Drug Addiction and Detox News : heroin
Methadone Detox and Rehab Could Have Saved a Child's Life
Methadone addiction kills more people than heroin: when will we wise up?
Drug Detox Helps a Person Through Withdrawal: Methadone Delays It
A drug detox program for heroin addiction could prevent death by methadone
Heroin Addiction Detox Can Fail If Your Body Is Not Up to It
Heroin detox is like running a marathon - a good detox center helps get you in shape
Heroin Addiction: Why Have Some Addicts Lost Hope of Ever Being Drug Free?
Heroin detox doesn't have to be the agony you may already have experienced
Heroin Detox Can Relieve the Symptoms of Withdrawal
Heroin addiction's biggest ally is the pain of withdrawal, but a good heroin detox helps you win the battle
Methadone Addiction is No Longer a Necessary Treatment for Heroin Addiction
Methadone detox in a good drug detox center can get you through methadone addiction and back to a life without drugs
Drug Detox and Rehab May Finally Replace Methadone for Heroin Addicts
A good drug detox program followed by rehab has greater than 10 times the success of methadone treatment. In fact, methadone doesn't even work as well as cold turkey.
Drug Detox Could Be The Least Of Your Worries If You Abuse Benzodiazepines
A drug detox program will be in the cards if you become dependent on benzos, but if you mix benzos with alcohol or other drugs, the morgue may be your final destination.
Methadone Detox That Works Means A Drug Free Life Is Possible
The 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.
Ireland's Drug Czar Condemns Long-Term Methadone Maintenance
The 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.
Prescription Drug Addiction Is Not An 'Incurable Brain Disease'
As anyone who has successfully completed medical drug detox and recovered their life will tell you, drug addiction is a physical drug dependence complicated by mental and emotional problems -- all of which can resolve without tinkering with someone's brain.
New Research Suggests 'Safer' Use, But Methadone Detox Still A Problem
Scientists say they are close to learning how to make methadone prescribing less dangerous, but methadone addiction, injuries and deaths continue to soar.
Prescription Drug Addiction: A Day In The Life Of A Deadly (Pain) Killer
A glance at a single day's news tells us that medical drug detox is needed right now by thousands of Americans strung out on OxyContin, a highly addictive and dangerous opioid pain killer.
Risks Of Prescription Drug Addiction And Death Should Be More Prominent On Painkiller Labels
Medical drug detox can help save someone from a life of addiction, but hundreds of Americans have died from prescription painkillers before they ever had a chance at recovery.
Prescription Drug Addiction: Methadone Is The No. 1 Killer
In spite of medical drug detox programs salvaging more methadone addicts than ever, methadone-related deaths have increased nearly fivefold, and federal statisticians say that figure is probably understated.
Reduce Prescription Drug Addiction By Locking Up Your Prescriptions
Medical drug detox can save an addict's life, but prevention is a far better solution, and is everyone's responsibility.
Prescription Drug Addiction Dangers Increase With Alcohol
Medical drug detox centers often encounter polydrug abuses -- combinations of drugs which can be hazardous -- but when mixed with alcohol, some drugs are downright deadly.
Heroin: The New 'Gateway Drug' To OxyContin Addiction
The move by many addicts from heroin to OxyContin, and the growing number of former heroin addicts needing OxyContin detox, tells you just how dangerously addictive the prescription painkiller really is.
Prescription Drug Addiction Targeted By Medicine Abuse Awareness Month
The unexpected need for medical drug detox has become part of the prescription drug abuse experience for tens of thousands of Americans of all ages. And one of the largest sources of these dangerous drugs are our own home medicine cabinets.
New Report: Prescription Drug Addiction And Abuse Continues To Rise
Based on a new 2007 study, thousands more Americans will continue to require medical drug detox to safely recover from prescription drug addiction and dependencies.