Me Taking 100 Pills – the 1st Dose of 300 – 400 Pills a Day

Me Taking 100 Pills – The 1st Dose of 300 – 400 Pills a Day – Yes, I have a prescription…or at least I did 10 years ago when I was taking 24 Loperamide pills (Imodium), 3 times a day. That was when Immodium was a lot …

Defense claims Tenants Harbor man's state of mind is key in murder trial

Filed under: opiate withdrawal

ROCKLAND, Maine — According to his attorney, Andrew Kierstead snapped after a day of drinking to deal with his withdrawal from opiates, an addiction that had been more than 10 years in the making at the hands of the man Kierstead is accused of killing.
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Barnstable County Sheriff Travels to D.C. to Discuss Vivitrol Program

Filed under: opiate withdrawal

Barnstable County Sheriff James M. Cummings is in Washington this week to discuss his office's Vivitrol initiative, which distributes the drug to select members of the departing prison population to to curb opiate addiction. Sheriff Cummings spoke …
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