Titan Implant to Treat Addiction Wins U.S. Panel Backing
Titan Implant to Treat Addiction Wins U.S. Panel Backing
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The FDA panel voted that the drug is safe and effective, while questioning whether the dose of the active ingredient, buprenorphine, was appropriate to help addicts. The advisers supported a risk-mitigation plan though some questioned the adequacy of …
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UN Report Slams Cruel Drug Treatment as "Torture"
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Compulsory "treatment" for drug addiction in some parts of the world is "tantamount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment," according to report last month from the UN's special rapporteur on torture and other degrading treatments and …
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Freedom Treatment Center Offers New "Ups & Downs in Life Course" for Drug …
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Southern Michigan's Freedom Treatment Center is a drug and alcohol addiction recovery facility offering individualized treatment plans to help people start a new life of recovery. Knowing that drug addiction can be fueled by a variety of life …
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Drug–addicted babies bring competing approaches in proposed TN legislation
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Doctors and health advocates are pushing for the “Safe Harbor Act,” which would give pregnant women incentives to get into drug treatment programs — first by moving them to the front of the line for available spots, and then by guaranteeing newborns …
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