Addicts Seek Prescription Heroin to Keep Them Off Illegal Street Drugs

Published April 5, 2014

Addicts seek prescription heroin to keep them off illegal street drugs
The study is comparing the effectiveness of hydromorphone, a synthetic drug approved for use to control pain, and pharmaceutical heroin in treating severe addiction. All five plaintiffs took part, exiting the program last year. All five were among 21 …
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Overdose drug is approved
The federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that use of Narcan has helped to prevent 10,000 opioid overdose deaths. Opioid overdoses can slow or stop a … For example, Narcon does not prevent deaths caused by drugs like Xanax, Klonopin and …
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FDA approves prescription of overdose antidote for heroin
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved an easy-to-use device that automatically injects the right dose of an overdose antidote for heroin or other powerful painkillers in a class called opioids. The antidote has … Attorney General Eric …
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