Detroit MI Alcohol Drug Rehab Launches New Long-Term Residential Treatment …
Residential treatment allows a person time to heal from the ravages of abusing drugs like Ecstasy, cocaine, marijuana, and prescription drugs. The center takes into account all parts of a person's life and makes sure each troublesome area is addressed …
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Garland TX Alcohol Drug Rehab Announces Expanded Residential Treatment …
For the Garland residential treatment center, the bottom line is to help everyone leave with a plan for life. People enter treatment seeking a new life or relief from pain. Entering the facility gives clients a new chance to be responsible people. They …
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Rx Pills Treating Common-Day Ills: Novus Medical Detox Addresses Prescription …
Novus Medical Detox, one of the only Florida-based detox centers serving high-dosage drug abuse patients, says that the statistics further evidence America's reliance on prescription drugs as a cure-all for common ailments, a likely influence on the …
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CRIME AND COURT ROUNDUP: UW-Madison police sent 10 drinkers to detox …
MADISON — U-W Madison Police sent ten drinkers to detox centers and cited 13 others for drinking underage, at bars and parties for the Badgers' Final Four basketball game. Advertisement … Archive Material – Subscription required to continue reading.
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Ho Chi Minh City promotes community-based drug detox
Launched a year ago by the city's drug detoxification center, the project has offered consultations to nearly 300 drug users and offered treatment for 130 in-patients. Le Trong Sang, deputy director of the HCMC Department of Labor, War Invalids and …
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State Highlights: Cash-Only Docs In Texas; Medicaid Funding In La.; Over-The …
… implemented in the state. Those rules require physicians to obtain hospital admitting privileges within 30 miles of an abortion facility and to follow the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's protocol for drug-induced abortions rather than a common …
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Health week: Swing votes
The summary of the acne treatment Diane-35 concludes that its “benefits continue to outweigh the risks, when used as authorized.” A projected 40,000 Canadian women are prescribed the drug annually. An estimated 35 per cent-40 per cent of its use is …
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Prescription pills and pot labeled 'gateway' to heroin
St. Clair County Public Information Officer Deputy Steve Campau said, in many cases, the people start out taking legal, prescription drugs for one reason or another and they unwittingly get hooked. When their doctor cuts them off, they turn to the …
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Question by Andrew: Prescription Drugs “Abuse”?
I have access to some prescription drugs such as cymbalta. I was wondering if it’s similar to things like hydrocodone where they don’t get you high, but when you’re not prescribed to it, it normally makes you feel chill, like some sort of other high. I was wondering if cymbalta makes you feel the same, or how it does make you feel when it’s not needed?

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Answer by Tink
Cymbalta is a wicked drug. And I don’t mean that in a good sense. For starters it’s known to cause something called cymbalta withdrawal syndrome when taking it AS PRESCRIBED in as little as a week, and that can last up to a year.

Antidepressants aren’t something that can be abused for fun, and can be rather dangerous.

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Health care reform implementation update – March 26, 2014
There was widespread concern that eliminating this protected class status could force providers to alter their treatment regimens. … Florida's special election race for Florida's 13th District involved campaigning from both sides on the Affordable …
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TV Prescription Drug Ads—Friend or Foe? Novus Medical Detox Encourages …
Novus Medical Detox, one of the only Florida-based detox centers serving high-dosage drug abuse patients, encourages the FDA's oversight, as the advertisements could be contributing to widespread addiction. Novus officials … Because the addictive …
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Overdoses spur plea from mothers for more treatment
Once Griffin became aware of her son's addiction, she tried to get him help. He attended group therapy at Boston Children's Hospital and underwent inpatient treatment in Massachusetts and Florida. The first time he went to Florida for treatment it was …
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Plans for large Calverton drug addiction treatment center move ahead
A large new drug addiction and treatment center, designed to support research into alcohol and drug abuse, has received approval from Riverhead's Zoning Board of Appeals and its developers expect to file a site plan in six to eight months.
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Jackson's heroin problem persists, fueled by prescription drug abuse …
It means treatment needs to be reinstated, adjusted or changed. It does not mean treatment has failed. Relapse rates for drug addiction are similar to those for other chronic medical illnesses, such as diabetes, hypertension and asthma, which also have …
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Poll: Majority Of Chronic Pain Sufferers Feel Treated Like 'Drug Addicts' By …
The majority of people who suffer from chronic pain feel they are treated like drug addicts during their pharmacy visits, and nearly one-third of pain sufferers showed concern they are being embarrassed by their healthcare provider. (Getty) …
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