Drug to Treat Opioid Addiction Places Children at Risk for Accidental Exposure

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14, 2012 — Buprenorphine is a safe and effective drug for treating opioid addiction. But as the prescribed use of … D., Ph.D., certified poison information specialist at the UPCC and adjunct professor of pharmacotherapy, and Christina A. Porucznik …
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Utah doctors, addicts warned to keep new medicine secure

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The Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 allowed physicians to prescribe it as part of office-based treatment for addiction to heroin and prescription opioids such as OxyContin, methadone and hydracodone. Buprenorphine has less potential for abuse, but …
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At-risk mom treated unfairly by social workers, report finds – Saskatchewan …

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"Roll up your sleeves and find other ways to work with other people in the community." At one point, officials terminated a contract with a family support specialist who was helping the woman "with no explanation by the Ministry," Pringle noted. On …
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Report: Many try to get help before suicide – Navy News | News from …

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More than half of the 301 service members who died by suicide in 2011 sought treatment from a mental health specialist or received in-patient care before they died, with nearly a third getting services within 90 days of their deaths, according to a …
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