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Thursday, January 10th, 2019
How Arizona Naloxone Laws Can Help Reduce Arizona Overdose Deaths
How Arizona Naloxone Laws Can Help Reduce Arizona Overdose Deaths In 2016, more Americans died from opioid use than from car crashes, gunshot wounds or breast cancer. There were...
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Monday, June 11th, 2018
What is the Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale?
What is the Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale? Everyone’s experience with addiction is different. Likewise, everyone’s path toward recovery is unique. When it comes to overcoming an addiction to opiates,...
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Friday, May 4th, 2018
The Importance of Medically Supervised Detox
The Importance of Medically Supervised Detox When an addiction sufferer realizes they have a drug or alcohol problem, the decision to stop using is a tremendous first step. However,...
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Thursday, April 26th, 2018
Length of Opioid Prescriptions and Opioid Addiction
Length of Opioid Prescriptions and Opioid Addiction Every day, people who were only seeking a little pain relief unwittingly become addicted to opioids. Most get prescriptions from their doctors...
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Monday, October 30th, 2017
How to Recognize an Opioid Overdose
Recognizing an Overdose Early Can Save a Life It is a sad but true fact that opiate addiction has been steadily on the rise since the early 2000s. This...
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Saturday, July 30th, 2016
U.S. Dept. of Health Continues Fight Against Opioid Addiction
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced earlier this month new efforts to make an impact on the opioid problem in America. There were three...
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Monday, February 29th, 2016
More Pharmacies Offering Naloxone Without a Prescription
Big news hit recently when CVS drug store became the first pharmacy to announce that they were going to be offering naloxone for sale without a prescription. The opioid...
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2015
CVS Pharmacy to Offer Naloxone Without a Prescription in Multiple States
It appears that CVS pharmacy chain is continuing to trail blaze in its commitment to advocating for better health conditions in the United States. They recently took a giant...
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Friday, February 13th, 2015
The White House Plan for Opiate Addiction
President Obama has explained how he wants to make a dent in the amount of prescription drug abuse in our country recently. In order to lower the amount of...
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