US FDA Approves Orexo Drug to Treat Opioid Addiction

US FDA approves Orexo drug to treat opioid addiction

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Suboxone and Subutex generated sales of roughly $ 1.3 billion in 2012. Orexo said opioid dependence affects nearly 5 million people in the United States and that only 20 percent receive treatment. The company said it expects peak sales of the drug to be …
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Local attorney busted in brazen drug transaction

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Yauger also provided three Suboxone strips to police that Salisbury had given him. Xanax is an anti-anxiety drug and Suboxone is an opiate-blocking drug, used to treat addiction to opiate-based drugs. Police Chief Jason Cox said Salisbury's actions …
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New addiction counseling facility opening in Portsmouth

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Community Counseling and Treatment Services is opening a new location in Portsmouth this month beginning with a special open house on Friday to see the building and speak with addiction counselors. … “We work with doctors that prescribe suboxone.
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What we can learn from Cory Monteith: The Internet weighs in

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They report that the National Institute on Drug Abuse advocates for “maintenance treatment with drugs like methadone or Suboxone to treat opioid addictions, rather than abstinence. Research shows that these treatments can lower overdose and …
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