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Methadone Abuse Worse Than Abuse of Other Prescription Opiates
2007-12-25 09:32:00
It used to be that methadone was considered the drug of choice when it came to treating opiate addiction. However, with its increasing prevalence as a treatment for chronic pain, methadone has joined the ranks of other commonly abused opioid-based drugs like heroin, Vicodin, OxyContin and others. More than any other prescription painkiller, the rate of overdose by methadone has skyrocketed over the past five years. The rate of increase is about 390 percent according to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). In 13 percent of overdose fatalities that were reported in the United States, methadone was a contributing or sole cause. Only cocaine kills more people than methadone. Methadone is far less expensive than other opiate pain relievers like OxyContin, so more and more doctors are prescribing it for that reason. Those who are addicted to opiate pain relievers also resort to methadone pills when they run out of their regular, more expensive prescriptions. The Drug En...
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Methadone Overdose Deaths on the Rise
2007-12-23 21:43:00
Methadone prescriptions are on the rise and so too is the commonality of methadone overdose and death, according to the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC). There are two reasons that methadone is prescribed: pain management and opiate drug addiction maintenance. It was rarely used for either purpose until the early ?80s when it was more commonly prescribed as a drug addiction treatment and OxyContin, its chemical cousin, was the prescription of choice for pain management. This quickly changed: the latest report from the NDIC says that methadone prescriptions have increased 715 percent in five years.
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Trade in Dirty Needles First, Opiate Drug Addiction Second
2007-12-22 07:11:00
The Indian street "Nashewali Gali" translates into English as ?Addiction Alley.? It?s here that many of India?s junkies shoot up at night and where, during the day, they slide behind a dingy striped curtain to trade their dirty needles for clean ones. The needle exchange here is phase one of an initiative to prevent the transmission of blood born diseases among injection drug users.
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Online Pharmacies Increasing in Popularity
2007-12-21 18:50:00
Despite the concerted efforts of local police to fight opiate drug trafficking through online pharmacies, the illegal virtual entities grow in number every day and so is the number of their customers. Those who are addicted to prescription painkillers often feel that they ?need? more than what their prescription provides. Easier than finding another doctor to supplement the prescription or a street dealer with the right wares is finding an online pharmacy that offer what you want and however much you want delivered right to your door.
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