Opiate Addiction Treatment During Pregnancy
Opiate Addiction Treatment During Pregnancy
It is estimated that 1 in 7 pregnant women in the Rutland, Vermont region has an addiction problem, including addiction to opiates. In order to meet this pressing community need, physicians and substance abuse clinicians from Rutland Mental Health Services, Rutland Regional Medical Center, and Rutland Regional Women’s Healthcare, have teamed up to provide care for opiate-addicted pregnant women. Building on an existing community effort called Babies and Mothers Beginning Insynch (BAMBI), primary care providers, obstetricians, substance abuse clinicians and public health workers are collaborating to provide buprenorphine treatment and substance abuse care for pregnant women. Join Gordon Frankle, MD, Clay Gilbert, CADC-CCS, and Heather Gergely, a young mother and participant in the program, as they discuss the issues of opiate addiction in pregnancy and the recovery process.
We're a nation of painkiller addicts: Doctors writing 62million prescriptions …
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Many people buy a product to self-treat an initial minor complaint, but long after the complaint has stopped they are addicted because of the opiates.' Mr Grieve said most of the callers to his helpline were women from middle-class backgrounds. 'We've …
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Prescription painkiller overdoses surpass 'street' drugs
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Many people aren't taking the pills to get high, but are following a doctor's orders to help them heal and accidentally developing an unshakable addiction to powerful medications, the report said. Prescription drug overdoses, mostly from pain pills …
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