insurance companies, the government, and employers help perpetuate the opioid crisis
WHAT IF YOU LEARNED THAT HEALTH INSURANCE & WORKMAN’S COMP CARRIERS AND OUR GOVERNMENT WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPIOID CRISIS? Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ve heard about the OPIOID CRISIS — probably more than you care to. You would expect that with all the bad publicity surrounding those most responsible, things would […]
the opioid crisis and surgery for chronic pain: brand new research reveals what you may have already suspected
OPIOIDS OR SURGERY AS A PRIMARY WEAPON AGAINST CHRONIC PAIN?NOT ACCORDING THE THE LATEST RESEARCH Just last week, the journal Science carried a study by a team of six physicians, epidemiologists, and statisticians (Changing Dynamics of the Drug Overdose Epidemic in the United States From 1979 through 2016), concluding that the OPIOID EPIDEMIC is […]
opioid prescriptions: the more things change the more they stay the same
OUR NATIONAL OBSESSION WITH OPIOIDS “The United States has the highest rate of opioid use in the world, consuming 88% more prescription opioids per capita than second ranked Germany and seven times more than the United Kingdom. An average of 40 people die in the US every day from a prescription opioid overdose—a fourfold increase […]
doctors aren’t prescribing opioids like they used to, and what those of you struggling with chronic pain can do about it
WONDERING ABOUT THE OPIOID CRISIS?HOW TO ADDRESS YOUR CHRONIC PAIN WITHOUT NARCOTICS “Wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then.” Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, from 1980’s Against the Wind I have been known to take the medical community to task for the ridiculous ways they often treat their patients — […]
teens with headaches
TEENAGERS WITH HEADACHES?MAKE EM PART OF THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC!GIVE THEM DRUGS! Arek Socha – Stockholm/Sweden – Pixabay “Opioids were go-to drugs for teen headache even though evidence-based guidelines do not recommend them for first-line treatment.” From a recent MedPage Today article by John Fauber and Kristina Fiore, called, Teens Likely to Get Opioid Rx for […]
addiction to prescription drugs doubles
PRESCRIPTION DRUG ADDICTIONDOUBLES IN AMERICA Arek Socha – Pixabay Nationally, prescription drug-related deaths now outnumber those from heroin and cocaine combined. The recent Trust for America’s Health report When you’re a kid and you get this drug that makes you feel that feeling, where else are you going to turn to when you’re an adult? […]
record numbers of americans addicted to prescription pain meds
RECORD NUMBERS OF AMERICANS ADDICTED TO PRESCRIPTION PAIN MEDS OpenClipart There are 260 million prescriptions written for NARCOTIC (OPIOID) PAIN KILLERS each year in America — a veritable “epidemic”. Although the FDA decided yesterday to “shut down” all of the different Oxycodone-based drugs that have not been approved for use by the federal government, it […]
pain relief — yesterday, today, and tomorrow
JUST REMEMBER…DRUGS KILL WHETHER PUSHED OR PRESCRIBED! Ewa Urban – Lublin/Polska – Pixabay Have you ever heard of Valium? Of course you have! According to its manufacturers, “It possesses anxiolytic [anti-anxiety], anticonvulsant, hypnotic, sedative, muscle relaxant, and amnestic [amnesia – forgetfulness] properties.” And it happened to be the number one selling drug in America from […]