Health Canada Decision to Allow Prescription Heroin Will Save Lives, Pivot … – Vancouver Sun

Health Canada decision to allow prescription heroin will save lives, Pivot … – Vancouver Sun


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Health Canada decision to allow prescription heroin will save lives, Pivot
Vancouver Sun
Pivot, which represents 22 study participants and the B.C. Association of People on Methadone, said the landmark decision will allow some of the most marginalized and addicted patients — who have not responded to other treatments such as methadone 

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BC doctors given Health Canada approval to prescribe heroin – The Globe and Mail


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BC doctors given Health Canada approval to prescribe heroin
The Globe and Mail
Ms. Ambrose said in a statement the decision simply “allows [the addicts] to continue to have access to heroin for their addiction even though other safe treatments for heroin addiction, such as methadone, are available.” The doctors had recently
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Autopsy: Grimes teen died from drug overdose – DesMoinesRegister.com (blog)

Autopsy: Grimes teen died from drug overdose
DesMoinesRegister.com (blog)
Methadone is used to treat chronic pain, some cancer treatment symptoms and heroin withdrawal. As a synthetic opiate, it's related to drugs like heroin and prescription pain relievers like Oxycodone. In most methadone overdose deaths, the drug shuts

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