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SuboxoneAddictionHelp.com was recently started to help people, who are specifically struggling with an addiction to Suboxone, find the right rehab center for them across the United States. Miami, Florida (PRWEB) May 31, 2013 Suboxone addiction is no laughing matter, and one of the reasons SuboxoneAddictionHelp.com now exists is because of its danger to the addict. Suboxone is a narcotic commonly used to help with dependence to opioids, but if misused can cause addiction itself. In this...

Free is good; every dollar counts in this economy today and, Pure Health Group, a Denver based company which helps people get through opiate withdrawal side effects to lead sober lives, recognizes everyone could use a little more spare change in their pockets. That's why they are now offering complimentary standard shipping for their customers, anywhere in the United States, for any order. Denver, CO (PRWEB) April 17, 2013 Free is good; every dollar counts in this economy today and,...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online While morphine is typically used by doctors to relieve pain, it can inexplicably have the opposite effect on some patients. Now, a team of researchers is close to pinpointing the biological causes of the phenomenon known as morphine-induced pain hypersensitivity. Researchers from Université Laval in Quebec City, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, and the Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec, as...

Scientists studying opium poppies say that they have pinpointed the genes responsible for producing a compound which can be used as a cough suppressant and cancer-fighting agent. According to Reuters reporter Ben Hirschler, researchers at the University of York and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) located a cluster of 10 genes which they claim are responsible for the creation of noscapine within the poppies. Noscapine has been used for many years to fight coughs, and recent studies have shown that...

In advance of a United Nations conference today on the global challenges of treating cancer and other diseases, the UBC Graduate School of Journalism has launched an ambitious multimedia site, The Pain Project, which documents one of the greatest challenges to treating chronic illnesses: severely constrained access to morphine. The Pain Project, www.internationalreporting.org/pain, results from a year-long investigation by UBC's International Reporting Program (IRP). Teams traveled to...

New Study Reports Overdoses from Prescription Painkillers Surpass Deaths from Multiple Myeloma, Liver Disease and HIV Beverly Hills, Calif. (PRWEB) September 13, 2011 According to a report from the British Medical Journal, the number of deaths in the United States from prescription painkillers such as Vicodin, OxyContin and Suboxone, has now surpassed that of multiple myeloma, alcohol liver disease and HIV. Dr. Michael Lowenstein, who specializes in the Waismann Method, an advanced...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) "“ For the first time scientists have accomplished a laboratory synthesis of a rare natural product isolated from the bark of a plant widely employed in traditional medicine. This advance may provide the scientific foundation to develop an effective alternative to commonly prescribed narcotic pain treatments.The study defines a chemical means to access meaningful quantities of the rare natural product conolidine. Based on data from mouse models, the study also suggests...

Novel compound could become an alternative to problematic narcotic analgesicsScientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have for the first time accomplished a laboratory synthesis of a rare natural product isolated from the bark of a plant widely employed in traditional medicine. This advance may provide the scientific foundation to develop an effective alternative to commonly prescribed narcotic pain treatments.The study, published May 23, 2011, in an advanced...

Pioneering Opiate Detoxification Treatment Facility Addresses Common Side Effect Often Overlooked in Prescription Painkiller Users Beverly Hills, Calif. (PRWEB) February 4, 2011 Results from a recent study issued by the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) revealed that treatment admissions for prescription painkiller abuse rose 345 percent over a 10 year period extending from 1998 to 2008. The Waismann Method of Opiate Detoxification, an advanced...

MADISON, N.J., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- More American workers and job applicants are testing positive for prescription opiates, according to U.S. general workforce data in the 2009 annual Drug Testing Index(TM) (DTI) released today by Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX), the nation's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services. Results from more than 5.5 million urine drug tests reveal an 18 percent jump in opiate positives in the general U.S. workforce in a...