Methadone News

STERLING – A local doctor accused of illegally dispensing drugs that led to the deaths of at least 3 people hired a physician to issue prescriptions when he was absent, federal prosecutors say.

Samaritan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on the commercialization of therapeutic products indicated for treatment in theraupeutic areas such as central nervous system diseases, cancer; cardiovascular disease and infectious diseases.

When Pulaski officials learned of plans for a "methadone clinic" in town, there was nothing they could do to stop it since there were no zoning provisions to address such facilities.

Suboxone and methadone - the two principal drug treatments for opiate dependence and addiction - are available through private clinics in Greenfield, and Suboxone through the rare general medical practice.

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The Commercial Appeal reported that 79 of the 92 drug-related deaths in Shelby County in 2010 can be attributed to prescription medications such as methadone and oxycodone.

Vancouver's supervised-injection facility, Insite, has been the subject of enormous media coverage.

Methadone is a powerful drug used mainly by doctors to wean patients off heroin.

About 5,000 patients taking the prescription painkiller methadone die every year from the drug -- the vast majority from accidental overdoses -- and they account for about 1 in 3 deaths in the United States from prescription opiates, according to a new government report.

The Commercial Appeal reports 79 of the 92 drug-related deaths in Shelby County in 2010 can be attributed to prescription medications such as methadone and oxycodone.

A Louisiana businessman serving 15 years in federal prison for distributing oxycodone and methadone illegally through pain clinics in eastern Kentucky has lost his bid for a new trial.

Danielle Smoot describes her son Cole as a stereotypical 16 year old - happy and active, who made one tragic mistake.

A Washington, D.C.-based doctor who allegedly prescribed thousands of painkillers to patients in Southwest Virginia was indicted on multiple felony counts recently by a federal grand jury in Abingdon.

A new report reveals Tasmania has the highest abuse rate for the pharmaceutical opiate painkiller Oxycodone, and the secondhighest abuse of morphine and methadone.

House Bill 1 would allow people with certain debilitating medical conditions to obtain prescriptions of medical marijuana.

It's a frightening fact prescription drug abuse even amongst our children is a rapidly growing problem.

The continued increase of drug-dependent infants being born in southwest Ohio hospitals is creating greater concern about the long-term developmental effects of opioids and withdrawal treatment on these babies.

A palliative care doctor at the Moncton Hospital says methadone often has fewer side effects and can help with chronic pain.

Local law enforcement officials will be participating in the national Drug Enforcement Administration's National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this Saturday, in an effort to curb drug abuse and death.

A Grundy Center doctor plans to close his practice after state regulators ordered him to pay a fine and serve probation over allegations that he loosely prescribed painkilling medicine and inappropriately performed a breast exam on a teenager.