, Dolophine, Amidone, Methadose, Physeptone, Heptadon and many other names) is a synthetic opioid. It is used medically as an analgesic and a maintenance anti-addictive and reductive preparation for use by patients with opioid dependency. It was developed in Germany in 1937, mainly because Germany required a reliable internal source of opiates. Because it is an acyclic analog of morphine or heroin, methadone acts on the same opioid receptors as these drugs, and thus has many of the same effects. Methadone is also used in managing severe chronic pain, owing to its long duration of action, extremely powerful effects, and very low cost. Methadone was introduced into the United States in 1947 by Eli Lilly and Company. Abuse of methadone results in about 5,000 overdose deaths per year in the United States.[3]    Read more...

Bail requests disputed for drug bust suspects
Attorney Lance Sobelman noted his client, Alejandro Perez, 25, was approached outside of the methadone clinic. Police said goals of the Operation Winter Blizzard included reducing the supply of heroin in hopes to prevent overdoses and also hopefully …
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Question by Michaela L: Addiction to pain medications?
A friend called me last night to tell me that she has an addiction to Vicoden. She is given the medication for pain from a ruptured disc in her neck. She has progressed to the point that she takes 8 pills at a time as much as 20 pills in a day. She has been able to get an Rx from 2 docs; 1 for 150 pills and the other rx is 100 pills. She wants treatment, but most facilities don’t take her insurance or they want a lot of money. She says she is on a waiting list for a bed at 3 different facilites.
My question is, should I be watching her for anything serious? Would there be a withdrawal problem if she just stops the meds? Also, does anyone know what the prognosis is for this type of addiction?
I did notice some inconsistencies in the info she gave me, as far as her calling the detox/rehab facilities. I don’t feel that she really called as many places as she said.    Read more...