Addiction Treatment With a Dark Side

Addiction Treatment With a Dark Side

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His father heard him gasping and intervened, a reprieve that led Mr. Schneider into rehab, not his first program, but the one where he discovered buprenorphine, a substitute opioid used to treat opioid addiction. … Partly because of these …
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Guest column: New rules set on opiate prescriptions

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If you are receiving care from a pain specialist following one of several professional guidelines for opioid prescribing you may not notice much change. But if you are going to a … in the past 15 years. One in five youths admits to abusing …
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Doctors need more education on pain management, says expert

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Lynch says prescription drug abuse is a big problem that can discourage physicians and recommends better education for doctors on pain management and prescribing narcotics. As for patients with legitimate needs for pain medication who can't find a …
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