Number of newborns going through opiate withdrawl triples in US
PublishedMay 1, 2012
Number of newborns going through opiate withdrawl triples in US
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The infant is going through drug withdrawal and is being treated with the same narcotic prescribed for her mother to fight addiction to powerful prescription painkillers. Disturbing new research says the number of US babies born with signs of opiate … Read more on Denver Post
2012 James W. West Quality Awards: Gosnold on Cape Cod
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“It was an opportunity to inject addiction treatment into primary care.” Gosnold evaluated protocols for how nurses screened patients and treated withdrawal, and later provided instruction on how to improve withdrawal symptom scoring. Read more on www.behavioral.net
Heroin – Heroin Addiction – Heroin Detox – www.opiates.com leif Garrett a Heroin Addiction story: Heroin is a semi-synthetic opioid most often used as a recreational drug. Use of heroin leads quickly to dependence and has a high potential for addiction. Withdrawing from heroin can be painfully intense and most often requires medically supervised detox. Withdrawal symptoms can set in within a few hours of last use and include: muscle spasms, sweating, insomnia, itching that leads to compulsive scratching, anxiety, depression, cramps, cold sweats, yawning, sneezing, chills, muscle and bone aches, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and fever.