New treatment to help people kick heroin habit to be launched in Renfrewshire within weeks

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PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happensThe injection is an alternative to treatments such as methadone as the drug helps block opioid receptors in the brain for up to one month.Its planned launch comes just two weeks after it was revealed the number of drug-related deaths in Renfrewshire had rocketed to an all-time high.A devastating 67 people lost their lives to drug abuse last year - heroin played a roll in many of them.But Buvidal has been described as “life changing” and is now offering opioid users the chance to get off the killer drug.Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership - which is responsible for addiction services across the local authority area - says it is ready to offer the medication following successful trials.