SALOME Study: Treatment for Heroin Addiction (6/7)
SALOME Study: Treatment for Heroin Addiction (6/7) – SALOME Study video part 6 talks about the purpose of the SALOME Study. The SALOME Study will test whether hydromorphone (Dilaudid®), a licensed medication, is as good as diacetylmorphine, the active ingredient of heroin, in benefiting people suffering from chronic heroin addiction who are not benefiting from other treatments. The SALOME Study will not only provide important academic information relating to chronic heroin addiction, but it will also bring people into contact with health care workers for the very first time. For more information about the SALOME Study, please visit: www.providencehealthcare.ca
'Can a shot in the arm really cure drug and alcohol addiction?'
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DAVE: Here's an interesting fact: The FDA found out that Vivitrol worked for heroin addicts from guess where? Russia. Programs tried Vivitrol instead and patients stayed off all opiates at twice the level as those taking a placebo. That led to our FDA …
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Guest Commentary: Finding a solution to heroin addiction
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My daughter once roamed the same streets of Denver, addicted to the same insidious, soul-destroying drug. After several years of begging and pleading with health insurance companies, social services, police, treatment providers, etc., for help, I came …
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Smokers should be treated like drug addicts, say doctors
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Doctors: Smokers should be treated the same as heroin addicts and a new approach is needed to protect those who continue to smoke from the lethal effects of their habit. HeyU Quality Ads. by Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor (Independent Online) Smokers …
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Minnesota Tribes See Prescription Drug Use Leading to Heroin Addiction
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Tribal, state and federal officers observing the problem stress that one of the keys to ending this epidemic of children affected by heroin is by preventing an initial addiction to prescription opiates. In addition to prevention, education and …
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