torsades-de-pointes) in patients receiving methadone treatment for addiction under existing guidelines. Specifically, Krantz writes that Lipski’s study was aimed at investigating “a perceived increase in the risk of sudden death in heroin addicts, even in those successfully treated with methado…

Below is a LTE that was published in the Vancouver Sun, I wanted to share: Re: Methadone users ‘get pharmacy kickbacks,’ Sept. But The Sun’s reporters and editors should reflect on the use of the term “methadone users.” Whatever the intent, the clear notice is one of disdain. Can you imagine descr…

For commentary: Meanwhile, more and more studies on detoxing opioid-dependent society, maintain patients with opioid agonosts, track long-term recidivism rates, etc, etc, etc, utilize hapless “control” groups that receive placebo, and whose death rate in the studies are not infrequently the basis …

It has helped millions of patients worldwide. Thank you for your thoughtful editorial. that medication has been used safely and effectively with ancillary clinical services in treating chronic opioid addiction for more than 40 years in certified and regulated opioid treatment programs. Here are t…

The editorial ends: “We should welcome the clinic when it opens on Monday.” [and] dealing with it in a progressive, straightforward way is not only the best approach for those caught in the vortex of addiction, but is additionally the best way for the community to start to right itself from the pro…

Editorials nearly universally take the position, “We understand the need for that type of clinic, but it doesn’t belong here.” that editorial shows a real understanding of how misguided the fear of crime increasing where a clinic opens is and suggests that crime may likely decrease whether their tow…

On Aug 3 the NY Times reported that CDC has known for some 10 months that it had been grossly underestimating - by some 40% - the number of HIV-positive cases in US. It kept the info from the public until it could be published in a peer reviewed journal. Meanwhile, it seems the considerably highe…

The regulation “prohibits patients, family members, and other visitors from bringing tobacco products and paraphernalia to the service.” One can only hope that the state, in zealous pursuit of its goal, doesn’t mean patients to be sanctioned whether a visitor opens a pocketbook and a lighter …

Such intervention has been documented as effective in saving lives, but opponents denounce it as “coddling” and “giving a false sense of hope” to drug users. From Worcester, Mass., news of fierce opposition to a bill that would support expansion of a program to train “peers” to supply a narcotic an…

Twenty years later, more drugs, more need for methadone treatment On Jan. It’s available anywhere.” Twenty years later, in the Ohio-Pennsylvania border region, methadone clinics are said to be “dotting suburbia.” 24,1988, a NY Times headline read: “Twin Evils Spur Methadone Clinics” in…