http://media.novusdetox.com/Drug addiction and detox information resourcesCopyright 2009, Novus Medical Detox CenterPRESSfeed Co. http://www.press-feed.comFri, 03 Jul 2009 05:31:33 GMTen-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssThe "King of Pop" Michael Jackson is dead at only 50, joining many other celebrities and thousands of ordinary people whose untimely deaths associated with painkillers like OxyContin could have been avoided by a timely medical drug detox. What is it going to take for the FDA to end the prescription drug carnage in this country, especially the deadly OxyContin epidemic?http://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139923Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139923Adolescents exposed to opioid painkillers, especially OxyContin, are more likely to abuse opioids and other drugs and risk addiction in later life, say researchers. A ban on the drug will save countless lives.http://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139803Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139803As the grass-roots movement heats up to ban OxyContin, the opioid painkiller implicated in thousands of deaths, people addicted the drug from all levels of society, from cities, towns and villages, continue to search for effective OxyContin detox and rehabilitation.http://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139796Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139796Instead of an effective heroin detox followed by long-term rehabilitation, so-called addiction "experts" are recommending heroin addicts be "treated" with more heroin.http://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139765Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139765An online petition to ban the dangerously addictive narcotic painkiller OxyContin is attracting thousands of signatures -- and dozens of heart-wrenching stories about personal tragedies connected to OxyContin addiction and abuse. http://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139696Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139696Thousands of patients arriving for OxyContin detox are victims of the all-too-common medical practice of smothering pain with the addictive narcotic, instead of finding the cause of the pain and curing it.http://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139638Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139638The diversion and abuse of prescription drugs for non-medical use is a serious threat to public health and safety, and medical drug detox is the preferred first step in recovery. http://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139529Thu, 21 May 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139529OxyContin addiction is the new doorway drug to ruined careers and lost lives, even when it begins as a legitimate prescription for the pain of injury and illness.http://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139450Sun, 10 May 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139450An effective, proven medical drug detox program before drug rehab would be the best way the state could help its many prescription drug addicts. http://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139203Wed, 06 May 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139203The state's new system will help physicians identify drug abusers so they can be directed towards recovery, which ideally begins with medical drug detox. http://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139167Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139167Victims of prescription drug addiction and street drug addicts who overdose on opioids can often be saved by the drug naloxone, but the event should be followed immediately with admission to a medical drug detox facility, followed by lengthy drug rehab. http://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139144Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139144As the death toll from methadone soars across the country and methadone addiction continues to rise, the need for effective treatment has never been more important.http://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139001Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=139001Medical drug detox centers across the country are finding that many people abuse dozens of kinds of prescription drugs in their quest for euphoria, not because they're safer, but simply because they're easily available.http://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=138997Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=138997In Mukilteo, WA, the realm of millionaire software executives, where even the median income is $90,000+ a year, OxyContin addiction plays no favorites.http://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=138972Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=138972Legislative hearings to probe the OxyContin and heroin epidemic in Massachusetts will consider ways to battle opiate abuse in the state, including expanding OxyContin detox and drug rehab services.http://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=138938Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=138938Medical drug detox and rehab programs are being targeted by state and city budget cuts, leaving many addicts with no place to go for help except hospital emergency wards or jails, both of which cost taxpayers more in the long run.http://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=138892Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=138892The result of so-called 'treatment' for opioid addiction with methadone is simply a life-long methadone addiction. Real treatment means helping opioid addicts become drug free, and such treatment now is available.http://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=138874Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=138874The Obama administration and all state legislatures could learn a lesson from Ireland, where John Curran, Ireland's minister for drugs strategy, has called for a review of methadone addiction, and how effective methadone programs actually are at getting people drug-free. http://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=138863Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=138863Thousands of Oklahomans, many of them young people, have fallen victim to oxycodone and OxyContin addiction, and thousands more to hydrocodone painkillers like Lortab and Vicodin.http://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=138851Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=138851There's nothing like listening to the screams of a newborn infant forced to withdraw from methadone to change your mind about so-called 'harm reduction' programs like free methadone for opioid-addicted women.http://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=138808Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://media.novusdetox.com/news.php?include=138808