Pain Is a Problem. Opioids Are Not the Answer. How Did American Medicine Decide They Were?
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Rick Diamond/WireImage via Getty Images We learned Thursday that Prince died of an opioid overdose—specifically from fentanyl…
Rick Diamond/WireImage via Getty Images We learned Thursday that Prince died of an opioid overdose—specifically from fentanyl…
Opioids are the best treatment for chronic pain we have. Can we come up with something better? This article was originally…
Leading Orange County Physical Therapy Clinic Promotes Holistic Approach to Pain Management COSTA MESA, CA, June 03, 2016 /24-7Pr…
A recent study by the National Institutes of Health found that more than one in three people in the United States have…
A recent study by the National Institutes of Health found that more than one in three people in the United States have…
Leading Orange County Physical Therapy Clinic Promotes Holistic Approach to Pain Management COSTA MESA, CA, June 03, 2016 /24-7Pr…
Leading Orange County Physical Therapy Clinic Promotes Holistic Approach to Pain Management COSTA MESA, CA, June 03, 2016 /24-7Pr…
Leading Orange County Physical Therapy Clinic Promotes Holistic Approach to Pain Management COSTA MESA, CA, June 03, 2016 /24-7Pr…
Leading Orange County Physical Therapy Clinic Promotes Holistic Approach to Pain Management COSTA MESA, CA, June 03, 2016 /24-7Pr…
Leading Orange County Physical Therapy Clinic Promotes Holistic Approach to Pain Management COSTA MESA, CA, June 03, 2016 /24-7Pr…
Leading Orange County Physical Therapy Clinic Promotes Holistic Approach to Pain Management COSTA MESA, CA, June 03, 2016 /24-7Pr…
Leading Orange County Physical Therapy Clinic Promotes Holistic Approach to Pain Management COSTA MESA, CA, June 03, 2016 /24-7Pr…
Leading Orange County Physical Therapy Clinic Promotes Holistic Approach to Pain Management COSTA MESA, CA, June 03, 2016 /24-7Pr…
Leading Orange County Physical Therapy Clinic Promotes Holistic Approach to Pain Management COSTA MESA, CA, June 03, 2016 /24-7Pr…
Leading Orange County Physical Therapy Clinic Promotes Holistic Approach to Pain Management COSTA MESA, CA, June 03, 2016 /24-7Pr…
Leading Orange County Physical Therapy Clinic Promotes Holistic Approach to Pain Management COSTA MESA, CA, June 03, 2016 /24-7Pr…
(HealthDay News) -- Music superstar Prince's April 21 death was caused by a self-administered dose of the potent prescription…
By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, June 2, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Music superstar Prince’s April 21 death was caused…
(HealthDay News) -- Music superstar Prince's April 21 death was caused by a self-administered dose of the potent prescription…
(HealthDay News) -- Music superstar Prince's April 21 death was caused by a self-administered dose of the potent prescription…
(HealthDay News) -- Music superstar Prince's April 21 death was caused by a self-administered dose of the potent prescription…
(HealthDay News) -- Music superstar Prince's April 21 death was caused by a self-administered dose of the potent prescription…
(HealthDay News) -- Music superstar Prince's April 21 death was caused by a self-administered dose of the potent prescription…
(HealthDay News) -- Music superstar Prince's April 21 death was caused by a self-administered dose of the potent prescription…
By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, June 2, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Music superstar Prince's April 21 death was caused…
Andrea Chandler went to her local pharmacy a few weeks ago hoping to get the opiates she needed to manage her chronic pain.
In my last post, The Opioid Epidemic: How Did We Get Here?, I outlined the many factors that contributed to the current state…
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...until you climb in his skin and walk…
Congressman Aaron Schock questions Marilyn Tavenner, Administrator for Centers for Medicare
“The urgency of the epidemic, its devastating consequences, demands interventions that in some instances may make it harder for…
Dr. Jeanmarie Perrone, with patient William Gates in Philadelphia, expects that the next generation of physicians will be…
WASHINGTON — After years of relentless growth, the number of opioid prescriptions in the United States is finally falling, the…
After years of relentless growth, the number of opioid prescriptions in the United States is finally falling, the first…
Advertisement The CDC issued new 2016 guidelines this week for prescribing opioid medications for chronic pain for patients 18…
Susan W. Brooks (via noodls) / WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, the House overwhelmingly passed H.R.
Purdue presented OxyContin as less addictive than its peer narcotics. The LA Times investigation of Purdue Pharma’s manufacture…
The LA Times investigation of Purdue Pharma's manufacture and marketing of the narcotic painkiller OxyContin published last…
New research presented this week at the American Thoracic Society’s annual meeting suggests that the ongoing opioid crisis is…
Source: iStock Photo When a San Diego mother asked her family doctor for help with the anxiety she’d been experiencing over her…
Oxycodone prescribed to a patient with chronic pain lie on display on March 23 in Norwich, CT.
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A long-awaited prescribing guideline released last month by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) aimed at…
Share 9 Tweet Comment Just when a bipartisan consensus was forming around solutions to the growing opioid epidemic, Republican…
WASHINGTON -- Most Americans say federal and state governments aren’t doing enough to combat the opioid epidemic, according to…
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Black Americans are prescribed addictive painkillers less often than white Americans are, partly because of racist beliefs…
savesaved Over the past few months, the federal government has mobilized against what is being called "the opioid crisis": a…
The late, legendary singer Prince overdosed last week from a prescription medication called Percocet, according to a new report…
REUTERS/Valerie Volcovici A faded sign welcomes drivers to Williamson, West Virginia, May 13, 2015.
In 2013, doctors wrote 207 million opioid prescriptions. As recently as 1991, that number was 71 million, according to a recent…
In 2013, doctors wrote 207 million opioid prescriptions. As recently as 1991, that number was 71 million, according to a recent…
REUTERS/Valerie Volcovici A faded sign welcomes drivers to Williamson, West Virginia, May 13, 2015.
REUTERS/Valerie Volcovici A faded sign welcomes drivers to Williamson, West Virginia, May 13, 2015.
A faded sign welcomes drivers to Williamson, West Virginia, May 13, 2015. See Also The explosion in overdoses from legal drugs…
In 2013, doctors wrote 207 million opioid prescriptions. As recently as 1991, that number was 71 million, according to a recent…
In 2013, doctors wrote 207 million opioid prescriptions. As recently as 1991, that number was 71 million, according to a recent…
The United States is in the midst of an opioid crisis. Deaths from prescription painkiller overdoses have quadrupled since 1999.
The United States is in the midst of an opioid crisis. Deaths from prescription painkiller overdoses have quadrupled since 1999.
It is time for the federal government to proactively address chronic pain and the epidemic of opioid misuse in children and…
This week, the White House announced additional steps to combat the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse and heroin…
The most consistent and profound message emerging from the drug summit this week in Atlanta is that drug addiction is a disease.
In the midst of an opiate epidemic that has swept through much of the U.S., doctors are looking to find a balance between…
It might seem too good to be true that relief from that nagging back pain could be found in meditation and yoga.
It might seem too good to be true that relief from that nagging back pain could be found in meditation and yoga.
Researchers compared the two approaches in 229 adults between ages 20 and 70 with long-term low back pain.
Many patients who are prescribed opioids for pain management receive treatment at clinics where testing positive for marijuana…
Photo: Christina Hempfling / EyeEm/ If you need long-term treatment for pain management, you'll probably be given a drug test.
In an attempt to help slow the prescription drug epidemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that…
In an attempt to help slow the prescription drug epidemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that…
Prescription opioid painkillers are divided into two main classes -- extended release, which have more pain-killing opioid per…
Doctors in Connecticut may soon be limited to writing a seven-day prescription for opioid-based medication.
New prescriptions for opioid medication to address non-chronic pain would be limited to a seven-day supply under a proposal…
The Senate last month confirmed Dr. Robert Califf to run one of the world's most influential health agencies, the U.S.
Editor's note: This editorial first appeared in Friday's Washington Post Slowly but surely, like the proverbial aircraft carrier…
Slowly but surely, like the proverbial aircraft carrier, the U.S. government is changing to a new and better course on the long-n…
The following editorial appeared in Friday’s Washington Post: Slowly but surely, like the proverbial aircraft carrier, the U.S.
Slowly but surely, like the proverbial aircraft carrier, the U.S. government is changing to a new and better course on the long-n…
A piece of bipartisan legislation rightly focuses on medical solutions to treat addiction.
Slowly but surely, like the proverbial aircraft carrier, the U.S. government is changing to a new and better course on the long-n…
(TNS) As doctors contemplate a future without opiates to treat chronic pain, some are making the case that eliminating their…
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(via noodls) / Saving lives and ending the prescription drug overdose epidemic requires healthcare providers and patients to…
Pharmaceutical drug guidelines for opioid prescription painkillers have been issued by the CDC in advance of government…
For thousands of unwitting residents of Colorado and Washington, the reach of the nation’s opioid addiction crisis just got…
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast WAR ON DRUGS 03.18.16 5:00 AM ET A former hospital employee stole who stole fentanyl may…
NJHA - New Jersey Hospital Association (via noodls) / The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new recommendations…
Bottles of the prescription pain medication buprenorphine in a pharmacy in Boca Raton, Fla., in 2014.
A few years ago, I had the opportunity to tour the Utah Office of the Medical Examiner as part of my legislative duties.
Tom Frieden, direttore dei Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in un editoriale sul NEJM lancia un pesante atto d’a…
PRESS RELEASE The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released final guidelines today that provide recommendations…
(via noodls) / On Tuesday, March 15, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control released guidelines for prescribing opioids for…
Area doctors and addiction specialists are praising a new set of federal guidelines aimed at reducing prescription opioid use.