How Do You Treat Addiction?

How Do You Treat Addiction? – How do you treat prescription drug addiction? Doctor Jonathan Reitman, MD discusses how prescription drug addiction is treated. Prescription drug abuse, like…

Nine patients affected by Eastern Health errors

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Due to the wrong results, eight of those patients were taking a drug called Herceptin, while one opted not to take the medication, which has a potential side effect of cardiotoxicity, possibly leading to congestive heart failure. … we will be …
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Doc: My state in addiction stranglehold

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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration data from 10 years ago show the annual number of treatment admissions in Maine increased from a little more than 9,000 to almost 14,000 from 2002 to 2005. That same data … Is it any wonder …
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New local program designed to help break cycle of drug abuse

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"I have no idea if this is going to work, but I don't see a reason not to try and keep these guys clean." The average cost for addiction treatment in a community is $ 1,600 annually per person (without medication-assisted treatment), and the average …
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