Heroin Deaths Reinforce Need for Life-Saving Advice

Published February 23, 2014

Heroin deaths reinforce need for life-saving advice

Filed under: drug treatment centers

She said more users are getting naloxone to be safe, and more are getting into treatment programs because they're afraid to be on the streets now. Help to get off drugs is available at treatment centers and programs around the region. Capretto said the …
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Partnership with drug company good chemistry, says eye center

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The University of Utah's Moran Eye Center announced plans Thursday to enter into a uniquely close relationship with a multinational pharmaceutical company to develop a new drug to treat a leading cause of age-related blindness. The partnership will …
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Doctors have reached limit on prescribing medication for heroin withdrawals

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Abuse of opioids has been on the rise nationally and locally for years, but prescription painkiller abuse has been more common than heroin abuse. That changed locally last year when heroin addicts seeking rehab started to outnumber painkiller addicts, …
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