Access to naloxone doesn’t make heroin seem less risky
Researchers plead to extend its use to all. THE ESSENTIAL Naloxone is a prescription drug that can quickly reverse an ...
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Prescription heroin authorized in Canada
© Getty imagesCanada is the second country most affected by opioid crisis after the United States. Health Canada, the country's ...
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Heroin and opioids: a vaccine to prevent fatal overdoses
American researchers at the University of Minnesota are currently testing a vaccine to fight opioid dependence and prevent fatal overdoses. ...
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Cannabis stops heroin addiction
The results of the study could lead to other therapeutic treatments than the substitution treatments that currently exist. Rats deprived ...
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Heroin: a vaccine to fight against addiction
American researchers have developed a vaccine that blocks the high effect of heroin. Studies in humans will tell if he ...
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Drugs: record number of overdoses in the United States
The number of overdoses in the United States peaked in 2014. The authorities are worried and want to stem the ...
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Subutex: a doctor and a pharmacist accused of trafficking
The two Moselle professionals are suspected of having delivered this substitute for heroin in a too complacent way. Their correctional ...
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Subutex: the controversial opinion of the Academy of Medicine
The misuses of Subutex, indicated in heroin withdrawal, are too numerous. The Academy of Medicine enacts a series of very ...
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Shooting rooms: first encouraging results in France
In a French study, 113 drug users tested the device in shooting rooms. This experimentation led to fewer abscesses, infections, ...
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Subutex: investigation into a traffic of 25,000 prescriptions
A pharmacist from Moselle has just been indicted. He is suspected of having participated in the trafficking of Subutex. A ...
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Painkillers with heroin, a real risk of escalation
A abuser of painkillers risks becoming addicted to heroin. The American health authorities point the finger at this danger while ...
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Painkillers: they cause more overdose than heroin and cocaine combined
For the first time, researchers from McGill University in Montreal (Canada) have looked into overconsumption painkillers in the United States ...
Read moreTobacco, as hard as heroin on the fetus
June 3, 2003 - Exposure to tobacco during pregnancy has consequences for the unborn child as severe as exposure to ...
Read moreQigong to treat heroin addicts
January 28, 2002 - Qigong may help heroin addicts undergoing drug treatment to clear withdrawal symptoms more quickly and effectively ...
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Alcohol more harmful than heroin?
This is not the first time that we have wondered about the most harmful drugs. But this is the first, ...
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Help the mother to protect the child
In the United States, 1 in 300 children are born craving because their mother used drugs or medication during her ...
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