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Prescription Narcotics Shown to be Ineffective for Long-Term Pain Relief
Painkillers were originally manufactured and prescribed to handle chronic pain. For patients who did not have illnesses such as cancer but did have chronic back pain or other joint pain, patients with...
View ArticleEmergency Room Doctors Can Help Reduce Prescription Drug Problem
ER doctors are well aware that many people addicted to prescription drugs utilize the emergency department as a way to obtain narcotic painkillers. They often go into the hospital complaining of...
View ArticleFentanyl Leads Surge in Heroin Overdose Deaths
Although there has been a lot of coverage about the opioid epidemic and the record number of overdoses, until recently there hasn’t been a more detailed look at exactly which substances are tied to the...
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