Born Addicted: Treating Drug-Dependent Babies

Born Addicted: Treating Drug-Dependent Babies – Hospitals in Florida and elsewhere are grappling with the latest fallout from the epidemic of prescription-drug abuse: babies born addicted to painkillers. T…

Three Brothers Celebrate Sobriety After Overcoming Raging Substance Abuse …

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For brothers Kyle, Kirk and Bradley, the urge to use was more compelling than they ever thought and before they knew it, each was battling his own addiction. But with the help of drug treatment facility, Suncoast Rehab Center, the trio has managed to …
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Price of addiction: Opioid treatment should go beyond addictive methadone …

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The other drug was naltrexone. This non-addicting drug was developed to protect detoxed heroin addicts from relapsing when they returned home from residential treatment or incarceration. There were practical problems in administering the drug, as …
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