Opiate consumption exceeds methamphetamine in Oregon

Filed under: drug treatment news 2011

A trend he says creates a circle of addiction and, in most cases, leads the abuser to heroin. In 2011, opiate users accounted for 33.38 percent of drug treatment admissions, exceeding the 27.9 percent admitted for methamphetamine. “If you would have …
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Compatibility of Direct Acting Antivirals and Antiretroviral Therapy in HCV …

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… acting antivirals based on compatible highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART). They conducted a chart review of all HIV+/HCV+ patients with more than one visit in 2011. … In addition, the majority of patients with advanced fibrosis had not …
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Important Insights For Arena Pharmaceuticals

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They expressed their excitement about lorcaserin's potential to be used as a novel treatment for drug addiction, including nicotine. In 2011, Duke University published a study demonstrating lorcaserin's potential as a smoking cessation drug. The …
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FDA expands use of Xarelto to treat, reduce recurrence of blood clots

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Xarelto (rivaroxaban) to include treating deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE), and to reduce the risk of recurrent DVT and PE following initial treatment …
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