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opioid-addiction

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Why Kidneys Fail After an Overdose: Rhabdomyolysis, Acute Kidney Injury, and What Families Can Do

Kidney injury complicates roughly one in three overdose hospitalizations. What rhabdomyolysis does, what the ICU watches, and how families protect recovery.

Oct 27, 202613m

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Post-Acute Withdrawal: Why Months Two Through Twelve Are the Hardest Part of Recovery

What post-acute withdrawal really is, how long it lasts for each substance, what families mistake it for, and what genuinely helps during the first year.

Oct 24, 202614m

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Louisiana Puts Three Synthetic Kratom Opioids on Schedule I, and Retail Sales Stop Nov. 16

Louisiana's health department added three synthetic kratom opioids to Schedule I by emergency rule, and a stop order bars their retail sale from Nov. 16.

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First MGM-15 Death in San Francisco: the 'Cat's Claw' Supplement That Contains an Opioid

San Francisco confirmed its first fatal overdose from MGM-15, a kratom-derived opioid sold as 'cat's claw' in smoke shops and gas stations. What to know.

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Going to a Methadone Clinic: A Family's Guide to Opioid Treatment Programs

A practical walkthrough of methadone clinics: the first visit, daily dosing, federal take-home rules, guest dosing on the road, drug tests, and what it costs.

Oct 20, 202615m

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Washington Now Bills Medicaid for Work Done Inside Jail. King County Is Testing What That Buys.

Washington's Medicaid reentry waiver now pays jails for release planning, case management and a 30-day medication supply as someone walks out the door.

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A $13.3 Million Trial in Allegheny County Will Test Semaglutide Against Addiction

A $13.3 million trial will give 1,200 Allegheny County adults weekly semaglutide or a placebo to see whether GLP-1 drugs curb addiction and jail time.

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Coming Home From Jail or Prison: A Family Guide to Reentry and Recovery

The first two weeks after release carry the highest overdose risk of a person's life. A practical family playbook for the first 48 hours and the weeks after.

Oct 11, 202615m

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Kratom and 7-OH: A Family Guide to Dependence, Withdrawal, and Treatment

Kratom looks like a natural supplement, but its 7-OH compounds can cause real dependence. How to spot it, what withdrawal looks like, and where treatment starts.

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