| 单词 | methadone |
| 例句 | Once-elegant apartment buildings stood next to scrapyards, and where there had been furriers and movie palaces there were now blood banks and methadone clinics and Mother Waddles Perpetual Mission. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I guess he’d hooked her up with some methadone and taken her straight to Ted, who’d been quick to drive out her evil, forgive her sins and usher Jesus into her heart. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It shouts at you from propped-up windows, it hangs on gold chains out of cars, it lingers at phone booths, peep booths, in every standing line for movies and museums and methadone. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z On Long Island in 1997, an inmate who annoyed his guards by calling out for methadone died of a ruptured spleen after two of them beat him in his cell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess I couldn’t take it, and I put Bowman on a kind of management course of contact and encouragement, as if Sarge had turned into a kind of methadone nurse. David Bowman and the Furry-Girl School of American Fiction 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z For two days, she was denied her methadone treatment. Rick Perry’s “pro-life” hypocrisy: How Texas sticks it to pregnant women 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z T. says she is a longtime drug user, is on methadone also and abuses the program by taking other drugs that work against the benefits of methadone. “Homeless and hungry — please help!”: Baltimore’s panhandlers ask for our sympathy and loose change. Why are they so polarizing? 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z The decision to disrupt De Samito’s methadone treatment was cruel, but it was also incredibly dangerous for her pregnancy. Rick Perry’s “pro-life” hypocrisy: How Texas sticks it to pregnant women 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Her baby son Harris died after he swallowed a bottle of methadone belonging to his mother. Back to Bradford: Andrea Dunbar remembered on film 2010-04-12T20:35:00Z The beauty of the methadone programme is that it's really easy. Russell Brand: methadone is a bad way to treat heroin addicts 2012-08-11T23:06:16Z I couldn’t help thinking that these customers looked like addicts waiting for their daily dose of methadone. We are all addicts now 2013-05-11T23:00:00Z She was jailed for manslaughter after her two-year-old son died after consuming his mother's methadone, but is now out of jail. The Arbor ? review 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z Nearly the size of a phone book, with dozens of pages of endnotes on subjects from Quebecois separatists to methadone clinics, the novel “Infinite Jest” landed 20 years ago today. The genius of “Infinite Jest”: How David Foster Wallace’s masterpiece saved the “big” novel — and why it’s not “a thousand-page suicide note” 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Nearly 70% of the deaths involved addicts aged over 35, confirming a trend of increasing deaths among long-term users, with opiates such as heroin and methadone implicated in 87% of fatalities. Scotland records highest level of drugs deaths in Europe 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z We discussed the length of the methadone detox, the rules of the program, and the process of tapering off from methadone. My first time scoring heroin 2013-01-01T01:00:00Z His cause of death was an accidental overdose of a fatal combination of methadone and two antidepressants, per reports. 7 heartbreaking Anna Nicole Smith revelations from Netflix's documentary "You Don't Know Me" 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Lake Isabella sits in the Kern River Valley, home to 32 churches but not a single methadone clinic or doctor able or willing to prescribe buprenorphine. A long and winding road: Kicking heroin in an opioid “treatment desert” 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Current government policy is to prescribe users methadone, a synthetic opioid, in the hope that they will gradually be able to reduce their intake of illegal drugs without experiencing traumatic withdrawal symptoms. Russell Brand: methadone is a bad way to treat heroin addicts 2012-08-11T23:06:16Z But his addiction to heroin during that decade and later battles with alcohol and prescription medication, including methadone, also drew attention. Blues musician Johnny Winter dies at age 70 Maintenance on methadone and suboxone is really another form of addiction. Pseudo-science and Bible-thumping, the worst of both worlds: The problem with rehab, AA and calling addiction a disease 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z By the early 1990s, Mr. Clark had flamed out, struggling with alcohol, heroin and, later, methadone addictions. ‘Everything Crossed Over’: Michael Clark’s Cheeky World of Dance 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Russell Brand said addicts would be better served through abstinence-based clinics rather than being given methadone. Russell Brand urges move away from methadone clinics to treat addicts 2012-08-11T00:08:22Z Think of these activities as the methadone to the heroin of being an Apache pilot. Leonardo DiCaprio and Prince Harry: alpha males with animal troubles 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Eventually, a doctor put her on methadone – a prescription painkiller more commonly known for helping heroin addicts detoxify – as a less expensive alternative. Downward spiral: how addiction decimated a Wyoming family 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z In fact, nursing is even more highly recommended to mothers taking methadone than it is for other moms because it can reduce the baby’s withdrawal symptoms. Should methadone moms keep their babies? 2012-09-19T22:21:00Z On the way to the Rock & Roll Hotel on H Street NE, Pentagram’s tour bus drives past Liebling’s old methadone clinic. Doomed for life: How Pentagram became metal’s ultimate survivors 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Under this system, health workers give injecting drug users clean needles, and a daily dose of the opioids methadone or buprenorphine, which quiets cravings and allows addicts to live a more normal life. The shelter that gives wine to alcoholics | Tina Rosenberg 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z In 2007 Anna Nicole herself, aged only 39, died in a garishly opulent suite at the Hard Rock hotel and casino in Florida, brimming with methadone and prescription medicines supplied by compliant doctors. Anna Nicole: the opera 2011-01-02T00:04:04Z Brand testified to a parliamentary committee on Tuesday about his own experience of addiction, and said society should not "discard people, write them off on methadone and leave them on the sidelines." Russell Brand urges love, compassion for addicts 2012-04-24T12:31:12Z It’s gaudy yet wholesome, moreish but good for you– “methadone for the soda addict”, as one journalist put it. La Croix sparkling water is little short of a religion among millennials - here's why 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Before the end of her life, Nico cleaned up to some degree by switching to methadone. Nico 1988: the film about the Velvet Underground's doomed singer 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z It was a pietà styled for the tabloids, with a blearily voluptuous and unvirginal Mary cradling a Christ who was killed, according to the autopsy, by a mixture of methadone and antidepressants. Anna Nicole: the opera 2011-01-02T00:04:04Z People are trying to get better by taking methadone. Should methadone moms keep their babies? 2012-09-19T22:21:00Z In contravention of a state child welfare policy stating explicitly that mothers on methadone should simply be monitored by checking with the clinic they attend, Rebecca was selected for intense scrutiny. Should methadone moms keep their babies? 2012-09-19T22:21:00Z When my friend had written this to me in an email, he had stopped taking the methadone. The Unlikely Comeback of the ‘Pill-Popping Dermatologist’ 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z Only state-licensed and federally approved clinics can provide methadone, and doctors need to apply for a federal Drug Enforcement Administration waiver to prescribe buprenorphine. A long and winding road: Kicking heroin in an opioid “treatment desert” 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z He spent much of his time holed up in his Detroit home battling an addiction to prescription medication, and nearly died of a methadone overdose in 2007. Eminem's comeback will strike chord at Grammys 2011-02-10T18:08:11Z The vampires are addicts; and if real blood is their heroin, this would be their methadone. 2010-01-09T05:10:00Z Methadone is a subject I’m interested in—it’s fascinating to me how many heroin addicts have successfully weaned themselves off of heroin and into methadone—and we started chatting about it. My first time scoring heroin 2013-01-01T01:00:00Z Office-based methadone may help reduce the stigma associated with methadone delivered in OTPs as well as provide a critical window of intervention to address medical and psychiatric conditions. Here are 26 concrete policy steps to reduce opioid addiction and overdoses 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z I felt a pang of guilt, thinking that if she really was on the methadone program and trying to stay clean, twenty dollars in cash might be a huge temptation for her. My first time scoring heroin 2013-01-01T01:00:00Z Still, there is an aching hole inside that no amount of methadone and fried chicken can fill. Anna Nicole: Kiss goodbye to those Viking hats 2011-02-14T22:00:00Z Someone offered me methadone – they call it “keep” in here – which he got from one of the guys on the program. Detoxing in prison and hating myself: ‘You’ve got to face up to what you did’ 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z If the movies were heroin, this is the methadone. Studio Tour Casts Spells Like Harry Potter 2012-03-30T10:32:28Z Many infants are hospitalized for several weeks while doctors treat them with methadone or morphine to gradually wean them from their dependence on the drugs that their mothers used. Motherlode Blog: The Dilemma of the Pregnant Addict 2012-05-01T19:34:39Z "We might as well let people carry on taking drugs if they're going to be on methadone," Brand says. Russell Brand: methadone is a bad way to treat heroin addicts 2012-08-11T23:06:16Z The latest instalment takes the family's story into the greatest tragedy of all: the death of Lorraine's two year-old baby son from a methadone overdose and his mother's subsequent imprisonment. Social deprivation in Britain: how a writer's life turned to tragedy 2010-10-17T15:00:00Z He is in a methadone program, having jumped directly into serious stuff at 16 when he dropped out of school, adding that he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia when he was 9. “Homeless and hungry — please help!”: Baltimore’s panhandlers ask for our sympathy and loose change. Why are they so polarizing? 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z We're wasting our time trying to punish junkies with laws that don't work, and wasting their lives by dishing out methadone, which simply substitutes one drug for another. Russell Brand: 'It's irrelevant what other people think of you' 2013-02-03T20:00:01Z Jamie said that she didn’t do that stuff anymore; that she was in a methadone program. My first time scoring heroin 2013-01-01T01:00:00Z Yet the official response has been to ban methadone and buprenorphine, crack down on needle exchanges, and drive the problem ever further underground. World’s best places to get high 2012-08-13T03:00:00Z She was enrolled in an outpatient methadone program and staying in a friend’s home a half mile away from the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx. My heroin addict friend: 'As her rehab story collapsed, my anger increased' 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Since then, he has tried nearly every drug imaginable and has unsuccessfully used suboxone and methadone to detox. How a Reddit forum has become a lifeline to opioid addicts in the US 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Assess barriers to accessing MAT to increase access to methadone and buprenorphine: A number of known barriers prevent MAT from being as widely accessible as it should be. Here are 26 concrete policy steps to reduce opioid addiction and overdoses 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z These are posters that show up nationwide in homeless shelters and methadone clinics, in AA and NA meeting rooms and near needle exchange programs, distributed by volunteers for Project Prevention. Drug cocktails can kill 2012-06-12T16:00:00Z It’s kind of like methadone, and it’s basically an opiate. Pseudo-science and Bible-thumping, the worst of both worlds: The problem with rehab, AA and calling addiction a disease 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z I practiced in a grand, Gothically rambling mansion owned by a hippie couple who had made millions running methadone clinics, and who fell afoul of the law when the Republicans took over. There’s a Skeleton in My Closet, Literally 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z The TV presenter had been a heroin addict and took the substitute drug methadone for two-and-a-half years before her death, the inquest heard. Geldof died of heroin overdose 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z “But not one study validates this approach—while there are hundreds of studies demonstrating the effectiveness for Suboxone and methadone.” Can we trust addiction medication? 2012-10-04T22:09:00Z They don’t use methadone, and so I can get off everything. My heroin addict friend: 'As her rehab story collapsed, my anger increased' 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z He underwent detox and rehab, and even tried methadone, without success. Prison Is a Great Place to Get Reading Done 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Ensure easy access to clean needles, oral drugs such as methadone to reduce injecting and naloxene, the antidote to overdoses. Medical experts call for global drug decriminalisation 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Also, unlike methadone, Vivitrol is not a controlled substance; it cannot be abused and there is no illegal market for it. His last shot: Will a monthly jab of a new drug keep this addict out of jail? 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Outside Rabo de Peixe, I waited with a group of drug users for the local methadone van, which travels around the island treating people for heroin addiction. Blow up: how half a tonne of cocaine transformed the life of an island 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z She seems like the girl next door — that is, if the girl next door were on methadone. Theater Review: Deirdre Kinahan?s ?BogBoy? - Review 2011-09-17T00:09:34Z Then, when Rebecca demanded to breastfeed, a nurse told her that she couldn’t because the methadone might harm the child. Should methadone moms keep their babies? 2012-09-19T22:21:00Z One day, after mixing Xanax and methadone, Mr. Coelho fell into a coma. The Malibu Juice Magnate 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z Carlos looks a little like Charles Bronson’s older, degenerate cousin and is on the methadone program these days. Teen heroin use on the rise 2012-08-31T15:24:00Z Going back and forth to get medicine from doctors in Utah and Wyoming, she switched from methadone back to OxyContin. Downward spiral: how addiction decimated a Wyoming family 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z That’s exactly what happened to a young mother, identified pseudonymously as “Rebecca,” who wanted to stay on methadone and keep her baby, as reported in an excellent account on the Daily Beast. Should methadone moms keep their babies? 2012-09-19T22:21:00Z Heroin and other opiates such as methadone accounted for 1,786 of these UK deaths – a rise of 194 on the previous year. Ecstasy in comeback as new generation discovers dance drug 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z At the same time, we must rapidly scale up treatment services like JustCARE, Health One, drug-abatement centers, and mobile methadone clinics. Their own words: Seattle City Council candidates on public safety | Editorial 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z You can get high on methadone — which is a full opioid — and to a lesser extent buprenorphine — a half opioid — but you would need to take it at higher than prescribed amounts. 7 common questions about fentanyl, answered 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Both say the city and county must create more in-patient treatment facilities and improve access to medication such as methadone and buprenorphine. Seattle City Council District 2: Tanya Woo challenges Tammy Morales 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Despite the promise of these treatments, for many people being on methadone is simply worse than risking death. Methadone could help solve our opioid overdose crisis. Why is it so hard for people to get? 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z Experts are now focusing on medications for opioid use disorder such as buprenorphine and methadone, which are forms of both harm reduction and treatment. Fentanyl is killing more kids, but treatment isn’t keeping pace 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Police allege she was impaired by two doses of methadone, a medication used to treat drug addiction and pain relief, and said she had taken that medication the morning of the fatal crash. Michigan woman will serve up to 5 years in prison for crash into icy pond that killed her 3 sons 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z It can provide counseling and methadone, a long-lasting opiate that can help reduce use of drugs such as fentanyl and reduce risk of overdose. Seattle boosts first response to drug crisis, still lacks treatment options 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Patients with substance use disorder and their providers have to jump through various hoops to access MAT, which includes buprenorphine, methadone and naltrexone. Overdoses are soaring, but medications can reduce death by 50 percent. So why aren't we using them? 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z For over half a century, little has changed about the methadone regulations, and the attitudes of providers toward people who use drugs have changed very little, too. Methadone could help solve our opioid overdose crisis. Why is it so hard for people to get? 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z About nine months ago, he said, he decided to sign up for a methadone program so he could take daily doses of a medication that would help control the urge to get high. Dog owner disputes Irvine police claim that puppy overdosed on fentanyl 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z With additional research now also suggesting that naltrexone is not as safe as buprenorphine-based drugs or methadone, hundreds of addiction experts are demanding that the study be retracted. Vivitrol, Used to Fight Opioid Misuse, Has a Major Overdose Problem 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z For instance, they’ll now accept someone who is medically detoxing but using methadone, said Richard Geiger, chief of inpatient and residential services at Valley Cities Behavioral Health Care, which owns Recovery Place. King County mental health facilities reject 1 in 4 patients, report shows 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Buprenorphine and methadone work to reduce cravings associated with substance use. Overdoses are soaring, but medications can reduce death by 50 percent. So why aren't we using them? 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z While governments scrambled to implement vaccines and social distancing, other countries like Australia and Canada pivoted to pharmacy-based delivery of methadone. Methadone could help solve our opioid overdose crisis. Why is it so hard for people to get? 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z His girlfriend started taking methadone as well, he said, though she occasionally fell back into drug use. Dog owner disputes Irvine police claim that puppy overdosed on fentanyl 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Physicians and people using this drug must be made aware that the evidence heavily favors methadone and buprenorphine above and beyond any other treatment approach. Vivitrol, Used to Fight Opioid Misuse, Has a Major Overdose Problem 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Police allege that she was impaired by two doses of methadone, a medication used to treat drug addiction and pain relief, and that she had taken that medication the morning of the fatal crash. Michigan woman pleads no contest in 2022 pond crash that led to drowning deaths of her 3 young sons 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, methadone arguably has even stricter stipulations, making it one of the most heavily restricted drugs on the market, requiring patients to take treatment at federally-accredited facilities nationwide. Overdoses are soaring, but medications can reduce death by 50 percent. So why aren't we using them? 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Patients on methadone, and those who would otherwise be, are fed up with this type of mistreatment. Methadone could help solve our opioid overdose crisis. Why is it so hard for people to get? 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z Menke told The Times that she had relapsed but has since returned to the methadone program. Dog owner disputes Irvine police claim that puppy overdosed on fentanyl 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Consequently, at the right dose, a person taking methadone or buprenorphine is not “high” or impaired. Vivitrol, Used to Fight Opioid Misuse, Has a Major Overdose Problem 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Opiates and opioids, including heroin, morphine and methadone, were implicated in more than eight out of 10 drug related deaths in 2022. Scottish drug deaths drop to lowest level for five years 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z "There's a weird double standard where you can use methadone for the treatment of pain and there's no restrictions on it at all," Marino said. Overdoses are soaring, but medications can reduce death by 50 percent. So why aren't we using them? 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z During and after COVID, a national coalition of methadone patients, researchers and even sympathetic providers have coalesced with the hopes of sparking a conversation about reform. Methadone could help solve our opioid overdose crisis. Why is it so hard for people to get? 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z "It was very influential. We were giving them methadone. We were supplying them with medical help. We started controlling HIV. We started distributing free syringes through pharmacies." Could decriminalisation solve Scotland's drug problem? 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z This means that if people use street opioids while taking methadone or buprenorphine, they are at much lower risk of dying. Vivitrol, Used to Fight Opioid Misuse, Has a Major Overdose Problem 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z But later tests showed Iyayi had taken prescription methadone, as well as prescribed anti-depressants and painkillers, rather than an unknown substance as he had claimed. Derby: Conrad Iyayi jailed for life for murdering wife Kathryn Harris 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z And the findings suggest that some proven medications for helping curb drug cravings, such as buprenorphine and methadone, are still not getting to those who need them. Addiction Treatment Eludes More Than Half of Americans in Need 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z No other branch of healthcare uses the types of surveillance present with methadone, and there just isn't evidence to support them. Methadone could help solve our opioid overdose crisis. Why is it so hard for people to get? 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z "I only do coke," he says but then adds: "I take methadone. And I only take heroin when I run out of methadone." Could decriminalisation solve Scotland's drug problem? 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Compared to untreated people, those who took buprenorphine or methadone had a 59 percent reduction in overdose risk in the year after starting treatment. Vivitrol, Used to Fight Opioid Misuse, Has a Major Overdose Problem 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z As physicians who work in diverse medical settings including methadone clinics, we encounter scenarios every day where the red tape on methadone dispensing compromises patient care. Congress must update laws around methadone to save lives | Op-Ed 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z The state measure provides $44 million for investments that include methadone mobile units, crisis centers and short-term housing for people with substance use disorders. Seattle mayor proposes drug measure to align with state law, adding $27M for treatment 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z It has been rightly stated that "a person on methadone is monitored more closely than a paroled murderer." Methadone could help solve our opioid overdose crisis. Why is it so hard for people to get? 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z But there’s a bigger danger of overdosing on methadone, prompting tighter regulations and making the medication more difficult for providers and patients to access. Fentanyl addiction is tough to kick. Has WA found ‘the secret sauce’ in health ‘hub’ model? 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z Lee acknowledged in an email interview, however, that the medical records data are “highly suggestive that retention and overall mortality is lower on methadone or buprenorphine vs. naltrexone.” Vivitrol, Used to Fight Opioid Misuse, Has a Major Overdose Problem 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z For example, sometimes a patient taking methadone for opioid use disorder must go to the hospital, enter a residential treatment facility or travel to visit family across state lines. Congress must update laws around methadone to save lives | Op-Ed 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z For people who want to address their fentanyl dependence, staff can help connect them to medications like suboxone or methadone. Can a program to help Seattle area homeless people with biggest needs pay off? 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z In methadone, the word compliance stands for adherence to a gauntlet of ridiculous rules, policies and attitudes that no other person seeking health care would tolerate. Methadone could help solve our opioid overdose crisis. Why is it so hard for people to get? 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z Public health experts advocate for a public health-centered approach incorporating addiction treatment on demand, which must be voluntary, and broad access to addiction medications like buprenorphine and methadone is critical. Thanks for nothing, DEA. 50 years later, drugs are deadlier and more abundant than ever 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z For years, he had been on a better track, visiting a methadone clinic every morning before going to work cleaning cars in parking lots. Mexico says it doesn't have a fentanyl problem. New data reveal a hidden epidemic 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Onerous regulations also make it needlessly difficult for us to treat the many patients for whom methadone is the best medication. Congress must update laws around methadone to save lives | Op-Ed 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Last year, more than 10,000 people in King County used Medicaid to access drugs like buprenorphine and methadone, medications that treat opioid use disorder by reducing the craving for more drugs. Overdose deaths keep rising in King County. Is a vending machine part of the solution? 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z "Liberating Methadone: Building a Roadmap & Community for Change," the first ever conference by and for people on methadone took place at NYU Langone, hosted by the university's Department of Population Health. Methadone could help solve our opioid overdose crisis. Why is it so hard for people to get? 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z He suggested that the U.S. needs an analogue to "methadone" for our conspiracy-theory addiction. Shutting down the right-wing rabbit hole is possible: First, follow the money 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z But in February, Mexico’s government closed the country’s only methadone manufacturer, Psicofarma, over concerns about quality control. Mexico says it doesn't have a fentanyl problem. New data reveal a hidden epidemic 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z For 50 years, methadone has been a core part of treatment that keeps patients with opioid use disorder alive. Congress must update laws around methadone to save lives | Op-Ed 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z In Arizona, which doesn’t track buprenorphine cases, hospitals reported about 400 new mothers who only had methadone in their systems. They Followed Doctors’ Orders. Then Their Children Were Taken Away. 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z It isn't that we want the clinics to go away, there just isn't enough methadone to begin with and we want a choice of where to seek healthcare just like every other American. Methadone could help solve our opioid overdose crisis. Why is it so hard for people to get? 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z The health hub model would not only provide medications like buprenorphine or methadone but also offer HIV and hepatitis screenings and other medical and behavioral care. Fentanyl crisis, continued: A new approach 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Afterward, all three methadone clinics in Mexicali closed. Mexico says it doesn't have a fentanyl problem. New data reveal a hidden epidemic 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z A robust evidence base shows that methadone supports recovery, facilitates abstinence from illegal substance use, and prevents overdose and death. Congress must update laws around methadone to save lives | Op-Ed 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z In Arizona, which keeps better data than most states, 16 babies exposed only to methadone were removed from their parents in 2021 and 2022. They Followed Doctors’ Orders. Then Their Children Were Taken Away. 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z The resulting rings of fire that methadone patients now routinely jump through faced little initial opposition. Methadone could help solve our opioid overdose crisis. Why is it so hard for people to get? 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z Yet according to research from the University of Pennsylvania, due to administrative and regulatory barriers, only 11% of people with opioid use disorder receive medications such as buprenorphine, methadone or naltrexone. Fentanyl crisis, continued: A new approach 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z “As a result of that, the government has decided that methadone and other harm reduction strategies are not worthy of pursuit because the number of people affected is so small.” Mexico says it doesn't have a fentanyl problem. New data reveal a hidden epidemic 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z The impractical restrictions that limit methadone access have not served the public need. Congress must update laws around methadone to save lives | Op-Ed 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z She said this isn’t her first time seeking treatment: She previously spent 12 years participating in a methadone program, which had stricter rules. Abstinence not required: How a Baltimore drug treatment program prioritizes saving lives 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Treating people who use opioids as deserving of the same right to healthcare as any other American demands an about face to the way methadone is delivered. Methadone could help solve our opioid overdose crisis. Why is it so hard for people to get? 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z In contrast to methadone treatment, which is highly regulated and often requires patients to visit a clinic every day, buprenorphine prescriptions can last weeks or months. Abstinence not required: How a Baltimore drug treatment program prioritizes saving lives 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z She said the decision to close the methadone factory is linked to the government’s refusal to admit Mexico has a fentanyl problem. Mexico says it doesn't have a fentanyl problem. New data reveal a hidden epidemic 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Now, it is time to act on methadone. Congress must update laws around methadone to save lives | Op-Ed 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Today is a bonus episode for our fifth season, The Doctor and the Fix, all about Marie Nyswander, who pioneered the use of methadone as a treatment for heroin addiction. How an American Psychiatrist Inspired a Street Name in Germany--and Why That's So Unusual 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z As someone who owes my life to diverted methadone bought on California's heroin-filled streets as a teenager, treating drug users worse than everyone else didn't work then, and it certainly won't work now. Methadone could help solve our opioid overdose crisis. Why is it so hard for people to get? 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z Richardson is on methadone and said she doesn’t use illicit drugs every day. With fentanyl deaths soaring, L.A. County is giving out drug pipes and other supplies 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z In the shorter term, Evergreen Treatment Services, which provides addiction treatment in Seattle, will launch a mobile methadone dispensary Monday to help people living outside access treatment. Fentanyl has devastated King County’s homeless population, and the toll is getting worse 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z The red tape around methadone is contributing to the addiction and overdose crisis. Congress must update laws around methadone to save lives | Op-Ed 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Because methadone treatment was controversial in Germany for a long time, and methadone wasn’t used as a therapy there until 1987. How an American Psychiatrist Inspired a Street Name in Germany--and Why That's So Unusual 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Patients on methadone, and those who would otherwise be, are fed up with this type of mistreatment. Methadone could help solve our opioid overdose crisis. Why is it so hard for people to get? 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z Those medications are buprenorphine and methadone, synthetic opioids that reduce cravings for more dangerous drugs, slashing the fatal overdose rate among those who take them. What most of us think about opioid treatment is wrong, researcher says 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z For example, in many other countries methadone is easier to access because it can be prescribed by a doctor in an office visit and filled at a nearby pharmacy, Sapienza said. Fentanyl has devastated King County’s homeless population, and the toll is getting worse 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z As lives are lost and patients and families watch, Congress can still rise to the moment this year, and modernize access to methadone for the treatment of opioid use disorder. Congress must update laws around methadone to save lives | Op-Ed 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z So it’s especially important to know that Marie Nyswander pioneered this methadone program and broke down barriers for people with drug use disorder. How an American Psychiatrist Inspired a Street Name in Germany--and Why That's So Unusual 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z In methadone, the word compliance stands for adherence to a gauntlet of ridiculous rules, policies and attitudes that no other person seeking health care would tolerate. Methadone could help solve our opioid overdose crisis. Why is it so hard for people to get? 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z Many rehabilitation programs stress abstinence, and neither buprenorphine nor methadone are available at many inpatient facilities. What most of us think about opioid treatment is wrong, researcher says 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z He had moved from California to the Puget Sound area in the 1980s, had accepted help, gotten in a methadone program and had found a sort of peace. Understanding the personal cost of the drug crisis | Op-Ed 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z The act would empower expert addiction specialist physicians to send a prescription to a pharmacy for methadone treatment of opioid use disorder, which has long been permitted in other countries. Congress must update laws around methadone to save lives | Op-Ed 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Rates of use for methadone, another effective treatment, were generally even lower. Addiction Treatment Medicine Is Vastly Underprescribed, Especially by Race, Study Finds 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Every day that a person plays roulette with illicit fentanyl or xylazine rather than seek treatment is a testament to the culture of cruelty against drug users that the methadone regulations create. Methadone could help solve our opioid overdose crisis. Why is it so hard for people to get? 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z She’d achieved almost everything she had set out to do, but she wanted more: even better medications than methadone, fewer regulations and the holy grail—a cure for addiction. A New Era in Addiction Medicine: A Trailblazing Doctor’s Legacy and the Ongoing Search for a Cure 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z He had even decided to stop taking methadone, exhibiting a strength of purpose that was still intact even after all of the trauma. Understanding the personal cost of the drug crisis | Op-Ed 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Babies born to opioid users, including mothers in treatment with medications such as methadone, can develop withdrawal symptoms after exposure in the womb. xStudy points to better care for babies born to opioid users 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z The researchers also looked at a separate database of prescriptions filled for methadone, an older treatment medication. Addiction Treatment Medicine Is Vastly Underprescribed, Especially by Race, Study Finds 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z This is one of the main reasons methadone is so stigmatized to begin with. Methadone could help solve our opioid overdose crisis. Why is it so hard for people to get? 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z And methadone maintenance has continued to grow in the years since. A New Era in Addiction Medicine: A Trailblazing Doctor’s Legacy and the Ongoing Search for a Cure 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Most of the subjects stayed on methadone, and they were doing well. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z For states that want to participate in the program, the federal government is calling for correctional facilities to offer methadone and buprenorphine. In Jails and Prisons, the White House Sees a Chance to Curtail Opioid Overdoses 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z And after that, methadone fell out of prominence. These Doctors Fought the Federal Bureau of Narcotics to Treat Addiction—With Drugs 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z The lack of access and substandard treatment that most people on methadone receive just wouldn't be tolerated anywhere else in healthcare. Methadone could help solve our opioid overdose crisis. Why is it so hard for people to get? 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z But she wanted more: Fewer restrictions around methadone, even better medications, and beyond that, she wanted a cure. A New Era in Addiction Medicine: A Trailblazing Doctor’s Legacy and the Ongoing Search for a Cure 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z And then from there, they come to the clinic every day to take their methadone in the morning. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Studies show that the risks of overdosing in the days and weeks after release are reduced substantially if an incarcerated person uses either buprenorphine or methadone. In Jails and Prisons, the White House Sees a Chance to Curtail Opioid Overdoses 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z And then, the doctors decide to try methadone. These Doctors Fought the Federal Bureau of Narcotics to Treat Addiction—With Drugs 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z In addition to addressing the economics of naloxone access, he has called for better access to buprenorphine and methadone, long-term medications that treat opioid use disorder. How Over-the-Counter Narcan Can Help Reverse Opioid Overdoses 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Patients approach the window and drink methadone from a plastic cup, along with some juice and snacks. A New Era in Addiction Medicine: A Trailblazing Doctor’s Legacy and the Ongoing Search for a Cure 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z And he took pains to explain why methadone is not the same heroin. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Buprenorphine and methadone typically require sustained, uninterrupted use to help drug users gradually dull cravings. In Jails and Prisons, the White House Sees a Chance to Curtail Opioid Overdoses 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Since their patients had been on high doses of other opioids, they put them on equivalent high doses of methadone - presumably to avoid harsh withdrawal symptoms. These Doctors Fought the Federal Bureau of Narcotics to Treat Addiction—With Drugs 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Richardon said Curtis was using methadone to treat a heroin addiction at the time. Police: Missouri woman charged in child drug deaths 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z And this patient explained to us that right now they can come on a Monday, get a bottle of methadone to take it home on Tuesday, then come back to the clinic Wednesday. A New Era in Addiction Medicine: A Trailblazing Doctor’s Legacy and the Ongoing Search for a Cure 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z JAFFE: It was an odd situation with methadone, which if left to its own devices, which essentially allowed people to do whatever they wanted, uh, would result in overdoses, uh, and deaths. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Heroin comes from the opium poppy, and methadone is synthetic. Marie Nyswander Changed the Landscape of Addiction. Here's How Her Story Begins. 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Now, when methadone was used for detox, the dose was something like 15 to 25 milligrams, maybe 40 milligrams tops. These Doctors Fought the Federal Bureau of Narcotics to Treat Addiction—With Drugs 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Cars came and went from a methadone clinic. Can this town save itself from fentanyl addiction? The race to turn around a threatened community 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z More and more people could get take-home supplies of methadone, so they didn’t have to come to the clinic every day. A New Era in Addiction Medicine: A Trailblazing Doctor’s Legacy and the Ongoing Search for a Cure 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z They were given authority to look to the security of methadone at methadone clinics. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The Germans called it “amidone” but it would soon be better known as “methadone.” Marie Nyswander Changed the Landscape of Addiction. Here's How Her Story Begins. 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z But to match the high levels of opioids they were already giving these two men, the team would have to up the methadone dose by a lot. These Doctors Fought the Federal Bureau of Narcotics to Treat Addiction—With Drugs 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Now he was working to get clean, leaving his tent at 5:30 each morning for an appointment at a methadone clinic before riding the city bus to businesses all across Maricopa County. A Sandwich Shop, a Tent City and an American Crisis 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z That made some people nervous—what if that methadone was diverted for illicit use? A New Era in Addiction Medicine: A Trailblazing Doctor’s Legacy and the Ongoing Search for a Cure 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z When David spoke with patients, many of them said that methadone had helped keep them stable, but still, they felt people were judging them. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z But then, the doctors gave them something called methadone hydrochloride. Marie Nyswander Changed the Landscape of Addiction. Here's How Her Story Begins. 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z And when they started taking methadone, he noticed a shift. These Doctors Fought the Federal Bureau of Narcotics to Treat Addiction—With Drugs 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z There was just enough to numb himself out, so he could forget about his methadone appointment and the 18 windows he was scheduled to wash the next day. A Sandwich Shop, a Tent City and an American Crisis 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z And a review in the Lancet concluded there were some risks in relaxing methadone policies, but they had to be weighed against the benefits. A New Era in Addiction Medicine: A Trailblazing Doctor’s Legacy and the Ongoing Search for a Cure 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z INTERVIEWER: Did you get another job while you were on methadone? Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Krystal Parker, a former heroin user, spent years making long daily bus trips with other patients to a methadone clinic in southwest Florida. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Next, the Rockefeller doctors expanded the study of methadone to six more patients, a varied group with different backgrounds, and different levels of education. These Doctors Fought the Federal Bureau of Narcotics to Treat Addiction—With Drugs 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Surprisingly, in a nation held hostage by heroin, methadone is the only consistent support available to drug users. Seychelles: The island paradise held prisoner by heroin 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z It’s a classic holistic approach, and all of this is essential for a good life—and for a methadone program to work! A New Era in Addiction Medicine: A Trailblazing Doctor’s Legacy and the Ongoing Search for a Cure 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z MARIE: Well, hopefully, research would continue to find a better drug than methadone, hopefully a cure, but it’s a chronic disease, and we don’t do very well with any cures in chronic diseases. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Nearby pharmacies had reopened quickly — but by law, only methadone clinics can dispense the drug to treat addiction. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Patients must regularly travel to special clinics to receive doses of methadone, even if they are given limited take-home privileges. More Doctors Can Now Prescribe a Key Opioid Treatment. Will It Help? 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Using methadone and heroin at the same time can lead to a fatal overdose. Seychelles: The island paradise held prisoner by heroin 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z On top of that, private equity is getting into the methadone clinic business in a big way, making it more and more about the bottom line. A New Era in Addiction Medicine: A Trailblazing Doctor’s Legacy and the Ongoing Search for a Cure 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z One of the team’s very first patients went on to college and graduated with a degree in aeronautical engineering, all while taking methadone. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z But at least one group is not on board with proposals to expand access to methadone beyond the clinic system — the clinics themselves, many of which are for-profit. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Tonia Stevens, a retired custodian, takes two long bus rides five days a week for her methadone treatment from an addiction center in Baltimore run by the University of Maryland. More Doctors Can Now Prescribe a Key Opioid Treatment. Will It Help? 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Taking methadone without a detox plan and counselling is rarely a good long-term recovery solution. Seychelles: The island paradise held prisoner by heroin 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z It makes that space a very dangerous space because you have lots of people coming to get methadone treatment. A New Era in Addiction Medicine: A Trailblazing Doctor’s Legacy and the Ongoing Search for a Cure 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z There's no reason to change a heroin user to methadone. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z “On methadone, I can live a productive life,” said Deatherage, who struggled for decades with addiction to pain pills, heroin and other opioids. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z While methadone eases her opioid cravings, she said she was tired of bringing her daughter to the center most days to retrieve her medication. More Doctors Can Now Prescribe a Key Opioid Treatment. Will It Help? 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z He is taking a big step and trying to register for the prison's methadone programme - but not everyone qualifies. Seychelles: The island paradise held prisoner by heroin 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Have more methadone clinics so everybody doesn't have to come to East Harlem. A New Era in Addiction Medicine: A Trailblazing Doctor’s Legacy and the Ongoing Search for a Cure 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Uh I’ve added to it only the fact that I consider certain methadone programs and methadone maintenance programs amoral- or immoral. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z For patients involved with methadone clinics, the daily routine can feel like being on probation. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z F. Lane Heard, III, a Cardinal lawyer, noted that Brandy Turner, a mother of four daughters, took methadone from her mother in payment for doing household chores and watched her father sell drugs. Opioid Distributors Cleared of Liability to Georgia Families Ravaged by Addiction 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z He is told he must stop using the drug altogether to be admitted onto the methadone programme. Seychelles: The island paradise held prisoner by heroin 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z While medications like methadone and buprenorphine can sharply reduce deaths among opioid addiction patients, only about a quarter of people who could benefit from these treatments receive them. Lives We Can Save 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z And then she says this, quote: Is a molecule of methadone more immoral than a molecule of insulin? Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Missing an appointment can lead to a reduction in a dosage of methadone, patients say. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Of course, test kits must complement, not replace, addiction treatment — especially daily medications such as methadone or buprenorphine. Opinion | A quiet revolution in drug policy: States embrace fentanyl test kits 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z “For synthetic opioids other than methadone — which includes drugs such as fentanyl and tramadol — rates increased substantially over the period,” Ms. Spencer said. Drug overdoses, COVID push life expectancy to lowest levels since 1996 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z A proposed federal law would make therapy with the commonly used addiction medication methadone less onerous for an impoverished population, as well as less stigmatizing. The Opioid Epidemic Is Surging among Black People because of Unequal Access to Treatment 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z And from the start, methadone was one of the biggest weapons in his arsenal. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z For advocates of widening access to methadone, the relaxed rules during the pandemic offered a real-world experiment that they say proved the benefits of giving patients greater control over their lives. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z The Department of Health and Human Services should accelerate efforts to make treatment with methadone more accessible. Opinion | Fentanyl use exploded while government slept. Here’s what to do now. 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Unlike methadone, the traditional medication to wean people off heroin or other opioids, buprenorphine can be prescribed at primary care clinics and dispensed at neighborhood pharmacies. Addiction treatment proponents urge rural clinicians to pitch in by prescribing medication 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The three medications approved by the FDA are buprenorphine, methadone and naltrexone. The Opioid Epidemic Is Surging among Black People because of Unequal Access to Treatment 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z If methadone could help with these problems, well, it was a means to an end. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z One study that looked at five rural counties in Oregon found that stable methadone patients who got more take-home doses had fewer urine samples coming back positive for drugs and felt more trusted. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z "Both of my sons found different routes to recovery. My younger son had tried everything, but in the end, he went abstinence only. The other son, he found his way to recovery with methadone." Their children struggled with addiction. Now, they're fighting against the war on drugs 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z The idea of opioid "maintenance treatment" has been around for more than 50 years, mainly in the form of methadone. Addiction treatment proponents urge rural clinicians to pitch in by prescribing medication 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Buprenorphine, for instance, is more widely available in counties with predominantly white communities, whereas methadone clinics are usually located in poor communities of color. The Opioid Epidemic Is Surging among Black People because of Unequal Access to Treatment 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z It wasn’t long before methadone treatment took off in New York City. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Given the magnitude of the drug crisis, they argue that if more people with opioid use disorder used methadone, rather than street drugs, there would be far fewer overdose deaths. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z But there is this attitude that abstinence is the only way and that certain medications like buprenorphine or methadone are trading one addiction for another. Their children struggled with addiction. Now, they're fighting against the war on drugs 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z But the use of methadone for addiction treatment is tightly regulated, due to concerns that it can be abused. Addiction treatment proponents urge rural clinicians to pitch in by prescribing medication 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z To use methadone, patients must make daily visits to a clinic to receive and take the medication under the supervision of a practitioner. The Opioid Epidemic Is Surging among Black People because of Unequal Access to Treatment 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Could you call methadone medication, or was it just substituting one drug for another? Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The trade group that represents methadone clinics said it supports SAMHSA’s relaxations on take-home medication. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z The other son, he found his way to recovery with methadone and it allowed him to go back to school and get his degree. Their children struggled with addiction. Now, they're fighting against the war on drugs 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z Only specialized clinics offer methadone maintenance treatment, and most of them are in cities. Addiction treatment proponents urge rural clinicians to pitch in by prescribing medication 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The stigma is made worse by methadone’s classification as a Schedule II controlled substance, which is defined as a substance with a high potential for abuse, potentially leading to severe psychological or physical dependence. The Opioid Epidemic Is Surging among Black People because of Unequal Access to Treatment 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z The lawyer who’d taken up the opposing side of the debate argued that methadone should only be given as a last resort, after attempts to get off drugs have failed. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z But the trade group takes a hard line opposing measures that would allow addiction specialists outside the clinic system to prescribe methadone. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Shover said more also needs to be done to remove barriers to treatment, including access to medications such as methadone and buprenorphine, which are used to treat opioid addiction. Fentanyl pill seizures in L.A. region skyrocket 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Many patients starting methadone treatment are required to travel daily to the clinics, where staffers watch them swallow their medicine. Addiction treatment proponents urge rural clinicians to pitch in by prescribing medication 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z In the United States, patients often travel miles to take their methadone in front of staffers each day at government-regulated clinics. Opinion | No, Biden’s immigration policies are not to blame for the fentanyl crisis 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z And we asked them specifically, What do you think of the proposal in terms of this methadone maintenance program? Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Although the bills introduced into Congress would allow only board-certified addiction specialists to prescribe methadone, Parrino predicts that would lead to more overdoses as some patients sell or give away the drug. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z The following year, Shawn Stephens Lewis, his fifth wife, died of a methadone overdose less than three months after their wedding. Jerry Lee Lewis, unbridled early rocker, dies at 87 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z She was bruised and bleeding, with his methadone inside her; but a Grand Jury cleared him. Obituary: Jerry Lee Lewis 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Lawmakers should let people with addiction receive take-home methadone treatment directly from their doctors, as they have been doing in Britain, Canada and Australia since the 1970s. Opinion | No, Biden’s immigration policies are not to blame for the fentanyl crisis 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z And if they have other problems that led them to take drugs in the first place, methadone won’t fix those. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z “I trust addiction physicians to be able to evaluate diversion risks and the potential of patients to go off and sell their methadone,” Hurley said. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Lewis maintained that the methadone had been prescribed to him to wean him off addictive painkillers. Jerry Lee Lewis, unbridled early rocker, dies at 87 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Under the new initiative, the Justice Department, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Indian Health Service will be responsible for improving women’s access to medicines like buprenorphine and methadone. Biden Administration to Offer Plan to Get Addiction-Fighting Medicine to Pregnant Women 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z When I proposed that prisoners be offered medications such as methadone or buprenorphine on-site to treat their opioid dependence — the gold standard of care — one sheriff hissed, “They’re clean when they leave my jail.” Opinion | We have a way to end the opioid epidemic, but not the will 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z DAVID: Uh, I'd like to quote you from your book, We Mainline Dreams, again: I rarely miss an opportunity to put methadone maintenance in its proper perspective. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z For methadone patients such as Parker, of Florida, the push to make methadone available at pharmacies makes sense. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z The decision could also affect other cases where the government has criminalized the prescription of opioids, including those used in addiction treatment like buprenorphine and methadone. A Recent Supreme Court Ruling Will Help People In Pain 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z Earlier in December Ms Kane told the Recovery Steps group she was "doing great" and, a few days before she died, tested negative for all substances other than her prescribed methadone. Whitehaven mother found dead with baby had inhaled lighter fluid 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z In an era of cheap, high-potency fentanyl, methadone is particularly effective, but it is restricted by policies that were devised half a century ago, after the Nixon administration launched the “war on drugs.” Opinion | We have a way to end the opioid epidemic, but not the will 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z I get very angry every time they talk about the replacement of methadone in the addict- Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Her story illustrates the frustrations and the successes of the methadone system. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z It is a new, injectable form of the drug buprenorphine, and can help users stop using heroin or methadone. Drug deaths: Lives saved by new approach, says charity 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Women Out West support group manager Rebecca Todd contacted police on 30 December when Ms Kane, who had not been seen for several days, did not collect her methadone prescription, which was "out of character". Whitehaven mother found dead with baby had inhaled lighter fluid 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z The rules required people addicted to opiates to go to methadone clinics most mornings for their dose. Opinion | We have a way to end the opioid epidemic, but not the will 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z There is no cure for addiction, and if methadone allows some people to live good, full, and by all accounts normal lives, why deny them that? Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z She started using pain pills with a boyfriend in her mid-20s, then graduated to heroin before doing her first stint in a methadone clinic. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Benzodiazepines are also being implicated in drug-related deaths associated with heroin or methadone because of people taking multiple different drugs at once. Painkillers: 'Buying on web fuelled ruinous addiction' 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z The inquest heard one empty butane lighter fluid canister was found next to Ms Kane and several more were nearby, along with two beer cans and empty methadone medication. Whitehaven mother found dead with baby had inhaled lighter fluid 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Chris, 41, said he was now keeping his addiction under control with a daily prescribed dose of the synthetic opiate methadone. I never enjoyed taking drugs - it was self harm 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Patients taking methadone are working or in school. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z After her release in 2011, Parker used drugs again, but later returned to a methadone clinic, taking a ride-sharing bus paid for by Medicaid. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Prosecutors accused him of killing his daughter by a methadone overdose, saying he was a drug user who sometimes mixed his drugs into kid-friendly drinks such as Capri Sun. Oregon murder conviction overturned because Black jurors were excluded 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z He spends a lot of time with his friend Fellis; when they’re not making daily visits to the methadone clinic, they’re watching TV, drinking, popping pills, anything to numb their boredom and pain. Morgan Talty’s ‘Night of the Living Rez’: A stunning look at a Penobscot family navigating crises 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z As the coronavirus pandemic shut down the nation in March of 2020, the U.S. government told methadone clinics they could allow stable patients with opioid addiction to take their medicine at home unsupervised. Relaxed methadone rules appear safe, researchers find 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z And methadone was getting a lot of pushback, especially in some Black communities. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Her followers agree methadone rules shouldn’t be so tough. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Diamorphine is a pharmaceutical form of heroin prescribed when methadone and other medications are ineffective. Drug workers warn heroin treatment shortage will cost lives 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z She was standing outside a government-funded clinic where methadone is dispensed into disposable cups. Vancouver's safe drug-use sites are wrenching to see. California should open them anyway 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z More than 400,000 people in the United States take methadone as part of their treatment for addiction to opioids such as heroin, fentanyl and painkillers. Relaxed methadone rules appear safe, researchers find 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z So when methadone starts taking off in the late 60s and early 70s, not everyone welcomes it, to put it mildly. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Proponents of the measures say methadone is proven to help wean people off more dangerous street drugs, yet remains frustratingly difficult to get — even amid an opioid crisis claiming nearly 300 lives each day. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z "It's been murder," he says - but he is determined to show the doctor that he wants to address his drug misuse and continue to collect his weekly prescription for methadone, a medical substitute for heroin. The 'village' that got me off drink and drugs 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z A third man, still holding his methadone cup, had wet his pants and stood swaying with eyes closed. Vancouver's safe drug-use sites are wrenching to see. California should open them anyway 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Then, in the months after the policy change, deaths involving methadone held steady while other fatal overdoses continued to climb. Relaxed methadone rules appear safe, researchers find 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z DAVID: Not every methadone program was a clean program. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Apart from the proposed legislation, the federal government is moving to make permanent the relaxation of rules that made it easier for patients to take home doses of methadone. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z When people on L.A.'s skid row want to try to wrench free from opioid addiction, the closest options for getting daily methadone may be miles away. With overdose deaths rising, here's how to test drugs for fentanyl 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z The power of fentanyl, as much as 100 times the strength of heroin, and the amount street users are doing may explain why established opioid replacement therapies such as methadone aren’t effective for some. Vancouver's safe drug-use sites are wrenching to see. California should open them anyway 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Thomas and others at Housing for Health have sought to smooth access to Suboxone, which includes the prescription drug buprenorphine and is not as tightly restricted as methadone. Skid row is an overdose 'epicenter.' But methadone can be miles away 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z There was diversion of methadone into the black market. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z He believes the legislation, if passed, would probably lead to the diversion of methadone to the streets — with grim consequences. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Opioid users visit the clinics to receive methadone or buprenorphine to stabilize the brain’s chemistry so users can begin the recovery process. Harm reduction lays a groundwork for recovery | Provided by Evergreen Treatment Services 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z “I said yes, I was taking methadone,” said Russell, a doctoral student who also was in recovery from heroin use. Treatment for opioid addiction often brings discrimination 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z The health services department has been doing monthly prescriptions with refills for people living on the streets — an easier option for many Angelenos than having to come into a clinic daily for methadone. Skid row is an overdose 'epicenter.' But methadone can be miles away 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z DAVID: People would go to a privately run methadone clinic and the doctor would say, how many pills do you want? Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z “If that happens, I assure you there will be media accounts of methadone designed to treat opioid use disorder now killing people,” Parrino said. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z He claimed he had a stroke in October 2016 caused by a drug overdose, after he claimed prison staff in Dublin poisoned him by putting methadone in his juice bottle. Jennifer Dornan: Raymond O'Neill found guilty of 2015 murder 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z But there’s still a stigma associated with the treatment programs, which use the medication naltrexone or drugs that themselves are opioids, such as methadone and buprenorphine. Treatment for opioid addiction often brings discrimination 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z “We have so many people that want to be using methadone,” said the nonprofit leader, who goes by the same pseudonym she once used as a sex worker to destigmatize that part of her history. Skid row is an overdose 'epicenter.' But methadone can be miles away 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z And you would be charged on the basis of, you know, the size of the prescription for, um, methadone tablets that he would write for you. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z They note that methadone can already be prescribed by physicians and dispensed by pharmacies for chronic pain. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Public health experts believe that increasing the availability and acceptance of medications such as methadone and buprenorphine to treat opioid addiction is essential to curtailing the crisis. US: Discrimination based on opioid treatment violates law 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z “I can nail an interview. It would be the drug-screen process” when he’d explain why the results showed he was using methadone, said Buchanan, who is now an outreach coordinator for an opioid prevention program. Treatment for opioid addiction often brings discrimination 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z L.A. health officials have long been frustrated by the lack of methadone treatment in skid row, but opening a new clinic isn’t a simple task. Skid row is an overdose 'epicenter.' But methadone can be miles away 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The FDA announced that methadone was an investigational drug in 1970 which meant it could more closely control how these clinics operated. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Buprenorphine is widely used and be can prescribed outside opioid treatment clinics; Congress late last year also made it easier for physicians to treat patients with the drug, which is less potent than methadone. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z But now stocks of the opioid substitution drugs methadone and buprenorphine are unlikely to last beyond one to two weeks, experts said. Public health catastrophe looms in Ukraine, experts warn 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Veronica Pacheco has been off methadone for nearly a year after being on it for more than six years to treat an addiction to pain pills. Treatment for opioid addiction often brings discrimination 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Hurley said that although the county can approve or deny contracts for methadone providers — and would welcome an eligible one in skid row — the location needs to be approved federally and by the state. Skid row is an overdose 'epicenter.' But methadone can be miles away 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z But at the same time, I told them I was on the methadone program, and they said they wouldn't take me. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z As a result, Joudrey said, many methadone clinics are in urban areas, even as today’s opioid crisis has wreaked widespread havoc across a wide swath of the country. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Within 10 days of its annexation of Crimea in 2014, Russia shuttered all of the methadone delivery centers, resulting in deaths from overdoses and suicides. Public health catastrophe looms in Ukraine, experts warn 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z She said some people in the medical field — a physician, a dentist, a pharmacist — seemed to treat her differently after they learned she was on methadone treatment. Treatment for opioid addiction often brings discrimination 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z When methadone rules were first established, it was part of “the war on crime,” said Frances McGaffey, associate manager with the Pew Charitable Trusts’ substance use prevention and treatment initiative. Skid row is an overdose 'epicenter.' But methadone can be miles away 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z She was a person with strong opinions, and this was something she’d been working on for years and years and years, an intractable problem, and she had found methadone, and methadone was her baby. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z If pharmacies dispensed methadone, his life might be easier — he lives just a few-minute walk from one. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Kiser said he first heard of the shootings Monday morning when he went to a methadone clinic for treatment. As Police Hunt for Gunman, Fear Rattles Homeless People in 2 Cities 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z “I felt like I had a sign on my forehead saying, ‘I am a methadone person.’ Treatment for opioid addiction often brings discrimination 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Unlike in Canada or Britain, methadone cannot be prescribed at a typical clinic in the United States. Skid row is an overdose 'epicenter.' But methadone can be miles away 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Today, methadone and medications for opioid use disorder are standard treatments. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z “It took a pandemic to break through” long-restrictive methadone rules, it said. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Outside a Santa Ana methadone clinic on a Thursday, he greeted Harm Reduction Institute workers who handed him a backpack loaded with supplies. California backs syringe programs. But they're nowhere to be found in Orange County 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z “It becomes so absurd and the stigma against methadone especially is so strong,” she said, noting that other people in recovery have had it worse. Treatment for opioid addiction often brings discrimination 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Seven years ago, a skid row clinic told The Times it was seeking state approval to dispense methadone there; it never got that approval and the clinic later closed, one of its physicians said. Skid row is an overdose 'epicenter.' But methadone can be miles away 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Patients taking bupe or methadone are half as likely to relapse or overdose as those who get only counseling. Easier access to a better treatment — buprenorphine — is helping people with opioid use disorder turn their lives around 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z Nonetheless, some experts have urged a cautious approach, noting that although methadone does not offer the same intense high of heroin or fentanyl, it can still be abused, with potentially deadly results. As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z With the needle program closed, people are “using whatever they can. Whatever they have,” said Steven Woodson, 51, a program volunteer who said he takes methadone to keep away from heroin. California backs syringe programs. But they're nowhere to be found in Orange County 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z For some, the more potent option of methadone treatment might be necessary. Doctors who believe in bupe are bringing the opioid-addiction treatment to people where they are 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z The strict rules surrounding the treatment are tied to concerns about methadone — itself a synthetic opioid — being resold and misused to deadly effect. Skid row is an overdose 'epicenter.' But methadone can be miles away 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z He tried getting sober with methadone, which is more tightly regulated than bupe and requires daily clinic visits. Easier access to a better treatment — buprenorphine — is helping people with opioid use disorder turn their lives around 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z One group noted that when Denmark loosened restrictions on its use, methadone overdoses increased at the same rate as heroin overdose decreased, “offsetting any public health or safety benefit of the new regulations.” As drug deaths soar, experts urge expanded access to methadone 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z The lawsuit filed Thursday addresses the use of methadone, naltrexone and buprenorphine— including the brand name Suboxone— all of which are approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration. Feds sue Pennsylvania court system over bans on opioid meds 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z The only two treatments proven to reduce the death rate from opioid use disorder by half or more—methadone and buprenorphine—are themselves controlled substances. Doctors Prescribing Opioids in Good Faith Should Not Be Prosecuted 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z One option that is being researched is expanding methadone treatment to pharmacies and other physicians’ offices, she said. Skid row is an overdose 'epicenter.' But methadone can be miles away 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z There’s the setting for a dystopian present, a landscape littered with discarded masks and gutted of people except for the sorry junkies waiting outside the methadone clinic. Review | In Roddy Doyle’s ‘Life Without Children,’ the pandemic sets plots in motion 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z She sought to battle her addiction by taking methadone, but soon relapsed and was rushed to an emergency room after she overdosed in a park a few blocks from an elementary school. Amid a surge in deaths, a safe place to get high — and to avoid an overdose 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z For example, over 80 percent of jails and prisons do not allow the use of methadone and buprenorphine, the only medications proved to reduce the death rate from opioid use disorder. Opinion | Treating Addiction as a Crime Doesn’t Work. What Oregon Is Doing Just Might. 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z A post-mortem examination found Mr Wiltshire had the sedative diazepam and the heroin-substitute methadone in his system and had a pre-existing heart condition. Craig Wiltshire death: Nathan Smith cleared of manslaughter 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z County officials to bring more methadone services directly to skid row, possibly through a mobile unit that dispenses the medication. Skid row is an overdose 'epicenter.' But methadone can be miles away 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z One patient with kidney failure and masses of bacteria clustered around her organs from years of injecting heroin had been set up on a plan to get on methadone. She didn’t want to die homeless. But in Seattle, there were few places to turn. 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z They sought out methadone treatment together and eventually got clean. Amid a surge in deaths, a safe place to get high — and to avoid an overdose 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Currently, people seeking help with addiction can take medications like naltrexone, methadone and buprenorphine: These often life-changing medications prevent cravings, feelings of being high or both. To fight opioid crisis, UW researchers take new shot at developing vaccine against addictive drugs 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z DarkNPS could be used to find psychoactive drugs with medical properties, like the next stimulant for attention deficit disorder, or a replacement for methadone in treating opioid use disorder. How AI Could Prevent the Development of New Illicit Drugs 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Federal regulators reopened the door last year to starting more mobile methadone programs, which had been limited by a moratorium for over a decade. Skid row is an overdose 'epicenter.' But methadone can be miles away 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Unlike heroin, for which there are medications such as methadone or Suboxone, there is no widely prescribed drug to help users kick stimulants. Managing the meth crisis: Paying users to go clean could change lives and communities 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Peterson currently uses methadone but also injects heroin once or twice a week. Amid a surge in deaths, a safe place to get high — and to avoid an overdose 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z The county’s only methadone clinic didn’t accept Medicaid, and the only behavioral-health organization was swamped, she told me. How ‘Shadow’ Foster Care Is Tearing Families Apart 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z It's also understood there will likely be no specific funding in this strategy for prisons to replace methadone with "abstinence-based rehab", a plan reported by The Telegraph newspaper earlier this week. Government to overhaul drug policy to focus on getting users healthcare 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Since Elias moved into an apartment at the Cecil, she has been taking methadone for a few months, riding to the Boyle Heights clinic and back whenever the nonprofit leader can take her. Skid row is an overdose 'epicenter.' But methadone can be miles away 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z If the early rollout of contingency management goes well, it would be easier to bring this kind of therapy to places like Rosie’s Village than other treatments like methadone. Managing the meth crisis: Paying users to go clean could change lives and communities 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z She had a clinically focused expression on her face — these days, Peterson said, she was primarily using only to escape from the sickness of withdrawals methadone doesn’t completely ease. Amid a surge in deaths, a safe place to get high — and to avoid an overdose 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Danielle survived on disability checks and paid her way through a methadone program; she fought in court to get her son back, representing herself, with no luck. How ‘Shadow’ Foster Care Is Tearing Families Apart 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z The drug is used worldwide, including by the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, and reverses the effects of opioid drugs such as heroin and methadone. Naloxone PSNI pilot scheme saves three lives in early months 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z The VA also has a downtown clinic providing methadone treatment, but it treats only veterans eligible for its care. Skid row is an overdose 'epicenter.' But methadone can be miles away 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z For years, she had wrestled with addiction, rising before dawn, at times, to make her way to a methadone clinic. The Woman on the Bridge 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Medicines, such as methadone, are offered to heroin addicts to reduce the risk of fatal overdose. Why are Sturgeon and Ross visiting a drugs project? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z In fact, even as states and localities increase the availability of overdose antidotes like Naloxone and heroin substitutes such as methadone, narcotics abuse has worsened during the pandemic. The opioid crisis is real, and so are the people selling and using opioids 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Ms. Comer, a professor of neurobiology and psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, said that “highly effective treatments like methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone” are not enough to curb the opioid crisis. First opioid vaccines in clinical trials in the U.S. 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Since the 1970s, rigid rules have guided methadone treatment, requiring most people to line up and take the liquid medicine, sipping it from small cups, while watched by employees at clinics. How COVID pandemic changed methadone treatment for addiction 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Experts point out that methadone is recognised by the World Health Organization as an essential medicine but say it is not always delivered effectively. Five ways to tackle Scotland's drugs crisis 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z However, methadone is controversial because it has been implicated in more drug-related deaths than heroin, the drug it substitutes. Why are Sturgeon and Ross visiting a drugs project? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z He started using heroin when he was 14 and was on a methadone prescription until his early 30s. Drug deaths in Scotland could rise to new record 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Sue, an addiction specialist at Yale University, also said the pandemic limited drug users’ access to anti-addiction medication such as buprenorphine and methadone, in addition to naloxone. Drug overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Scott Mancini, 58, a retired truck driver in Providence, Rhode Island, has been taking methadone for a heroin addiction since 1989. How COVID pandemic changed methadone treatment for addiction 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, it was announced that Buvidal - an alternative to methadone that contains buprenorphine - would be rolled out across the country after a successful trial in prisons. Five ways to tackle Scotland's drugs crisis 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z She was anxious to stave off withdrawal, she said, after trying unsuccessfully to switch from methadone to another anti-craving medication, buprenorphine. Helping Drug Users Survive, Not Abstain: ‘Harm Reduction’ Gains Federal Support 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z Black people instead tend to be steered toward methadone, distributed in highly regulated programs that often require standing in line daily before dawn. In pandemic, drug overdose deaths soar among Black Americans 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Volkow said the country must continue to remove obstacles that make it difficult for users to gain access to addiction medications such as methadone, buprenorphine and monthly injections of naltrexone. Drug overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z In the meantime, a new federal rule that just took effect will allow the expansion of mobile vans to bring methadone treatment to rural and hard-to-reach areas. How COVID pandemic changed methadone treatment for addiction 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Black people instead tend to be steered toward methadone, which is distributed in highly regulated programs that often require standing in line daily before dawn. In pandemic, drug overdose deaths soar among Black Americans 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z “It’s just poison,” said Ms. Vincent, who is back on methadone treatment. Helping Drug Users Survive, Not Abstain: ‘Harm Reduction’ Gains Federal Support 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z A Kansas mother was convicted of first-degree murder Monday, two years after her 2-year-old son ingested methadone that was prescribed to her to treat heroin addiction. Kansas mother convicted of murder after toddler's methadone overdose 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z During the pandemic, for example, users were allowed a four-week supply of methadone, which typically must be obtained in daily doses at clinics. Drug overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z In interviews with researchers, New Jersey methadone providers support the relaxed take-home rules, said Rutgers researcher Stephen Crystal. How COVID pandemic changed methadone treatment for addiction 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z But the persistent idea that drugs like methadone are bad in themselves has become a dangerous bar to this proven approach to saving lives. Editorial Roundup: Ohio 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z And treatment with anti-craving medicines like buprenorphine or methadone, while proven to save lives, “doesn’t really work for me,” he said. Helping Drug Users Survive, Not Abstain: ‘Harm Reduction’ Gains Federal Support 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z The state also floated the theory that Compass "dosed" her son with methadone, a strong synthetic opioid, because he was "hard for her to handle," according to the newspaper. Kansas mother convicted of murder after toddler's methadone overdose 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z In the 1910s, dozens of city and state governments across the U.S. began operating "morphine maintenance clinics," the forerunners of modern methadone clinics and supervised injection sites. America’s forgotten history of supervised opioid injection 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Last spring, with coronavirus shutting down the nation, the government told methadone clinics they could allow stable patients to take their medicine at home unsupervised. How COVID pandemic changed methadone treatment for addiction 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z While Berrand benefits from the methadone clinic, he wishes he could also get counseling to treat his depression. As homelessness in Portland’s Old Town rises, businesses and unhoused cry for more help 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z She met Ms. Vincent when both were patients at a methadone clinic six years ago, and came to the center regularly for syringes and naloxone. Helping Drug Users Survive, Not Abstain: ‘Harm Reduction’ Gains Federal Support 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z Last year, the FDA waived in-person requirements for virtually all medications, including tightly controlled drugs such as methadone. US agency says women can get abortion pill via telemedicine 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Supervised injection sites are similar to buprenorphine treatment programs and methadone clinics, where doctors dispense medicines to help clients stay in recovery from opioid addiction. America’s forgotten history of supervised opioid injection 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z “It took a pandemic to change the climate to allow us to actually study it,” said Dr. Ayana Jordan of Yale University School of Medicine, who is among researchers studying the methadone rule changes. How COVID pandemic changed methadone treatment for addiction 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z He sleeps across the street from a methadone clinic where he pops in each morning to get his dose of an opioid replacement therapy used to wean people from substance dependence. As homelessness in Portland’s Old Town rises, businesses and unhoused cry for more help 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z Just as total abstinence is recovery, or using medications like methadone is recovery. There's nothing wrong with being "California sober" — Demi Lovato's haters be darned 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z “I’m seeing clusters inching closer to the methadone clinic. I’m seeing communities clustering a little closer to meal programs, to hygiene centers.” Tents in Seattle increased by more than 50% after COVID pandemic began, survey says 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z The governor’s view means that in Orlando, Michael Smith will keep taking buses every day, nearly two hours each way, to get methadone at New Season, a drug-treatment center. In the coronavirus relief package, a prescription to expand Medicaid 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z Rutgers University plans to analyze New Jersey health data for any bump in methadone overdoses. How COVID pandemic changed methadone treatment for addiction 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z He needs to finish the methadone process and hopes to sign a lease on an apartment after that. As homelessness in Portland’s Old Town rises, businesses and unhoused cry for more help 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z “Don’t laugh when a methadone clinic dependent on public funds gets sued to participate,” he said. Non-citizens to register to vote under Democrats’ bill, conservatives warn 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z Social distancing protocols made it difficult for people at the start of the pandemic to go to clinics for methadone, a medication to treat opioid addiction. Overdose deaths hit record high in pandemic 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z The DEA lists morphine, methadone, hydrocodone and fentanyl as examples of Schedule II substances. McLaren to pay $7.7M to resolve alleged drug violations 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Early research shows it didn’t lead to surges of methadone overdoses or illegal sales. How COVID pandemic changed methadone treatment for addiction 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z One pharmacist worried that a prescription from that doctor for oxycodone, methadone, Soma and Valium was a “cocktail of abuse.” Justice Dept. Accuses Walmart of Fueling Opioid Crisis 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z He choked on his own vomit, my other friend suffered a methadone overdose at 17. Burnley's Pastor Mick - from dangerous drug dealer to lifesaver 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z To address some of these issues, clinics began to supply a month’s worth of methadone rather than requiring daily visits and began to offer waivers for buprenorphine through telehealth appointments, Dr. Volkow said. Overdose deaths hit record high in pandemic 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Currently, his plan asserts, fewer than half of the nation’s substance abuse disorder facilities offer even one such medication, including buprenorphine and methadone. When the coronavirus pandemic fades, Biden will confront a resurgent drug epidemic 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z More than 400,000 people in the United States receive methadone as part of their treatment for addiction to opioids such as heroin, fentanyl and painkillers. How COVID pandemic changed methadone treatment for addiction 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z "We estimated around half of those on methadone are on too low a dose, so what is happening for individuals is they are then forced to top-up on street drugs," he said. Five ways to tackle Scotland's drugs crisis 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Prof Matheson also said there needed to be more choices in addition to methadone. Drugs tsar says addicts 'neglected and ignored' 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z Dr. Wallace brought the woman home, gave her a dose of methadone, and, while making her hospital rounds, left her with Ari, then 10 or 12 years old. Joyce Wallace, physician who catered with compassion to prostitutes, dies at 79 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z In addition, local non-governmental organisations estimate that approximately 10% of the working population, some 6,000 people, are addicted to heroin, and many are reliant on the government's methadone rehabilitation programme. Seychelles elections: How a priest rose to become president 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z Not all methadone clinics loosened the rules, but Rhode Island’s oldest methadone program, CODAC, where Mancini is a patient, jumped at the chance to use phone counseling and give more take-home doses. How COVID pandemic changed methadone treatment for addiction 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z He also said there were problems around access to methadone services and retention of drug users within treatment. Five ways to tackle Scotland's drugs crisis 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Two opioids, buprenorphine and methadone, are effective treatments but pregnant women often face stigma in using them and doctors who prescribe them are scarce. New guidelines address rise in opioid use during pregnancy 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z The school espouses abstinence-based recovery and programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous, and does not accept students on medication-assisted treatments like methadone. Phoenix Academy, Maryland’s only recovery high school, begins its first academic year 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Authorities say the autopsy found methadone and buprenorphine in the infant’s system, which “likely contributed to the respiratory failure from respiratory distress syndrome.” Indianola woman charged in infant’s death 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z When the government eased restrictions, it said stable patients could receive 28 days of take-home methadone and less stable ones could get 14 days. How COVID pandemic changed methadone treatment for addiction 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Experts said methadone was recognised by the World Health Organisation as an essential medicine but the way it was being delivered was not effective. Five ways to tackle Scotland's drugs crisis 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Mullins was an injection heroin user for more than a decade, before moving to methadone. The other public health crisis killing Canadians 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z However, he passed away on Nov. 29, 1988, from a methadone overdose. Judas Priest singer Rob Halford recalls subliminal message lawsuit on its anniversary: ‘We were just stunned’ 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z The same recommendations will appear on drugs used to control opioid addiction, such as methadone. FDA tells doctors to discuss overdose antidote with patients 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Saying that delirium tremens, which is often fatal, can result from missing baseball or that video of old games is like methadone, a horrid drug, was cruel. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Enough, already. Give women’s sports fair coverage. 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z But then we also were measuring methadone and Suboxone, which are substitution therapies, and Narcan, the overdose reversal drug, to understand their update in a community. Sewer systems are a window into the coronavirus pandemic 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z “We’re putting a lot of methadone and Suboxone on the street right now, which is a huge concern to me,” said Williams, who runs Turning Point Clinic, the biggest treatment center in Baltimore. Those addicted to drugs are being sent home with more methadone than ever 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Prior to the spread of the virus, patients were required to come in daily to receive their methadone in an observed setting. Coronavirus presents new challenges for drug and alcohol addiction recovery 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, federal health officials are allowing patients to take home methadone, another treatment drug. Virus outbreak creates new challenges for addiction recovery 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z But he still had to line up with other inmates at the medicine window to get his daily dose of methadone, a drug-addiction treatment. Spread of coronavirus accelerates in U.S. jails and prisons 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z If a community is opening a new methadone clinic, you would want to see methadone consumption increasing. Sewer systems are a window into the coronavirus pandemic 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z Now his staff wears gloves and masks to dispense methadone or Suboxone. Those addicted to drugs are being sent home with more methadone than ever 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z She estimated that about 50 percent of their methadone patients are now able to take some amount home with them, depending on their individual history. Coronavirus presents new challenges for drug and alcohol addiction recovery 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z In south Bronx, the Montefiore Medical Center suspended group therapy and reduced individual therapy sessions to weekly phone calls for patients in the methadone program. People in addiction treatment are losing crucial support during coronavirus pandemic 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z “I talk to these girls,” says Said, Reachout’s first female methadone patient, who was chosen by the clinic’s director to manage the parlour after attending counselling sessions. 'You are beautiful': the Kenyan beauty parlour serving female heroin users 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Buprenorphine is a federally regulated substance different from methadone, and a person must undergo training to become registered to administer it to a limited number of patients. Addiction treatment access poised to expand in North Dakota 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z Six inmates at Modena prison, within the lockdown zone, died after they broke into an infirmary and overdosed on methadone. Italy quarantines entire country of 60 million: Will Italians comply in face of coronavirus? 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z It is thought that at least two of the dead lost their lives to drug overdoses after they raided a prison hospital for the heroin substitute methadone. Italy prison riots over coronavirus restrictions 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Six prisoners died after breaking into an infirmary and overdosing on methadone. What’s Happening: Markets, cruise ships, travel chaos 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z The other option, Towers said, was to follow national guidelines that recommend taking opioid maintenance medications, such as buprenorphine or methadone, for the duration of her pregnancy. A doctor's radical treatment for pregnant addicts? Get them clean 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Her GP suggested she went to a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre in Leeds, which dealt with people coming off high-dose opioids for methadone to help her come off her prescribed medication. Painkillers 'mask, not kill' long-term pain 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z He took methadone to address his heroin usage, and that became a “powerful addiction” in itself. ‘I was a bad influence on the Beatles': James Taylor on Lennon, love and recovery 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z The study unexpectedly found a rise in overdose deaths caused by methadone in states that expanded Medicaid. Medicaid expansion may have saved thousands from drug overdose deaths 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z In 2014, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that withdrawal from prescribed methadone could not be the sole basis for a child maltreatment charge. For babies born into addiction, punishing the mother is no cure 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z Arianna was born with an addiction to methadone, a prescription drug used to help people overcome opioid addictions, Madison County Investigator Crystal Bailey testified. Alabama parents get prison in death of abused, drugged baby 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z She said improving access to treatments such as Naloxone - used to treat overdoses of methadone, morphine and fentanyl - was key. Tory urges PM to make Scots drugs deaths priority 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z After failing to show up for her methadone subscription, she was found dead in her home on 15 March. Addicts' deaths highlight Scotland's drugs crisis 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z The sheriff’s office received federal and state approval to establish the state’s first and only jail-based licensed methadone clinic. Drugs landed him in jail; here’s how he got clean there 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z In many cases, mothers are reported even if the exposure is the result of prescribed methadone or buprenorphine — opioid-based drugs commonly used to treat addiction. For babies born into addiction, punishing the mother is no cure 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z There’s the transit hub and the dirt-cheap drug prices drawing users from the suburbs; the concentration of shelters and methadone clinics; and a heavily Hispanic population. Harm reduction center opening near drug death ‘epicenter’ 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z That would include medication for opioid-use disorder, such as methadone and buprenorphine; that is problematic, considering that despite proven efficacy, some judges view these treatments as “replacing one addiction with another.” Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Holmes played a version of herself, pretending to use heroin while she was actually using methadone. The Safdie Brothers’ Full-Immersion Filmmaking 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z A total of seven county jails offer methadone assisted treatment to inmates addicted to drugs. Drugs landed him in jail; here’s how he got clean there 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z The King County jail forged the way for people to continue treatment as one of the first jails in the country to provide methadone for those entering the jail with opioid-use disorder. Treatment in jail: King County is a leader 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z By March 2020, Suboxone and methadone will become widely available to inmates who show the symptoms of physical withdrawal while in custody. Newsletter: Incoming winter weather, and more in the week ahead 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z The majority of these fatal overdoses are due to opioids - excluding methadone. Does cannabis lead to harder drug use? 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z For a little over a decade beginning in 1997, she was a staff psychiatrist at a methadone clinic in the city. Inside Purdue Pharma’s media playbook: how it planted the opioid “anti-story” 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z “This is a person that was using methadone on the outside,” said Rivera. Drugs landed him in jail; here’s how he got clean there 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z The medical examiner's office determined the student died of intoxication from a combination of methadone and alprazolam, also known as Xanax. Washington State University fraternity member's death may have been alcohol-related, investigators say 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Saoirse Kennedy Hill, a granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, died of an accidental overdose resulting from a toxic mixture of methadone, alcohol and other prescription drugs, according to a newly issued death certificate. Granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy Died of Accidental Overdose 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Beard is the director of a methadone clinic in Southeast and runs a residential drug treatment center in Northwest. Slain woman whose burned body was found in Maryland recalled as fun-loving 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z He’d kicked his lifelong addiction to heroin — by moving to methadone — but his body was failing him. California Sounds: Tips on new and old L.A. music by Jhené Aiko, Tyler, the Creator and Art Pepper 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Launched in 2016, the scheme enables former inmates with a history of dependency to obtain one of three medications: methadone, buprenorphine or naltrexone. Mitigating opioids’ harm 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z We are seeking funding for a large study of CBD treatment in hundreds of people with heroin-use disorder, including those being treated with the heroin substitute methadone. Can cannabis help ease addiction? 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Rather, they steer them from street drugs like heroin and fentanyl to alternatives like methadone to stabilize them. Opinion | These Newborn Babies Cry for Drugs, Not Milk 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Drugs charities stressed that, despite the stigma surrounding it, methadone was effective when used as part of a planned programme of recovery from addiction. Methadone prescription numbers 'not accurate' 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z The revised law created a class of medicines called the “essential narcotic drugs” list, which includes morphine, fentanyl, methadone, oxycodone, codeine and hydrocodone. Facing fire over opioid crisis, US drugmakers eye a booming new pain market in India 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z More, there are other medication-assisted treatments, naltrexone and methadone, the study did not examine yet also help addicts through withdrawal to sustained recovery. Editorials from around Ohio 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z For example, said Azar, a hospital doctor seeing a patient who is being treated with methadone for heroin addiction might decide not to mention that medication in the patient’s record. Feds to revamp confidentiality rules for addiction treatment 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z A third medication, methadone, is dispensed at highly regulated clinics rather than prescribed. Opioid Treatment Is Used Vastly More in States That Expanded Medicaid 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z However, too many problem users are taking methadone as well as "topping up" on illegal drugs such as heroin or benzodiazepines. Methadone prescription numbers 'not accurate' 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Drugs once banned now fill the shelves: fentanyl injections and patches, oral morphine and, most recently, methadone, approved for pain relief in 2018. Facing fire over opioid crisis, US drugmakers eye a booming new pain market in India 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Franklin County Sheriff Christopher Donelan said Tuesday his office received state and federal approvals to establish a methadone clinic at its jail in Greenfield. Jail to become first in Massachusetts to dispense methadone 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z But methadone prescribed for opiate addiction is so highly regulated that users don’t get enough to overdose, according to behavioral-health experts at the state Health Care Authority. ‘Those were the darkest days’: How key budget cuts fueled Washington’s opioid crisis 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z It is possible that in some regions with low buprenorphine prescribing rates, naltrexone or methadone are more commonly used. Opioid Treatment Is Used Vastly More in States That Expanded Medicaid 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Critics also complain that many people are "parked" on methadone, using the replacement drug for years. Methadone prescription numbers 'not accurate' 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Even when I was 12, superheroes were my methadone – I was deeply addicted to satire magazines such as Mad, and the old newspaper comics I discovered in my public library’s bound volumes. Art Spiegelman: golden age superheroes were shaped by the rise of fascism 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Rhode Island and Vermont recently began widely offering methadone and other addiction medications at their facilities, and Connecticut provides methadone at some of its facilities. Jail to become first in Massachusetts to dispense methadone 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Eventually, Morse found her way to the Evergreen Recovery Centers in Everett, where she detoxed and was put on methadone, which became a lifeline. ‘Those were the darkest days’: How key budget cuts fueled Washington’s opioid crisis 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Opioid-substitute therapies like methadone — which is tightly regulated in the United States — are free and available at most pharmacies through the nationalized health care system. As Scotland’s ‘Trainspotting’ Generation Ages, the Dead Pile Up 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z However, issues with the way data is captured led official statisticians to warn "it is not possible to provide a robust count of the number of individuals prescribed methadone". Methadone prescription numbers 'not accurate' 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z While methadone is more commonly known and necessary for some, buprenorphine is less strong, safer and easier to prescribe. Washington jails see hope in medication to treat opioid addiction behind bars 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z In Massachusetts, the state Department of Corrections is seeking approvals to dispense methadone and some county jails must start providing it to inmates by next month . Jail to become first in Massachusetts to dispense methadone 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z In an inspection several months after Samimi’s death, Nakamoto inspectors reported he had been complaining of depression and withdrawal from methadone, a prescription drug he took daily to treat a long-dormant addiction. Private inspectors paint rosy picture of U.S. immigrant detention centers. Audits find otherwise 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z When Daniel Hamilton arrived at the Edinburgh Access Practice on a Monday afternoon, he didn’t think he’d leave that day with a prescription for methadone, the opiate substitute used to curb heroin cravings. As Scotland’s ‘Trainspotting’ Generation Ages, the Dead Pile Up 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Little said that in six years working full time at a methadone clinic, he has seen patients become agitated, shout and shove. After a deadly shooting, a different kind of recovery takes shape at one of the nation’s oldest methadone clinics 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z The public launch of the partnership followed Monday’s shooting at a methadone clinic in North Baltimore, where a veteran police officer was shot, and an employee at the clinic was killed. Baltimore police teaming with feds to fight crime 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z He cited the spike in deaths from synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and a recent resurgence in methadone abuse. CDC numbers suggest opioid crisis may be cresting 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Agency spokeswoman Karen Martucci says 300 inmates at York were on methadone treatment last year. Medication dosing errors cause 5 ODs at women’s prison 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z A regular client at the Man Alive Lane Treatment Center, a substance abuse clinic, Pinkney, 49, had been complaining in recent days about how his methadone doses were too weak. Police identify gunman in fatal shooting at Maryland methadone clinic 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z “Overall, I think methadone clinics are safe,” Little said, noting that employees commonly take part in safety training and disaster drills. After a deadly shooting, a different kind of recovery takes shape at one of the nation’s oldest methadone clinics 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z Elinor Dickie, of Public Health Scotland, said methadone was significant for keeping people in treatment but there needed to be an "integrated model of care" to provide broader support. What can be done about Scotland's drugs crisis? 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z And then five months later, second sister Emma died aged 29 after taking a cocktail of methadone and diazepam. 'I lost my whole family to drugs' 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z She says while the percentage of dosing errors “is extremely low,” the department is reviewing the methadone distribution program and adding safeguards to prevent similar incidents. Medication dosing errors cause 5 ODs at women’s prison 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Founded in the 1960s, Man Alive was the first methadone clinic in Maryland and the second to open in the United States, according to the facility’s website. Police identify gunman in fatal shooting at Maryland methadone clinic 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Though many methadone patients go to clinics daily for treatment, the goal is to wean them off the opioid completely. After a deadly shooting, a different kind of recovery takes shape at one of the nation’s oldest methadone clinics 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z The most significant harm reduction services are methadone and buprenorphine which are offered to heroin addicts to reduce the risk of fatal overdose. What can be done about Scotland's drugs crisis? 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Police in Baltimore say two people are dead and a police officer and another person are injured following a shooting at a methadone clinic. The Latest: 2 dead, officer and woman wounded in Baltimore 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z How do methadone and the other medications work? How to Stop Prisons from Laying the Groundwork for a Fatal Overdose 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Neighborhood residents said that Caldwell collected their urine samples before they received their methadone. Police identify gunman in fatal shooting at Maryland methadone clinic 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z A small dose of methadone is passed through a hatch, and she gulps down the bitter liquid. After a deadly shooting, a different kind of recovery takes shape at one of the nation’s oldest methadone clinics 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z And all too often, the high they’re seeking comes mixed with more dangerous stuff — methadone and pesticide in the case of one girl sent to the hospital, according to The Palm Beach Post’s Sonja Isger. Florida editorial roundup 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z George Dowler told the newspaper he was waiting for his daily methadone treatment when he heard gunshots inside a counselor’s office. The Latest: 2 dead, officer and woman wounded in Baltimore 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z First of all, methadone is an essential medicine from the World Health Organization. How to Stop Prisons from Laying the Groundwork for a Fatal Overdose 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z To prove it, she’ll need to compare brain scans from study participants like the woman who quit heroin thanks to methadone with active heroin users and people who are in earlier stages of treatment. A peek into opioid users’ brains as they try to quit 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Pinkney, who friends say had been complaining of weak dosages during his treatment, held one employee at gunpoint and fatally shot another as he demanded methadone, police and witnesses said. After a deadly shooting, a different kind of recovery takes shape at one of the nation’s oldest methadone clinics 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z Phil Jones: Al eventually persuaded her on to a methadone programme and we finally got her royalties for her – a lot of money. Nico in Manchester: 'She loved the architecture – and the heroin' 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z A 47-year-old client had gotten on methadone and moved into an apartment. No charges for personal drug possession: Seattle’s bold gamble to bring ‘peace’ after the war on drugs 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z The BOP largely restricts federal inmates from access to medications used to treat drug addiction such as methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone. Woman with opioid addiction to get regular methadone treatment in... 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z Volkow suspects buprenorphine will improve mood and emotional responses to addiction better than methadone, for instance, because of subtle differences in how each medicine works. A peek into opioid users’ brains as they try to quit 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Paul Little, medical director at Laguna Treatment Hospital within the American Addiction Centers network, said methadone clinics are frequently disparaged but often lead to positive, lifesaving outcomes for patients. After a deadly shooting, a different kind of recovery takes shape at one of the nation’s oldest methadone clinics 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z As part of a plea deal, prosecutors dropped charges of delivery of methadone to a minor and applying a schedule I/II controlled substance to the body of a minor. Woman gets 3 years for giving infant nearly fatal methadone 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Prosecutors say Jain wrote two methadone prescriptions for a patient in 2009 that weren’t for any legitimate medical purpose. Ex-Dona Ana County doctor gets prison for health care fraud 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Jones told police she had been prescribed methadone because of a painkiller addiction. No prison after baby dies from drug-laced breast milk 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z “They are not given any support, there are no programmes for methadone replacement therapy, so it’s hard for people to stabilise their lives and begin ART treatment.” Russia wants to make HIV/Aids denialism illegal to halt epidemic 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z But even now, it remains difficult for users to find medically assisted treatment with buprenorphine, methadone or naltrexone, which control cravings and are the accepted standard of care. HHS launches program to cut opioid overdoses by 40 percent in three years 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z The department is working on plans to administer methadone. Massachusetts starts treating opioid addicted inmates 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z They say the patient died of respiratory depression two days after filling the second prescription for 270 tablets of 10 mg methadone. Ex-Dona Ana County doctor gets prison for health care fraud 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z |
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