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Prescription Drugs Are Killing Our Young People.

Prescription drugs are killing our young people at an alarming rate. This is my concern. The problem, and what can we do about it.

29 comments    drugs addiction florida
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Methadone Take Home Doses. Federal Regulations on Clinic Reporting; Get the Take Home Doses You Deserve!

Kmow what you have to do to get your methadone take home doses as soon as possible. Know the Federal Time in Treatment minimums and know when the federal govt. says you should have take home doses, and how many you should be getting!

79 comments    methadone metahdone
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11 Tips for Living With Methadone Sweating. How to Deal with Excessive Sweating

Excessive sweating is a very common side effect of methadone treatment. Here are 11 methods for reducing the perspiration, and for living more comfortably with the sweat you do have.

86 comments    sweating hyperhidrosis methadone
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WHAT IS TRAMADOL (ULTRAM)?

When a patient is in need of a short-acting pain reliever with the potency of a narcotic (like codeine or hydrocodone), prescription tramadol is becoming a popular choice by U.S. physicians. Recent data suggests tramadol is the second most widely...

5 comments    pain drug prescription
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Oxycontin ( Methadone ) Negative Side Effects and Symptoms of Addiction

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Side_effects_of_Oxycodone.png OxyContin addiction has been called an epidemic, and it’s spreading fast. According to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), prescriptions for OxyContin increased 20-fold within four...

3 comments    addiction drug addiction addict
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Herniated Disc Pain Relief

I had a herniated disc for 5 months before I finally got a discectomy. In the month prior to surgery, I tried many different ways (including various painkillers) to get relief from the pain. Here's insights from my experience that might help any discussions you're having with your medical provider.

156 comments    health narcotics vicodin
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Suboxone is Indicated for Drug Addiction Treatment

Suboxone is not so much indicated for treatment of pain as it is for the treatment of addiction to opiate narcotics.  The problem of narcotic addiction has become increasingly prevalent in recent years.  As...

0 comments    addiction drug addiction opioids
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Prescription Medicine Addiction

This article examines the reported explosion in prescription medication abuse. Includes an objective investigation into Oxycodone, Diazepam, Codeine and other popular presciption medicines.

7 comments    ireland prescription oxycontin
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Prescribing Heroin Instead of Methadone. The Pros and Cons of Prescribed Heroin Treatment

A recent Canadian case study examined prescribing legal pharmaceutical heroin to addicts in need. The study authors gave heroin to long term chronic heroin addicts who had tried repeatedly over a period of many years to quit using, without success....

5 comments    hiv heroin withdrawal
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Suboxone Treatment

Drug dependence has already been termed as one of the most severe public health crises worldwide. Opioid dependence (which involves heroin as well as morphine) is a major part of this problem. In just Europe, there’re about 1 million intravenous...

4 comments    drugs treatment addiction
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