What Types of Prescriptions Will Counteract the Drug Suboxone?
Question by shortyred317: what types of prescriptions will counteract the drug Suboxone?
I’m currently detoxing from an opiate addiction with the drug Suboxone. I was wondering if the Suboxone will block the effects of another medication called Xanax. I’m taking Clonipin now but was just wondering what the effects would have on the xanax. Would I still feel the effects of the xanax?
will i still feel my xanax?
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28 States Ask FDA to Rethink Painkiller Approval
28 states ask FDA to rethink painkiller approval
The letter from 28 states attorneys general asks the FDA to revoke the drug's approval or require manufacturer Zogenix to quickly reformulate the drug so it is more difficult to abuse. Zogenix has said publicly it is working on a harder-to-abuse …
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State AGs urge FDA to rethink approval of painkiller Zohydro
In December 2012 a panel of outside experts convened by the agency had voted 11-2 against the drug's approval, citing its potential to cause addiction. Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway said his state had … "The approval of this very potent drug …
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Americans Pessimistic About Efforts to Curb Prescription Drug Abuse
Americans Pessimistic About Efforts To Curb Prescription Drug Abuse
But it is prescription drug overdoses, not illicit drugs, that cause approximately three-quarters of these deaths. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drug overdose death rates have more than tripled since 1990 and have never …
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New England editorial roundup
Maine is one of the hubs of prescription-painkiller abuse in the United States, so it's no surprise that high adult opiate addiction rates have led to an increase in drug-dependent newborns. More than 160 Maine newborns were affected by drugs in 2005 …
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The Valley's Heroin Epidemic – Part #2 Prevention
The Valley's heroin epidemic – Part #2 Prevention
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – It's an addiction so powerful, people are literally dying for a heroin high. They're … Even if you are not considered a candidate for Mahoning County's Drug Court, there is treatment for heroin and opiate addiction available in the …
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Suspect in Warren hit and run in police custody
WARREN, Ohio – The suspect in a hit and run incident involving a police cruiser is in Warren police custody. Police tell 21 News Jermaine Hall, … According to the report, police believe alcohol and drugs to be a factor in the crash. Weber has been …
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BANGOR CITY COUNCIL With Moratorium on Opiate Addiction Drug, City Invites …
BANGOR CITY COUNCIL With moratorium on opiate addiction drug, city invites …
BANGOR, Maine — No Bangor drug treatment facility will be allowed to expand its use of Suboxone treatment for the next 180 days after the City Council passed a moratorium in a 7-2 vote Monday night. Some city councilors want that time to review the …
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This drug could make a huge dent in heroin addiction. So why isn't it used more?
Opiate misuse is a huge problem. In 2010, more than 19,000 Americans died from opiate overdose. By comparison, about 11,000 Americans died from gun homicide. Over the past 35 years, about 200,000 injection-drug users have died of HIV/AIDS.
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Why Does a Brain Cancer Patient Develop Slurred Speech?
Question by Kay: Why does a brain cancer patient develop slurred speech?
I have a friend who’s breast cancer has just spread to her brain. She is on many treatments, and her speech has become a little slurred, slowed, and sometimes difficult. What is causing this? Will it fix itself or stay like that forever?
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Answer by chriskay
it will probably stay that way forever until the doctors can fully get the cancer out of both her breasts and brain, as for the cause, it’s probably the cancer making her speech slurred, slowed and difficult