Addiction
Heroin use levels off in U.S., but still high: report
(HealthDay)—Levels of heroin use in the United States have stabilized but are still high, federal officials reported Thursday.
Apr 23, 2015
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Benefits of heroin treatment for drug users
Drug users who do not benefit from conventional treatments for heroin addiction should be able to access the drug through the health system, urges a Canadian expert in The BMJ today.
Apr 14, 2015
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Medications
Legally high? Teenagers and prescription drug abuse
Legal drugs such as OxyContin now kill more people than heroin and cocaine combined. While awareness of the dangers of illegal drugs has increased, many teens are still ignorant of the significant physical danger posed by ...
Mar 24, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Harder-to-abuse OxyContin doesn't stop illicit use
A reformulation of OxyContin that makes it harder to abuse has curtailed the drug's illicit use. But some 25 percent of drug abusers entering rehab said they still abused the prescription painkiller despite package labeling ...
Mar 11, 2015
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Medications
Rising price of heroin-overdose antidote worries advocates
States are making it easier to get access to a drug that reverses overdoses cause by heroin and other opioids.
Mar 9, 2015
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Heroin overdose deaths quadrupled since 2000
(HealthDay)—Heroin overdose deaths have skyrocketed in recent years, quadrupling since 2000, U.S. health officials reported Wednesday.
Mar 4, 2015
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Immunotherapy inhibits heroin effects in research animals
Immunotherapy could have a place in the treatment of substance abuse in the future. A specific antibody can reduce the acute effects of heroin, according to a new experimental study at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
Jan 20, 2015
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US painkiller abuse 'epidemic' may be declining, study says
(HealthDay)—The U.S. "epidemic" of prescription-painkiller abuse may be starting to reverse course, a new study suggests.
Jan 15, 2015
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HIV & AIDS
Occasional heroin use may worsen HIV infection
Researchers at Yale and Boston University and their Russian collaborators have found that occasional heroin use by HIV-positive patients may be particularly harmful to the immune system and worsens HIV disease, compared to ...
Dec 15, 2014
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US: Heroin deaths doubled in much of the country (Update)
Deaths from heroin overdose doubled in just two years in much of the United States, a new government study says.
Oct 2, 2014
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