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Methadone Wire

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Results 1 - 20 of 228 in Methadone

  1. Mom pleads guilty to killing sonRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | Charlotte Observer

    ... years behind bars, but he's grateful that it's over. Investigators said that Phillip Lee died from an overdose of methadone. An autopsy report released stated that Lee also had a toxic level of the pain reliever hydrocodone. On Sept. 1, ...

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    Related Topix: Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Law

  2. Eminem can 'relate' to MJ deathRead the original story w/Photo

    8 hrs ago | CANOE

    ... as many as 20 pills a day at the height of his problems, and nearly lost his life after an accidental overdose of methadone. And the hip-hop star admits the news of Jackson's passing resonated with him - because he can understand the pain of a ...

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    Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson

  3. Eminem can 'Relate' to Jackson deathRead the original story

    12 hrs ago | FOX30Online

    ... as many as 20 pills a day at the height of his problems, and nearly lost his life after an accidental overdose of methadone. And the hip-hop star admits the news of Jackson's passing resonated with him because he can understand the pain of a ...

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    Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, Entertainment

  4. Mom pleads guilty to killing sonRead the original story w/Photo

    12 hrs ago | WCNC

    ... years behind bars, but he's grateful that it's over. Investigators said that Phillip Lee died from an overdose of methadone. An autopsy report released stated that Lee also had a toxic level of the pain reliever hydrocodone. On Sept. 1, ...

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    Related Topix: Cabarrus County, NC, Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Law

  5. Eminem Can 'Relate' To Michael Jackson's DeathRead the original story w/Photo

    16 hrs ago | Starpulse News Blog

    ... as many as 20 pills a day at the height of his problems, and nearly lost his life after an accidental overdose of methadone. And the hip-hop star admits the news of Jackson's passing resonated with him - because he can understand the pain of a ...

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    Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson

  6. St. George woman sentencedRead the original story

    Yesterday | The Spectrum Online Edition

    Bonnie Michelle Chun, 35, of St. George was sentenced Wednesday in 5th District Court to two terms in the Utah State prison on counts of child endangerment after she admitted giving methadone to her underaged daughter and son.

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    Related Topix: St. George, UT, State Prisons, Prison, Medicine, Medication, Santa Clara, UT

  7. Eminem - Eminem Can 'Relate' to Jackson DeathRead the original story w/Photo

    19 hrs ago | ContactMusic.com

    ... as many as 20 pills a day at the height of his problems, and nearly lost his life after an accidental overdose of methadone. And the hip-hop star admits the news of Jackson's passing resonated with him - because he can understand the pain of a ... 6 comments

    Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson

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    Tuesday Nov 24 | Drkoop.com

    ... discs L4 &... Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Dixielady1967 Do you know how much that is in milligrams? I take 120mg of Methadone a day for chronic back pain and I was under the impression that is the max that can be taken. 150ml is liquid, I guess the ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Medication

  9. HRW- Drug laws hinder responseRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 1 | AlertNet

    ... A in detention. These services include needle and syringe exchange, medication-assisted therapy (for example, with methadone), and peer outreach and education programs. Notwithstanding broad endorsement and overwhelming scientific evidence that ...

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    Related Topix: Charitable Organizations, Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Medicine, Medication, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Prison

  10. Doctor Denies Ogden Suit AllegationsRead the original story

    Monday Nov 30 | The Morning News

    ... s infusions for immune deficiencies and his prescription medications, including narcotic pain medications and Methadone, according to the lawsuit. Between April and August 2007, Hennigan treated Ogden for chronic constipation. On Aug. 9, 2007, Ogden ...

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    Related Topix: Arkansas

  11. ODHB: 20 serious medical mistakes in yearRead the original story

    Monday Nov 30 | The Otago Daily Times

    ... said. Another patient in the ISIS rehabilitation ward at Wakari Hospital died from an overdose, after acquiring methadone prescribed for someone else. The most likely source of the methadone was another patient, but this could not be verified. Two ...

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  12. In the past decade, drug deaths attributed to pain medication have skyrocketed.Read the original story

    Sunday Nov 29 | AARP The Magazine

    ... medication have skyrocketed. Fatal overdoses involving opioid analgesics -- typically prescribed drugs such as methadone, oxycodone or fentanyl -- have more than tripled nationwide from 4,000 in 1999 to 13,800 in 2006, according to the National ...

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    Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Medication, Duragesic, Fentanyl (generic), Westmoreland County, PA, University of Pittsburgh

  13. Rising pain pill use taking deadly tollRead the original story

    Sunday Nov 29 | PittsburghLIVE.com

    ... medication have skyrocketed. Fatal overdoses involving opioid analgesics -- typically prescribed drugs such as methadone, oxycodone or fentanyl -- have more than tripled nationwide from 4,000 in 1999 to 13,800 in 2006, according to the National ...

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    Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Medication, Duragesic, Fentanyl (generic), Westmoreland County, PA

  14. Prescription drug abuse a new plagueRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 28 | Daily Record

    ... potential for abuse. Abuse of these drugs may lead to severe dependence. This schedule includes cocaine, opium, methadone and oxycodone. Schedule III drugs have less potential for abuse than Schedule I or II drugs and abuse of these substances may ...

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    Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic)

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    Friday Nov 27 | HealthCentral

    ... got home, my cravings for lortab were returning even with the suboxone. My out-patient doctor switched me to 10mg methadone once daily after increased doses of the suboxone were not sufficient. The change was in June of '09 and I've been craving ...

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    Related Topix: Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic), Medicine, Medication, Health, Pain

  16. Man allegedly used dead dad's Medicare to get painkillers

    Tuesday Nov 24 | WTOP

    ... as he traveled from doctor to doctor picking up 145 prescriptions for 5,677 pills of OxyContin, hydrocodone and methadone, among other drugs. The bulk of the prescriptions was for OxyContin, a drug typically used to alleviate pain in cancer ...

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    Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Social Security, Personal Finance, Medicine, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Medication

  17. Drug deaths fall in Alachua, neighboring countiesRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 24 | Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun Gainesville, FL

    ... and Valium, narcotics such as oxycodone and cocaine. Drugs that caused the most deaths were oxycodone, sedatives, methadone, alcohol, cocaine and morphine.

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    Related Topix: Drugs, Non-Profit

  18. FOX 6 Investigators: Doctor Shoppers

    Sunday Nov 22 | FOX6Now.com - WITI

    Painkillers like Oxycontin, Vicodin, and Methadone are supposed to be tightly controlled, but the pain pill pipeline in Wisconsin is leaking like a sieve.

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    Related Topix: OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Medicine, Medication, Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic)

  19. Longmont police officer charged with feloniesRead the original story

    Friday Nov 20 | Boulder Daily Camera

    ... They interviewed numerous people who said they had first-hand knowledge of Kimmett providing Vicodin, Methadone, Percocet and Oxycontin to the informant. One person told police that Kimmett pulled people over and confiscated their drugs without ...

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    Related Topix: Longmont, CO

  20. Huge drug bust nets more arrestsRead the original story

    Friday Nov 20 | Campbell County Recorder

    ... be charged with trafficking either marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school or for selling prescription pills like methadone, oxycodone, Codeine and Vicodin. One person was charged with selling the prescription drug Lyrica, which is used to treat ...

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    Related Topix: Drugs, Covington, KY