LePage's Drug-Battle Plan Pared Down, Gets Bipartisan Backing

LePage's drug-battle plan pared down, gets bipartisan backing
In February, the state imposed a two-year limit on MaineCare payments to people who are being treated for opiate addiction with suboxone and methadone, with certain exceptions. About 12,000 Mainers had suboxone prescriptions in 2010, according to the …
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VEGF Inhibition Improves Visual Acuity in Macular Edema
The change in best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) from baseline to 6 months was similar in patients treated with ranibizumab plus laser therapy and in those treated with ranibizumab alone, said Ramin Tadayoni, MD, an ophthalmologist at the Lariboisière …
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US Sentencing Commission Votes To Cut Drug Trafficking Sentences
In the past decade, in many states, the harsh Reagan-era war on drugs approach to drug use and trafficking has given way to smarter approaches geared toward diversion and treatment of drug offenders, but when it comes to reforms, the federal system has …
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