Latest Methadone Stories
BALTIMORE, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ameritox(SM), the nation's leader in medication monitoring solutions, today announced an upcoming symposium titled "Emerging Trends in Managing Opioid Abuse and Misuse: New Recommendations and Designer Drugs," to be held in conjunction with the third annual California Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (CASIPP) meeting in Newport Beach, Calif., on Nov. 10. The symposium will feature leading pain expert Daniel Bennett, M.D., medical...
CHICAGO, Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a presentation made at the recent annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, preventable deaths in hospitals remain a major public health hazard worldwide. Frank J Overdyk, MD, Marieke Niesters, MD, Albert Dahan, MD, PhD, in their presentation, "Respiratory Depression: The Common Fatal Pathway for 'Non Fatal' Conditions", say: "Preventable deaths in hospitals remain a major public health hazard worldwide....
SUGARLAND, Texas, Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gallus Detox Centers, established in March of 2011 with locations in Prescott, Arizona and Sugarland, Texas is hosting an open house at the Sugarland, Texas facility on November 14th & 15th from 4pm to 8pm both evenings. Key staff members including Dr. Gallus will be available to answer your questions and refreshments and appetizers will be served during the event. All professionals in the addiction industry are invited. Please...
Johns Hopkins researchers find computerized checklist better at finding best preventive strategy A computerized checklist system designed to help physicians identify and use the best methods of preventing potentially deadly blood clots in hospitalized trauma patients dramatically reduced the number of these dangerous venous thromboembolisms (VTEs), new Johns Hopkins research suggests. When a doctor enters medical orders for such patients, the automated checklist recommends...
CHICAGO, Oct. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ageology's CEO Dr. Paul Savage, a bioidentical hormone therapy expert who regularly uses compounding pharmacies, comments on the recent outbreak of fungal meningitis related to compounding pharmacies. Tragedy has struck due to a contaminated injectible medication produced by a compounding pharmacy (New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts (NECC). (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121015/PH93418 ) The Center for Disease Control...
AVENTURA, Fla., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Compliance Meds Technologies, creator of the CleverCap(TM) solution, announced today the integration of CleverCap into the 2net(TM) Platform from Qualcomm Life Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated. CleverCap(TM) is a revolutionary device-enabled medication adherence solution which passively engages patients and physicians in an intuitive medication compliance solution. It is estimated that as little as 25% of...
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a new drug compared with a placebo in opioid-experienced and opioid-naive subjects with moderate-to-severe Chronic Lower Back Pain. DeLand, Florida (PRWEB) October 08, 2012 Today, there isn’t a ‘one pill’ treatment that either treats or cures back pain. At best there is a multidisciplinary approach that uses a combination of medication and lifestyle changes that seem to work to a degree. In many cases patients who...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online Opiate substitution therapies (OST) can reduce a person's risk of contracting HIV through injected drugs, according to a new study published Friday in the online edition of the British Medical Journal. In an October 5 statement, Dr. Julie Bruneau of the CHUM Research Centre (CRCHUM) and the Department of Family Medicine at the Université de Montréal said there was "good evidence" that OST can "reduce drug-related mortality,...
FLORENCE, Italy, Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Analysis using a new economic model demonstrates that higher dosing of subcutaneous immunoglobulin therapy (SCIg) is a cost-effective alternative to intravenous IgG replacement therapy (IVIG) in patients with primary immunodeficiencies (PID). The analysis shows higher doses of SCIg are less expensive than IVIG therapy because they translate into lower health care resource utilization including lower costs for hospital care. Results of...
Travel Clinics of America makes receiving international travel vaccinations, prescriptions, and travel insurance more convenient by offering 7 locations in the New York City and Manhattan area. New York, NY (PRWEB) October 02, 2012 With limited space, plenty of people, and traffic-jammed streets, New York City can be very difficult to navigate in a timely manner. For many residents, trekking across the city just isn’t feasible. Now that Travel Clinics of America has 7 different...
