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Addiction Treatment
October 03, 2008
Methadone, once used mainly in addiction treatment centers to
replace heroin, is today being prescribed to patients with severe
pain. But experts say methadone--though an excellent pain
medication--can be unforgiving and dangerous when used incorrectly.
That's why methadone is causing some legitimate patients who are
following doctor's orders to suffer serious side effects, including
death. In this article, a reporter talks to experts about
methadone, including how the drug works and how new pre...
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Expert & Community Posts
By Jerry Kennard
,
Health Expert
...signed himself in for voluntary treatment of sexual addiction, he must have sensed the...
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By Chris Ballas, M.D.
,
Health Expert
...also passed the The Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act, which brought into...
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By Teri Robert
,
Health Expert
...deductibles or cost sharing for mental illness or addiction treatment that are not also applied...
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By Amy Hendel
,
Health Expert
...unacceptable actions?? Here's the scoop. Sex addiction can vary widely in terms of the...
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By Eileen Bailey
,
Health Expert
...forms (crushed and snorted or smoked) can lead to addiction, treatment would include...
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Health Guide
Sexual
addiction, sometimes also called sexual compulsion or sexual dependency, is “any sexually-related compulsive behavior, which interferes with normal living and causes severe stress on family,...
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...Associated Press reports, Californication star David Duchovny has been admitted to a rehab clinic for sex
addiction. The married American actor, who plays a sex-obsessed womaniser on the racy...
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"We have really great Migraine-specific medications available, and they're not being prescribed to people who could benefit from them… Often, physicians prescribe nonspecific medications because...
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...relief is the widespread misunderstanding of the difference between physical dependence on a drug and
addiction. Many patients, the general public, and sadly even some physicians fear that...
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...a two-year period that involved seven hospitalizations, five attempts at running away, a month-long
addiction treatment and whole semesters of school missed. Toward the end of these chaotic years,...
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Medications
...can also result in abnormal drug-seeking behavior (addiction/habit-forming). Do not increase... Read more »
...can also result in abnormal drug-seeking behavior (addiction/habit-forming). Do not increase... Read more »
...can also result in abnormal drug-seeking behavior (addiction/habit forming). Do not increase... Read more »
...very unlikely, abnormal drug-seeking behavior (addiction) is possible with this medication.... Read more »
...can also result in abnormal drug-seeking behavior (addiction/habit forming). Do not increase... Read more »
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