Franklin County's Day Reporting Center serves as model program, attracting …

Franklin County's Day Reporting Center serves as model program, attracting …
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Addicts typically need several stays in a treatment center before they kick the habit. The money comes from fines levied by the courts and designated for the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse. "We focused on opiate addicts because the use of …
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Newborns Hooked on Moms' Painkillers Go Through Agonizing Withdrawal
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"We've probably seen a tripling or quadrupling of opiate-addicted babies," from 2005 to 2010, the last year for which they have statistics, he said. In 2010, 56 babies at his hospital and more than 200 in Columbus were born hooked on their mothers' …
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High Dose Opioid Therapy

Many physicians have been taught that opioids can be safely prescribed at high doses and that there should be “no ceiling” or upper limit on dosing. The reality is that high dose opioid therapy is a dangerous practice that can result in serious adverse events including overdose death.

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