Methadone
State Methadone Treatment Guidelines: A Treatment Improvement Protocol.
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Links between executions and foreign funding of counter-drug operation
A number of international aid donors including Australia and Japan have been accused of inadvertedly funding counter-drug operations that often result in people being sentenced to death and executed. According to the UK-based ngo, International Harm Reduction Association, the United Nations and the European Commission have also been funding drug enforcement operations in countries like China, Cambodia and Vietnam where the death penalty is still used. The association has just published a report on the issue.
Presenter: Sen Lam
Speakers: Damon Barrett, co-author of the International Harm Reduction Association's report, "Complicity or Abolition? The Death Penalty and International Support for Drug Enforcement."
BARRETT: What we see is that there is very little in the way of human rights safeguards attached to counter narcotic funding and counter narcotic technical assistance. It's not so much they
Recommendations and guidelines on prescribing methadone for ...
Methadone has been traditionally used as a drug to treat heroine addiction. In the last few years, it has gained importance as an agent in the treatment of chronic pain.
As a result of this, the US Food and Drug administration has started a campaign to raise awareness about the potential risks of using methadone as a chronic pain medication. In a recent video, the agency lists a number of steps elaborated by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices to help preventing an overdose when using methadone as chronic pain treatment.
• When prescribing methadone for pain, avoid concomitant use of other narcotics, benzodiazepines , and sedatives, because these significantly increase the risk of an adverse event. Prescribe oral liquid doses of methadone in mg, never in mL alone, since several concentrations exist. Include the indication for use when prescribing methadone, to avoid confusion with methylphenidate. Specify the exact time(s) for administration. If the daily...
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