Despite drawbacks, many consider methadone the best treatment for opiate …

Despite drawbacks, many consider methadone the best treatment for opiate …

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a 2002 fact sheet, said when methadone is used to treat opiate addiction, it produces a 30 percent lower death rate than among opiate addicts who are not treated with methadone. It also results in …
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FDA Approves New Combination Pill for HIV Treatment

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (8/28/12) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Stribild (elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate), a new once-a-day combination pill to treat HIV-1 infection in adults who have never …
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Mexican Drug War victims: US is responsible

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I caught up with the Caravan near the end of its crosscountry journey in New York, following them from the Big Apple to Baltimore and Washington, DC. Their stories are horrific, but their …. When the authorities refused to treat him, Rodriguez took a …
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