Waiting Lists for Addiction Treatment Grow, as Region Sees Increase in Heroin Use – Elmira Star-Gazette

Waiting lists for addiction treatment grow, as region sees increase in heroin use – Elmira Star-Gazette


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Waiting lists for addiction treatment grow, as region sees increase in heroin use
Elmira Star-Gazette
Today, the recovering addict climbs into a taxi cab at 5 a.m. every weekday for a 60-mile drive to Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, where he receives methadone treatment. And that came only after a two-month delay on the program's waiting list, which is
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Deadly addiction: Doctors say heroin treatment is available – TheDay.com

Deadly addiction: Doctors say heroin treatment is available
TheDay.com
The good news, according to Parekh and Maloney, is that there are effective treatments to help people break their addiction. Both psychiatrists are prescribing Suboxone, an antidote that came into wider use about five years ago, in combination with

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Finding treatment for opiate addiction fraught with challenges – Worcester Telegram

Finding treatment for opiate addiction fraught with challenges
Worcester Telegram
Sometimes, people get an addicted family member into detox by having him or her committed by the court under Section 35 to a stay in a treatment center; or more likely, because beds aren't available in treatment centers, to Bridgewater State Hospital

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